New Antipsychotic Drug Latuda Better for Your Weight

Latuda, a fairly new antipsychotic, has been shown to be effective in treating schizophrenia and has now been approved for use in bipolar depression. The three other atypical antipsychotics - Seroquel, Zyprexa and Symbyax - that are already approved for bipolar depression all have problems with side effects - particularly on weight gain and the related metabolic issues of increased blood glucose and elevated cholesterol and triglycerides. Latuda, by contrast, is considered weight neutral. Read Full PostNew Antipsychotic Drug Latuda Better for Your Weight originally appeared on About.com Bipolar Disorder on Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 at 03:00:55.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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