Is one of your prescriptions making you fat? Medications that cause weight gain can undo all of your hard work to lose weight. There is a long list of medicines that can lead to weight gain and obesity, and you have a right to know them!
Hi and welcome back this is dr. barry i wanted to take a few minutes today to talk to you about medications that your doctor might prescribe for you that can actually make you gain weight and i know that initially that might sound weird like my doctor would never do that but it happens every day okay and i’m gonna go through this list of medications so you can run
It against the medicines you may be taking or a loved loved one or a friend and see if you or loved one is taking any of these medications and then you can talk to your doctor about changing them at the very end of this video i’m going to tell you about a medication that absolutely makes people gain weight and doctors give it to the very people who need to lose
Weight the worst of all okay and i’ll save that one for last because it’s so inflammatory and unbelievable that doctors actually give this medicine to patients but first please take a second it’s not gonna kill you to hit the subscribe button and share this on social media because i guarantee you you have friends who are taking some of these medicines who have no
Idea that the medicines given to them by their doctor are the reason that they can’t lose weight so let’s go through this list and if you have any question if you don’t hear a medicine that you’re taking mentioned but you think it does cause weight leave a comment below i’ll gladly answer any comments and questions you have because i want people to be aware that
Medications can make you gain weight okay so two things first of all yeah everyday doctors do this because either they don’t take the time to think about alternatives or they just don’t know about alternatives and so if you if one of your medicines is listed in this video go to your doctor respectfully and say hey could could we please consider another alternative
And if he says why yes dr. barry’s right we will definitely change you to an alternative medication that doesn’t have that side effect then you know you’ve got a trusted learning medical adviser and friend who will work with you in the future if however you your doctor gets flustered and upset with you for requesting something like this then perhaps you should
Find a new doctor so let’s go through this list and we’ll talk about each one in turn so the first group of medications are called beta blockers and they’re typically used for high blood pressure or heart issues and again if you need this and there’s no other alternative that’ll work then you’ll just have to take the pill but if there is an alternative then your
Doctor should give you that so that you don’t also risk gaining weight as well so beta blockers that you should be aware of our atena law propranolol and metoprolol or meta pro all those guys are known to tend to make people gain weight and if you’re on one of those then you should see your doctor and ask about an alternative to control your heart or your blood
Pressure the next big group is the anti histamines this is a very big class and it’s exactly what you think if you’re taking fexofenadine loretta dean sortir zine or if you’re taking cipro hepta dean hydroxyzine diphenhydramine promethazine any of those guys are gonna tend to make you gain weight the newer ones won’t make you gain weight as quickly as the older
Ones in that drug class but nonetheless they all have it listed in their package insert and they will tend to make you gain weight and so people take antihistamines for many different reasons and if if you have a condition and there’s just no alternative then you’ll have to take that pill but if there is an alternative have your doctor today and ask him pretty
Please change me to something else because i don’t want to gain weight the next class of drugs are the psychological medications antidepressants antipsychotics and mood stabilizers many many many of these can lead to substantial weight gain and you can kind of see that how terrible that would be if you’re already depressed about things in life and then i give you
A pill and it also makes you gain weight you know that that’s really not very therapeutic and so the antidepressant citalopram fluoxetine paroxetine fluvoxamine sertraline amitriptyline nortriptyline mir tazza p m– any of those guys are going to tend to make you gain weight so if you’re taking one of those then you need to talk to your doctor unless gain weights
Okay with you then keep taking the pill because it’s going to help you do that now i know i’m saying these names fast if you have a question about did i say your drug name or not just leave a comment below and type in your drug what you’re taking and i’ll let you know if it’s on the list of medications that will tend to make you gain weight also antipsychotics and
Mood stabilizers like lithium and olanzapine definitely contend to make you pack on the pounds that’s in the package insert there’s no argument about that now if your psychologist or psychiatrist says yes it does cause weight gain but there’s no other medication that’s going to help you like this one will it maybe you may have to just compromise and say okay fine
I’ll take that and i’ll just be very diligent about my diet and other things but if there’s any way you can change to another medication you may want to do that the next class of medications are anti-seizure medications but they also are used for many many other things in medicine we use them for chronic pain from neuropathy for many other things and so if you’re
Taking gabapentin pregabalin or valproic acid or again lithium those are gonna tend to make you gain weight and i have many patients who have terrible neuropathy and they have to take gabapentin or pre goblin or they can’t even function and so i’m well aware that those medications can tend to make them gain weight and i try to counsel them as such but sometimes
