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ReviewCNS drugs2010

Metformin for atypical antipsychotic-induced weight gain and glucose metabolism dysregulation: review of the literature and clinical suggestions.

Mehrul Hasnain, W Victor R Vieweg, Sonja K Fredrickson

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Review in CNS drugs, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Metformin for olanzapine-induced weight gain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2011 · on this map
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mehrul HasnainDepartment of Psychiatry, Western Regional Integrated Health Authority, Sir Thomas Roddick Hospital, Stephenville, Newfoundland, Canada. mehrul_hasnain@yahoo.com
W Victor R Vieweg
Sonja K Fredrickson
Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center · USVirginia Commonwealth University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Individuals receiving certain atypical antipsychotic medications are at risk of gaining weight and developing metabolic problems. There are no established drug treatments to prevent or counter these problems. However, the antihyperglycaemic agent metformin appears promising in some recent studies and we review the literature that evaluates metformin for limiting or reversing atypical antipsychotic drug-induced weight gain and glucose metabolism dysregulation. These studies suggest that metformin is beneficial if started early in antipsychotic drug treatment. Metformin has also been shown to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus in high-risk individuals from the general population. Based on these findings, we identify antipsychotic drug-treated patients who might benefit from metformin therapy and offer clinical guidelines for its use. Further long-term studies are needed to extend our observations and improve this strategy.

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Antipsychotic AgentsCardiovascular DiseasesGlucose Metabolism DisordersGuidelines as TopicHumansInsulin ResistanceMental DisordersMetforminPubMedRisk FactorsWeight GainAntipsychotic AgentsMetformin

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PMID20155995
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