1744-859X-5-S1-S9 1744-859X Oral presentation <p>Antipsychotic drugs and metabolic disorders</p> Athyros Vasileios

Atherosclerosis and Metabolic Syndrome Units, 2nd Prop. Clinic of Internal Medicine Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

 Annals of General Psychiatry <p>International Society on Brain and Behaviour: 2nd International Congress on Brain and Behaviour</p> Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. <p>International Society on Brain and Behaviour: 2nd International Congress on Brain and Behaviour</p> Thessaloniki, Greece 17–20 November 2005 1744-859X 2006 5 Suppl 1 S9 10.1186/1744-859X-5-S1-S9 28 2 2006

NCEP-ATP III: The Metabolic Syndrome: Diagnosis is established when at least 3 of these risk factors are present

<p>Table 1</p>

Risk Factor

Defining Level

1. Abdominal obesity (Waist circumference)

Men

>102 cm (>40 in)

Women

>88 cm (>35 in)

2. TG3. HDL-C

≥150 mg/dl

Men

<40 mg/dl

Women

<50 mg/dl

4. Blood pressure

≥130/≥85 mmHg

5. Fasting glucose

≥110 mg/dl

The presence of Metabolic Syndrome increases the risk of Cardiovascular Disease death by 2,5-fold to 3,5-fold in comparison to subjects without the syndrome.

The prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in general population is 24% and in untreated patients with Schizophrenia 37%. Patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorders tend to be obese or have type-2 diabetes even before the administration of antipsychotics. Moreover, conventional antipsychotics and some atypical antipsychotics increase the trend for obesity or type-2 diabetes, because of their adverse effect on glucose and lipid metabolism.

Today, accumulated knowledge and advances in pharmacology permit safe and effective treatment of psychosis, related with improvement in several clinically significant health factors (beneficial effects on metabolic parameters and body weight). This could significantly reduce the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorders and consequently may diminish the associated Cardiovascular Disease risk.