Weight Gain With Cymbalta Medication
"Which antidepressants are least likely to cause me to gain weight?" (Part Two)
In part one of this series on weight gain and antidepressants we talked about which medications are most likely to make you gain weight. It seems that Paxil is the "winner" there. In so many of the forums discussing this topic, people say they gained from between 20-50 pounds while taking this antidepressant. And even the medical community is in agreement here that Paxil can cause the user to gain a significant amount of weight.
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Expert & Community Posts
"Will my Antidepressants Make me Gain Weight?" (Part One)
By Merely Me , Health Expert...weight gain It seems that many of the drugs in the class of SSRI's or "selective... Read more »
Antidepressants: Cymbalta
By Deborah Gray , Health Expert...seen the television commercials or magazine ads for Cymbalta, and you might be wondering what... Read more »
Sexual Dis-interest? Lacking Libido? Zero Arousal? Is It Your Anti-depressant??
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert...adults who currently take or who have taken these drugs. And these negative side effects can... Read more »
Will Cymbalta Become the Second Drug Approved for Fibromyalgia?
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert...U.S. Food and Drug Administration requesting that Cymbalta (duloxetine) be approved for the... Read more »
Fibromyalgia Research Update: American College of Rheumatology Meeting 2008
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Fibromyalgia Medication
...sexual dysfunction and weight gain.Serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) such as Cymbalta, Effexor and Savella are the newest and perhaps most promising class of... Read more »Fibromyalgia: Medications
...they act directly on two chemical messengers in the brain -- norepinephrine and serotonin.Duloxetine (Cymbalta) is gaining attention as a treatment for fibromyalgia. In a 2004 study, 207 patients... Read more »Depression Medications, Antidepressants, Suicide Risk
...and advised doctors to prescribe their patients only small amounts of venlafaxine pills.Duloxetine (Cymbalta) also acts on both serotonin and norepinephrine. The drug was granted FDA approval in... Read more »Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Medications
...significant depression. They include fluoxetine (Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft), and paroxetine (Paxil). Cymbalta (duloxetine) is a new antidepressant that is classified as a selective serotonin and... Read more »Type 1 Diabetes
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