Antidepressants Increase Diabetes Risk

A new study from the Diabetes Prevention Program, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, indicates that antidepressants dramatically increase the risk of developing type-2 (onset) diabetes, for those who are already at risk for the disease.

This new finding puts conventional medical approaches in a double bind, because antidepressants are the treatment of choice for most doctors, even when treating depressed patients at risk for diabetes.

Roughly 20 million Americans have clinical depression, and roughly 16 million have diagnosed diabetes. These numbers overlap considerably. In addition, as many as 100 million Americans have metabolic syndrome, which puts them at risk for both diabetes and depression.

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