ArticleThe American journal of psychiatry2018
Continuation of Atypical Antipsychotic Medication During Early Pregnancy and the Risk of Gestational Diabetes.
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- Effect of antipsychotic consumption during pregnancy on risk of gestational diabetes development: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Place of the partial dopamine receptor agonist aripiprazole in the management of schizophrenia in adults: a Delphi consensus study.BMC psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- [Antipsychotics during pregnancy: a systematic review].Der Nervenarzt · 2021Pooled it
- Antipsychotic Exposure in Pregnancy and the Risk of Gestational Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2020Pooled it
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- Guideline for pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia 2022.Neuropsychopharmacology reports · 2025Article
- Outcomes of long-acting injectable antipsychotics use in pregnancy: A literature review.World journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Striking the Balance: Bipolar Disorder in the Perinatal Period.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2024Review
- Management of Pregnant Women with Mental Disorders Requires Attention to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Olanzapine Pharmacokinetics: A Clinical Review of Current Insights and Remaining Questions.Pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine · 2023Review
- Case report: Olanzapine-associated water retention, high blood pressure, and subsequent preterm preeclampsia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Novel report on congenital talipes equinovarus (CTEV) following olanzapine exposure during pregnancy: case report and short review.Archives of women's mental health · 2022Article
- Antipsychotic Use During Pregnancy and Risk for Gestational Diabetes: A National Register-Based Cohort Study in Sweden.CNS drugs · 2022Article
- Course of Illness and Treatment Updates for Bipolar Disorder in the Perinatal Period.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveSome atypical antipsychotics are associated with metabolic side effects, which are risk factors for gestational diabetes. The authors examined the risk of developing gestational diabetes associated with the continuation of treatment with aripiprazole, ziprasidone, quetiapine, risperidone, and olanzapine during pregnancy compared with discontinuation of these antipsychotic drugs.
methodNondiabetic pregnant women who were linked to a live-born infant and enrolled in Medicaid (2000-2010) and who received one or more prescriptions dispensed for an antipsychotic drug during the 3 months before pregnancy were included in the analyses. Among 1,543,334 pregnancies, some expectant mothers at baseline were receiving treatment with aripiprazole (N=1,924), ziprasidone (N=673), quetiapine (N=4,533), risperidone (N=1,824), or olanzapine (N=1,425). For each antipsychotic drug, women with two or more dispensings ("continuers") were compared with women with no dispensings ("discontinuers") during the first half of pregnancy. A generalized linear model and propensity-score stratification were used to obtain absolute and relative risks of developing gestational diabetes, with adjustment for confounders.
resultsWomen who continued antipsychotic treatment during pregnancy generally had higher comorbidity and longer baseline antipsychotic use. The crude risk of developing gestational diabetes among continuers compared with discontinuers, respectively, was 4.8% and 4.5% for aripiprazole, 4.2% and 3.8% for ziprasidone, 7.1% and 4.1% for quetiapine, 6.4% and 4.1% for risperidone, and 12.0% and 4.7% for olanzapine. The adjusted relative risks were 0.82 (95% CI=0.50-1.33) for aripiprazole, 0.76 (95% CI=0.29-2.00) for ziprasidone, 1.28 (95% CI=1.01-1.62) for quetiapine, 1.09 (95% CI=0.70-1.70) for risperidone, and 1.61 (95% CI=1.13-2.29) for olanzapine.
conclusionsCompared with women who discontinued use of an atypical antipsychotic medication before the start of pregnancy, women who continued treatment with olanzapine or quetiapine had an increased risk of gestational diabetes that may be explained by the metabolic effects associated with these two drugs.
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