Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jun 2025
Calls for weight loss drugs like Ozempic to be subsidised for people with schizophrenia
11 June 2025 - Queensland researchers are calling for weight loss medicines to be listed on the PBS for people with schizophrenia, after a trial found they didn't affect psychotic symptoms.
The team at University of Queensland said weight gain was a major side effect of common antipsychotic drugs, leading to an "epidemic" of obesity-related concerns for people with schizophrenia.
