"Weight gain was shown recently to be the most important factor leading to noncompliance with these very effective medications," study leader Dr. David J. Klein, from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Ohio, told Reuters Health.
Atypical antipsychotics generally have fewer side effects than some of the older antipsychotic drugs. Some of the drugs in this newer class of antipsychotics commonly prescribed include risperidone, sold as Risperdal; quetiapine, sold as Seroquel; and olanzapine, sold as Zyprexa.
Primary text: American Journal of Psychiatry, December 2006
