Children and adolescents, 4- to 19-years-old, given Seroquel (Quetiapine Fumarate) gained an average of 13.4 lbs in less than 3 months (11 weeks) according to a new study published in JAMA. Read the entire article | Email this article

Metformin prevented additional weight gain in children who had gained 10 percent or more in less than a year while taking the antipsychotic drugs Zyprexa (olanzapine), Risperdal (risperidone) or Seroquel (quetiapine) according to a study from researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Those given a placebo gained an average of 9 pounds, while those given metformin did not gain an additional weight. Read the entire article | Email this article

Seroquel (quetiapine) causes an average weight gain of 7 percent or more in patients with schizophrenia or psychosis in 56 percent of patients according to a large, ongoing study of patients as noted in a new review paper about drugs that cause weight gain. Read the entire article | Email this article

Several people taking drugs for schizophrenia, such as Zyprexa (olanzapine) or Seroquel (quetiapine), have complained how much weight they have gained taking these drugs. Someone called yesterday and said he had gained 80 pounds taking Seroquel (quetiapine), and asked if I had heard of any other medicines that did not cause weight gain. Yes, maybe there is. Read the entire article | Email this article

The United States Federal Drug and Food Administration defines weight gain related to any given drug as an increase of 7 percent of bodyweight. Based on this definition, one study reported that a 7 percent weight gain was observed in 29 percent of patients treated with Zyprexa (olanzapine), 25 percent treated with Seroquel (quetiapine), 18 percent with Risperdal (risperidone), and 9.8 percent treated with Geodon (ziprasidone). Read the entire article | Email this article

The antipsychotic drug Seroquel (quetiapine) causes an average of weight gain of 9 pounds in two months according to recent study from the University of Miami School of Medicine. Read the entire article | Email this article

The antipsychotic drug Seroquel (quetiapine) causes an average of weight gain of 4 to 12 pounds in six weeks according to recent review paper from Germany. Read the entire article | Email this article

The antipsychotic drug Seroquel (quetiapine) causes an average of weight gain of 4 pounds in one month according to recent review paper from Germany. Read the entire article | Email this article

The antipsychotic drug Nipolept (zotepine), which is not available in the U.S., causes an average of weight gain of 5.1 pounds in one month according to recent review paper from Germany. Read the entire article | Email this article

The anti-psychotic drug Seroquel (quetiapine) is associated with modest weight gain that is not dose-related and does not increase over time according to a recently published review paper about the weight gaining potential of anti-psychotic drugs. Read the entire article | Email this article