Antipsychotic-Treated Patients with Schizophrenia See Benefits From Semaglutide
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A study found that patients with schizophrenia treated with antipsychotics saw benefits from semaglutide, a medication typically used for diabetes and weight loss, sparking interest in potential new treatment avenues.
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I don't think semaglutide directly affects their mental states (although it may since there's suggestions it helps with other problems OCD perhaps) but reducing their weight related health issues would be massive.
The report said to me "with care, it's safe and beneficial" and that's great to know. Hopefully the research community is going down a list of different classes of people on (complex) drug regimen who might have drug interaction risks, doing a risk assessment, starting with the ones who get weight gain as a problem in their treatment.
(Not a doctor or epidemiologist, just fascinated by it)