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It’s normal for your weight to fluctuate by a small amount from day to day, and minor changes in your weight shouldn’t be seen as a sign that your antidepressant is causing you to gain weight.
The weight loss injection tirzepatide helped Melanie Ressa lose weight and overcome food noise, emotional eating, and mental health challenges. Her story, here.
Explore the weighty world of senior health — unlocking the mysteries of diabetes drugs, Medicare challenges, and the quest for vitality in aging adults!
A serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) is a type of drug which acts as a reuptake inhibitor of the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, or 5-HT) by blocking the action of the serotonin transporter (SERT). This in turn leads to increased extracellular concentrations of serotonin and, therefore, an increase in serotonergic ...
Naltrexone/bupropion, sold under the brand name Contrave among others, is a fixed-dose combination medication for the management of chronic obesity in adults in combination with a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity.
It could be that "people get on GLP-1s to lose weight, and as a consequence of the weight loss, feel better.” But it’s also possible that GLP-1s are benefiting the body in other ways, he says.
IT’S NOT ALL about shedding pounds and curbing hunger. GLP-1 drugs used for weight loss involve all kinds of side effects—good and not-so-good—that may or may not strike the average user.
In the US, the drug label contains warnings for increased heart rate, suicidal behavior and ideation, glaucoma, mood and sleep disorders, creatinine elevation, and metabolic acidosis. Some of these warnings are based on historical observations in epilepsy patients taking topiramate.