Continuation of Atypical Antipsychotic Medication During Early Pregnancy and the Risk of Gestational Diabetes.

CONCLUSIONS: Compared with women who discontinued use of an atypical antipsychotic medication before the start of pregnancy, women who continued treatment with olanzapine or quetiapine had an increased risk of gestational diabetes that may be explained by the metabolic effects associated with these two drugs.
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Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry - May 7, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Park Y, Hernandez-Diaz S, Bateman BT, Cohen JM, Desai RJ, Patorno E, Glynn RJ, Cohen LS, Mogun H, Huybrechts KF Tags: Am J Psychiatry Source Type: research