Antipsychotic drugs (APs) are used to treat psychiatric disorders but also have the prominent side effect of weight gain resulting in a higher incidence of metabolic disease in this patient group.
Obesity is a global public health concern, often co-occurring in patients with severe mental illnesses. The impact of psychotropic drugs-induced weight gain is augmenting the disease burden and health
Side effect is one of the major causes of failure in drug development. Severe side effect that go undetected until the post-marketing phase a drug often lead to patient morbidity. Therefore, there is
