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Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain and Clinical Improvement: A Psychiatric Paradox

Clemente Garcia-Rizo
- 03 Nov 2020 - 
- Vol. 11, pp 560006-560006
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This article is published in Frontiers in Psychiatry.The article was published on 2020-11-03 and is currently open access. It has received 6 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Clozapine & Olanzapine.

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Targeting the microbiome-gut-brain axis for improving cognition in schizophrenia and major mood disorders: A narrative review.

TL;DR: Future clinical trials using probiotics, prebiotics, antibiotics, or faecal microbiota transplantation need to consider potential mechanistic pathways such as the HPA axis, the immune system, or gut-brain axis hormones involved in appetite control and energy homeostasis.
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Do Leptin Play a Role in Metabolism-Related Psychopathological Symptoms?

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between serum leptin levels, body mass index (BMI), and psychopathology symptoms in patients with schizophrenia and found that the increase in leptin levels is responsible for antipsychotic-induced weight gain and improved psychopathological symptoms.
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Association between antipsychotic medication and clinically relevant weight change: meta-analysis

TL;DR: In this article , the proportion of patients with clinically relevant weight gain (CRWG), defined as ≥7% weight gain and ≥7 % weight loss, was assessed. But the impact of diagnosis on CRWG remains inconclusive.
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Narrative review: the management of acute decompensated heart failure.

TL;DR: Evidence-based recommendations are provided for the diagnosis and management of acute decompensated heart failure including morphine, high-dose diuretics, and inotropic agents may be harmful.
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A Controlled Study

Hamilton S. Davis
- 16 May 1966 - 
TL;DR: I feel let down by the overstatement and it does not seem cricket to whet the reader's appetite by including in the title the come-on phrase "controlled study" when the method used is not really rigidly controlled.
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