Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Antipsychotic Drugs Raise Diabetes Risk
Reuters Health story at Yahoo - "Four prominent medical organizations warned on Tuesday that a widely prescribed class of antipsychotic drugs increase the risk of diabetes, echoing concerns raised by U.S. regulators and researchers. The American Diabetes Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and the North American Association for the Study of Obesity joined forces in a statement published in the February issue of Diabetes Care. The drugs, known as atypical antipsychotics, are used to treat a variety of mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, dementia, psychotic depression, autism and developmental disorders and generate more than $8 billion a year..."