Abstract
Metabolic and endocrine abnormalities secondary to hyperprolactinemia, particularly hypogonadism, may be involved in the excessive body weight gain observed during treatment with antipsychotic drugs. The present study was conducted in healthy men in order to detect an endocrine imbalance secondary to antipsychotic drug administration, which, if sustained in the long term, might be involved in the development of obesity. Sulpiride (200 mg daily for 30 days) or placebo was nonblindly administered, and body weight gain was correlated with the serum levels of prolactin, luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, estradiol, free testosterone, thyrotropic hormone, free tetraiodothyroxine, cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEA-S), and the ratios estradiol/testosterone and testosterone/DHEA-S; the blood lipids were also assessed. Body weight gain and the serum levels of prolactin were significantly increased by sulpiride; in addition, a significant positive correlation was observed between prolactin levels and body weight gain. Other endocrine parameters were not significantly affected by the drug. These short-term results show that in healthy men, body weight can be increased by antipsychotic drug administration; thi...Continue Reading
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