A new medical study says that psychiatric drugs often used to treat children have a common side effect of causing weight-gain of 10 to 20 lbs. in under 11 weeks. The situation only gets worse when young people with mental illness who become obese wind up trying crazy diets.
Many of such drugs have been in wide use among children, and they are only getting wider.
Some of the patients treated with these drugs may now file a fat lawsuit.
When patients treated for bipolar disorder realized their recent weight gain wasn’t their fault, they were thrilled and depressed.
Ideally, these medications should be limited to treat anorexia.
Some experts are against the use of these drugs to treat behavioral problems, and the kids in these cases really tip the scales.
On average, up to 36% of those taking these drugs suffered this side effect. Among those with multiple personalities, it was at least double.
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