Prevalence of hyperglycemia among patients taking atypical antipsychotics seen at the UP-Philippine General Hospital

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of hyperglycemia among patients taking anti-psychotics in a hospital setting. METHODOLOGY: Twenty-one patients seen at the out patient department and admitted to the in-patient service of UP-PGH, who were taking atypical anti-psychotics such as amisulpiride, clozapine, olanzapine, quetiapine, and risperidone, were screened for hyperglycemia using serum fasting glucose. RESULTS: None of the twenty-one patients taking any of the atypical anti-psychotics tested positive for hyperglycemia. CONCLUSION: Hyperglycemia was not prevalent among this sample of patients taking atypical anti-psychotics.