The male patients gained more weight, the patients' HbA1c was related to changes in BMI, and those on olanzapine had significantly increased systolic blood pressure.
In conclusion, he recommended that clinicians assess risk/benefit ratios carefully when prescribing antipsychotics to children and adolescents, especially if the patient has a nonpsychotic disorder. He also urged frequent reconsideration of whether these medications need to be continued in patients who are not psychotic and said that all young patients should be monitored for adverse metabolic and endocrine effects.
'Some side effects may specifically interfere with functioning' in children and adolescents. DR. ARANGO