<p style="text-align: justify;">OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of hyperglycemia among patients taking anti-psychotics in a hospital setting.
METHODOLOGY: Twenty-one patients seen at the out patient department and admitted to the in-patient service of UP-PGH, who were taking atypical anti-psychotics such as amisulpiride, clozapine, olanzapine, quetiapine, and risperidone, were screened for hyperglycemia using serum fasting glucose.
RESULTS: None of the twenty-one patients taking any of the atypical anti-psychotics tested positive for hyperglycemia.
CONCLUSION: Hyperglycemia was not prevalent among this sample of patients taking atypical anti-psychotics.p>
Human
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Antipsychotic Agents
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Benzodiazepines
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Clozapine
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Fasting
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Glucose
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Hyperglycemia
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Outpatients
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Prevalence
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Quetiapine Fumarate
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Risperidone