Study underscores heightened risk of type 2 diabetes when on antipsychotic

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Study underscores heightened risk of type 2 diabetes when on antipsychotic

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Research shows blood-glucose lowering metformin, in almost every case prescribed, is a proxy for contracting type 2 diabetes
Patients dispensed an antipsychotic with high risk of weight gain also had a 2.41 times increased risk of commencing on metformin GPs need to kee, Olivia Currie, Researcher Olivia Currie suggests GPs review their patients on antipsychotics a bit more frequently