Atypical Antipsychotics and Glucose Dysregulation: A Series of 4 Cases

Sanjay Gupta; Barbara Lentz; Kari Lockwood; Bradford Frank

doi:10.4088/pcc.v03n0203

Atypical Antipsychotics and Glucose Dysregulation: A Series of 4 Cases

Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry. 2001 Apr;3(2):61-65. doi: 10.4088/pcc.v03n0203.

Authors

Sanjay Gupta¹, Barbara Lentz, Kari Lockwood, Bradford Frank

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Psychiatry, Olean General Hospital and State University of New York Upstate Medical University Center at Syracuse; the Department of Psychiatry, University of Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo; the Continuing Day Treatment Program, Olean, N.Y.; the Psychiatric Network; and the Department of Psychiatry, WCA Hospital, Jamestown, N.Y.

Abstract

There have been reports in the psychiatric literature of the association of glucose dysregulation and diabetes mellitus with the use of atypical and typical (conventional) antipsychotics. We present a series of 4 additional cases in which psychotic disorders (DSM-IV) were treated with atypical antipsychotics, and patients subsequently developed glucose dysregulation or diabetes mellitus. The implications of these findings are discussed.