Antipsychotic drug use in kids ups risk of type 2 diabetes

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Prescribing antipsychotic drugs to kids and young adults having behavioural problems or mood disorders could put them at a risk for acquiring type 2 diabetes, a study has showed.

The Vanderbilt University Medical Center study shows that young people using medications like risperidone, quetiapine, aripiprazol and olanzapine led to a threefold increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes within the first year of taking the drug.

http://www.business-standard.com/ar...s-risk-of-type-2-diabetes-113082200115_1.html
 
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