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Mental Health |
Anti-depressants and Weight Gain06/12/2008 |
Why do anti-depressants cause weight gain? (In particular, Zoloft/Sertraline)Is it the medication itself that causes it (maybe causes the body to retain water or fat) or does it make people hungrier?
If you could explain it in layman`s terms that would be great! Thank you :)
It is not clear that a single reason exists. Weight gain is vary individualized. At times, it is improvement of mood that accompanies this. Other times it is directly related to this type of antidepressant. It is dose dependent, so it is possible that a smaller dose might help. Sertraline tends to be an antidepressant that the potential for weight gain is not as much as other antidepressants, although other antidepressants such as bupropion has a lesser chance for this side effect.
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Nicholas A Votolato, RPh BCPP Introductory Clinicxal Psychopharamcology Advanced Clinical Psychopharmacology Clinical Pharmacokinetics Clinical Therapetics College of Medicine The Ohio State University |
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