Psychiatric News (8/28) reports, “Individuals who take multiple antipsychotics to manage schizophrenia symptoms have three times the risk of developing hypertension relative to those taking one antipsychotic,” researchers concluded in a study that included “1,663, 1,268, and 1,668 adults with schizophrenia…assessed for incidence of diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, respectively.” The study revealed that “the risk of hypertension was greatest when the patients were taking multiple first-generation antipsychotics.” The findings were published online Aug. 25 in the Schizophrenia Bulletin.
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— “Antipsychotic Polypharmacy Increases Risk of Hypertension, Study Suggests, Psychiatric News, August 28, 2023