It helps regulate appetite, balance blood sugar, and influence metabolism
Main mechanism Inhibits the reuptake of dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin in the brain (a triple monoamine reuptake inhibitor, or SNDRI)
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And our current thinking about obesity, and one of the components of the disease of obesity, is that some individuals although they all have GLP-1 and these other gut hormones, amylin, glucagon, GIP, that's what they're called that signal, for some reason, is not getting to the brain in ample amounts to tell the individual to feel full, satiated, and stop eating
Most antipsychotics contribute to weight gain, with the highest risk associated with olanzapine and clozapine (Dayabandara M et al, Neuropsych Disease Treatment 2017;13:22312241
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