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Women who take antipsychotic medications while pregnant may have an increased risk of developing diabetes, according to a new Swedish study.
Researchers found that out of 360,000 women who gave birth over a four-year span, about four percent of those on antipsychotic drugs developed gestational diabetes. Meanwhile, only 1.7 percent of women who weren't taking antipsychotics were diagnosed with pregnancy-related diabetes.
"It's a very important and difficult area to study, because severe mental disorders - such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder - often require consistent medication even if a woman is pregnant. So it's very important for us to know all the possible adverse effects from the medications," said Dr. Robert Bod?n, the study's lead author from Uppsala University in Sweden.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/07/03/us-antipsychotic-diabetes-idUKBRE86217620120703
Researchers found that out of 360,000 women who gave birth over a four-year span, about four percent of those on antipsychotic drugs developed gestational diabetes. Meanwhile, only 1.7 percent of women who weren't taking antipsychotics were diagnosed with pregnancy-related diabetes.
"It's a very important and difficult area to study, because severe mental disorders - such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder - often require consistent medication even if a woman is pregnant. So it's very important for us to know all the possible adverse effects from the medications," said Dr. Robert Bod?n, the study's lead author from Uppsala University in Sweden.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/07/03/us-antipsychotic-diabetes-idUKBRE86217620120703