Wehmeier Peter M, Gebhardt Stefan, Schmidtke Jörg, Remschmidt Helmut, Hebebrand Johannes, Theisen Frank M
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Philipps-University, Hans-Sachs-Str. 4-8, 35033 Marburg, Germany.
Psychiatry Res. 2005 Feb 28;133(2-3):273-6. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.02.018.
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic known to cause considerable weight gain. The extent to which genetic factors determine weight gain is unknown. Here we report on a pair of female monozygotic twins concordant for schizophrenia and mild mental retardation who were treated with clozapine over 5.5 years. One twin gained a total of 53.1 kg and had a weight of 107.5 kg (BMI=38.1 kg/m2) at the end of the observation period. The other twin gained a total of 48.2 kg and finally had a weight of 100.4 kg (BMI=33.8 kg/m2). Because both patients experienced considerable weight gain during treatment, our observation suggests that the antipsychotic-induced weight gain is under strong genetic control.
氯氮平是一种非典型抗精神病药物,已知会导致显著体重增加。遗传因素在多大程度上决定体重增加尚不清楚。在此,我们报告一对同卵双胞胎女性,她们患有精神分裂症和轻度智力障碍,接受氯氮平治疗超过5.5年。其中一个双胞胎共增重53.1千克,在观察期结束时体重为107.5千克(体重指数=38.1千克/平方米)。另一个双胞胎共增重48.2千克,最终体重为100.4千克(体重指数=33.8千克/平方米)。由于两名患者在治疗期间均出现显著体重增加,我们的观察表明抗精神病药物引起的体重增加受强大的遗传控制。