It may be virtually impossible to list all the drugs
which cause weight gain, there's simply too many of
them. Since many drugs can be grouped into categories
according to their mechanism of action, it may be useful
to simply say which groups of drugs cause weight gain.
For instance, atypical antipsychotic drugs, also known
as the new generation antipsychotics, have a great therapeutic
effect, generally do not cause the dreaded extrapyramidal
side effects common to older antipsychotics, but they
do cause weight gain quite often. Examples of
drugs are Aripiprazole (Abilify), clozapine (Clozaril)
or olanzapine (Zypreza).
Antidepressants may cause weight gain, this includes
selective serotonin receptor inhibitors (SSRIs), monoamine
oxidase inhibitors (MAO inhibitors) and tricyclic antidepressants.
Lithium, drug probably most commonly used for treatment
of Bipolar disorder, is notorious for causing weight
gain of 10, 20 pounds or more.
This is just a sample of the vast numbers of drugs that
cause weight gain.
I will be covering those in greater detail, shortly. |
