Can metformin undo weight gain induced by antipsychotics?

dc.contributor.author	Schumann, Sarah-Anne	eng
dc.contributor.author	Ewigman, Bernard	eng
dc.contributor.author	Hickner, John	eng
dc.contributor.other	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.date.issued	2008	eng
dc.description.abstract	Recommend metformin 250mg 3 times a day, along with lifestyle modifications, to promote weight loss and decrease insulin resistance in patients who gain more than 10% of their pretreatment body weigh on antipsychotic medications. Stength of recommendation: B: Based on a single, well-designed, randomized controlled trial.	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5420
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Priority Updates to Research Literature (PURLs) (2008)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri-Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of family practice, 57, no. 08 (August 2008): 526-530.	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Metformin -- Therapeutic use	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Antipsychotic drugs -- Side effects	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Weight loss preparations	eng
dc.subject.other	Metformin	eng
dc.subject.other	Weight gain	eng
dc.subject.other	Antipsychotics	eng
dc.title	Can metformin undo weight gain induced by antipsychotics?	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

Priority Updates to Research Literature (PURLs)
Priority Updates to Research Literature generate new evidence-based recommendations for practice for family physicians and other primary care clinicians.