Psychiatric News (2/13) reports, “Psychiatric medications do not appear to interfere with weight loss in” patients with obesity “who have had bariatric surgery,” investigators concluded after analyzing “data on 190 patients who had bariatric surgery,” 61 of whom “were taking psychiatric medications before surgery, and 50” who “continued taking psychiatric medications one year after surgery.” The findings were published in the January/February issue of Psychosomatics, the journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.
Related Links:
— “Psychiatric Medications Not Associated With Poorer Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery, Psychiatric News, February 13, 2020