What evidence shows that Zyprexa increases diabetes?
Evidence to date convinces leading psychiatry researchers that Zyprexa does pose a greater risk of diabetes than other widely prescribed — and equally effective — schizophrenia drugs. For the large number of psychiatric patients who have pre-existing risk factors for diabetes or heart disease, informed psychiatrists have started to prescribe the rival drugs. Blaming any psychiatric drug for diabetes is complicated by other risk factors. Apart from any drugs, the two million Americans with schizophrenia suffer more diabetes and heart disease than does the general population. Lifestyle accounts for some of the increased frequency of heart disease and diabetes among schizophrenics. Such folks typically smoke more, eat unhealthy foods and get less exercise. Patients receiving strong psychiatric drugs usually are obese at an above-average rate.
