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Why do people gain weight when on antidepressants?

Posted on September 04, 2008

Finally in today s Q & A Thursday a reader asks: how do SSRI antidepressants cause weight gain? I m not an expert in pharmacology but as far as I know, there s no answer to this question yet! SSRIs or Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors are a group of antidepressants which include prozac, zoloft and lexapro. About 25 percent of the people who take these antidepressants gain weight, but at the moment we don t know the precise mechanism by which this occurs. It s believed that SSRIs affect both appetite and metabolism. It s also been suggested that as people s mood impro...

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