Abstract
Atypical antipsychotic medications can cause weight gain, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and hyperprolactinemia. Clinical laboratories should expect that with increasing prescription of these medications, monitoring of fasting blood sugar, hemoglobin A 1 c, and blood lipid levels should also increase.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 625-627 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Laboratory Medicine |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Biochemistry, medical