Adjunctive α-lipoic acid reduces weight gain compared with placebo at 12 weeks in schizophrenic patients treated with atypical antipsychotics

ALA might play an important role as an adjunctive treatment in decreasing obesity in patients who take atypical antipsychotics.

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Can i take α-Lipoic acid? I have high blood pressure…

There seems to be some research that it can reduce blood pressure.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=α-Lipoic+acid+blood+pressure

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