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Title: | Severe weight gain in 2 boys treated with risperidone | Authors: | Nelissen, Sanne BERVOETS, Liene MASSA, Guy |
Issue Date: | 2010 | Source: | Tijdschrift van de Belgische Kinderarts, 12 (4), p. 48-49 | Abstract: | Weight gain is a frequent side effect of treatment with atypical antipsychotics in adults as well as in children, but the prevalence and severity are still far underestimated. We here report on 2 boys who developed severe overweight during treatment with risperidone. An 8.5 years old boy more than doubled his weight during 4 years of treatment with risperidone resulting in a BMI increase from 17.0 kg/m² (+ 0.6 SDS) to 29.6 kg/m² (+ 2.9 SDS) at the age of 12.4 yrs. A 12.3 years old boy, treated since the age of 9.1 years with risperidone, also doubled his weight during 3 years of treatment with an increase in BMI from 16.4 kg/m² (+ 0.1 SDS) to 26.0 kg/m² (+ 1.9 SDS). Auxological and metabolic parameters should carefully be followed-up in all children treated with atypical antipsychotics and weight stabilising or reducing actions should be taken as soon as indicated. | Keywords: | atypical antipsychotics; obesity; risperidone; weight gain | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/14711 | ISSN: | 2032-3891 | Category: | A2 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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