Women who take antipsychotic drugs during pregnancy are more likely to develop gestational diabetes, say researchers. The study, conducted by Robert Bodén. M.D., Ph.D., of the Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, and Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, and colleagues, is published in Archives of General Psychiatry. Antipsychotic drugs are used to treat severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, "however, the evidence concerning use of antipsychotics during pregnancy is generally lacking or weak," say the researchers...
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