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Polyphenol `s Weight Gain and Antipsychotic Drugs

Hopkins Scientists Uncover Cause of Antipsychotic Drug Weight Gain

ScienceDaily (Feb. 16, 2007) — Johns Hopkins brain scientists have hit on how and why some powerful drugs used for treating mental illnesses cause patients to gain so much weight that they often develop life-threatening complications such as diabetes and heart disease…(Read the Article)

– Drugs include olanzapine (Zyprexa), clozapine (Clozaril), and risperidone (Risperdal Polyphenol )

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