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Quick ?????

kristinhull1
kristinhull1 Posts: 294 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
Do medicines really make you gain weight...My Dr prescribed my seroquil to sleep and said it may cause weight gain...How does one pill make you gain weight?

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  • AriesGal329
    AriesGal329 Posts: 236 Member
    I think you should ask your doctor. I'm sure he/she can address that.
  • madammags
    madammags Posts: 97 Member
    Lots of medications can cause weight gain via a whole host of different mechanisms. Some may change your metabolism, some your feelings of hunger or satiety, some your energy levels making you less likely to want to exercise etcetc. I don't know about the specific medication you are on, ask your doctor, but yeah, the body is a complex machine with lots of interdependent parts.
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    There a lot of medicines that can cause weight gain. Anti depressants being a main culprit
  • MarziPanda95
    MarziPanda95 Posts: 1,326 Member
    Most medications that 'cause weight gain' only do so because they make you very hungry. I've been on lots of said medications that supposedly cause weight gain. I did gain weight. Because I ate more than I burned, because I was so hungry.
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