Posted by yxibow on December 6, 2006, at 0:58:32
In reply to Truth to Med Side Effect of Weight Gain, posted by becksA on December 5, 2006, at 19:25:18
> I've wondered this for a long time. When you hear about or experience medicines causing weight gain, is it because of a chemical imbalance causing change in your metabolism....or do the meds simply make you more hungry, causing your to eat more than you normally would?
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> ThanksThe answer is yes. Its a bit of both in my opinion -- agents such as Seroquel and Zyprexa can change lipid profiles in the body which increase cholesterol.
On the other hand, vigorous amounts of excercise will reduce this cholesterol imbalance (I know, I dropped it when I dropped weight.)
Remeron I'm not sure of -- it certainly causes ravenous hunger, but does it actually change body chemistry if you locked your fridge ? That's a hard one to say, I think its somewhere in the middle again.
Basically, whether your metabolism is slowed down, or whether it causes you to sleep more, a weight gaining medication is not taken in a vacuum. We eat, as humans, as a part of our daily life, and artificial adjustments may have to be made to accommodate a new daily calorie limit created by medication X.
I'm sure there will be lots of stories and different theories about this -- its an oft discussed topic.
-- Jay
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