There’s just no other alternative they have to take that pill if they want to have any kind of meaningful pain-free life the next class of medications are the anti-inflammatories or the nsaids non-steroidal non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs it’s a big class of drugs ibuprofen naproxen ketoprofen meloxicam diclofenac selleck ops celecoxib and others they will
Tend to make you whole fluid and/or hold adipose tissue now some let me say this if you’re taking any of these medications for just a week or two or just a few days they’re not going to make you gain weight any of the medicines i’ve talked about are not going to make you gain weight if you just take them for a few days but if you’re having to take them for weeks
And weeks or months or years they’re gonna tend to make you gain weight so if you’re taking a chronic daily or twice a day and inflammatory you may want to talk to your doctor about other alternatives and once again you may say man my ortho itis is so severe if i don’t take this pill once or twice a day i can’t even get out of my chair and function it may be worth
The risk to take that pill and that’s something you need to be able to discuss with your doctor the next class of medications are narcotics if you’re taking any opioid or narcotic that it’s gonna tend to make you gain weight and it’s also gonna tend to lower your testosterone level which can lead to chronic fatigue in both men and women okay so if your pain is
So severe you have to take chronic daily narcotics then you need to talk to your doctor and find out for many reasons is there another alternative to me having to take this pill because dr. berry said it’ll make me gain weight the next is birth control pills and injections if if you’re a woman and you’re having to take a birth control pill or an injection every
Three months that’s gonna tend to make you gain weight it’s in the package insert and although i’ve had many gynecologists tell my patients no no that doesn’t make you gain weight it’s in the package insert it’s known to medical science that any of the hormones like that will tend to make you gain weight so talk to your doctor again and if he’s willing to work with
You then great but if he gets huffy and gets offended that you ask such a question then you maybe should look for a new doctor the next group of medications are the steroids we talked about the non-steroidal anti-inflammatories but steroids are also a great anti-inflammatory in their own right and they’re used for autoimmune conditions and for lung conditions and
Many many other things if you’re going to be taking them for just a few days that’s probably fine but if you’re going to be taking them for weeks or months or years you need to really look hard with your doctor to try to find another alternative because they will absolutely make you gain weight and they’ll make you gain both water weight and adipose tissue or fat
There’s no ifs ands or buts cortisol is is in the body when we make it we it’s called a steroid and put it in pill form or injection formed this is not up for debate it is proven that steroids cortisol will make you gain weight okay so if you have to take that pill you have to take it or suffer the consequences but if there’s any other alternative i sure hope your
Doctor will help you discover it and switch you to it so the last group of medications are just unbelievable to me that doctors either don’t know better or don’t care people with adult onset diabetes or type 2 diabetes don’t need to be given anything that raises their insulin level and gaudà or actually puts insulin in their body but every day doctors do this to
Their patients and i don’t understand this at all there are some medications for type 2 diabetes that don’t raise the insulin level and that’s what you should be taking until you can get your weight off and fix your diet and cure your type-2 diabetes you sure the heck don’t want to be taking any of the following are you ready grab your ride glimepiride pioglitazone
Rosiglitazone repelling id or glipizide if you’re taking any of those you need to go see your doctor tomorrow and say hey can we please change this to metformin or glucophage or one of the other newer diabetes medications that doesn’t increase my insulin level because dr. berry said that type 2 diabetics still make insulin and that you can check a c peptide or an
Insulin level in my blood and you can actually see that i’m still making insulin and so increasing my insulin level even more is just gonna make me gain more weight isn’t it doctor and your doctor will either say yes dr. berry’s right sorry about that let’s change that immediately or he’ll get flustered and upset with you and me and then you’ll know it’s time
To probably find a new doctor because there are diabetes medications type two diabetes medications that don’t increase your insulin level and the very last one that is just to me egregious that doctors do is if you’re a type 2 diabetic and you still make insulin but your doctor has put you on insulin then you really need to have a serious conversation with your
Doctor and maybe consider finding a new guy no type-2 diabetic needs insulin okay cuz you still make insulin your diet is just so terrible currently that your insulin resistant you may have fat in your muscles or fat in your liver or worst of all fat in your pancreas therefore you have insulin resistance is what we call it or it can get so bad that you develop
Type 2 diabetes but the take-home message is as type 2 diabetes is curable you can fix that by fixing your diets and by getting off medications that tend to make you gain weight and by getting off medications that tend to make you have a higher insulin level in your body so if you’re on insulin and you’re a type 2 diabetic you need to have a conversation with your
Doctor now if you enjoyed this video please hit the subscribe button and share this you know you have family members and friends who are on some of these medications and you could literally change their life by helping them get weight off and helping them live a happier life by sharing this on social media of your choice so i’m dr. berry and please if you have any
Questions about is my medication making me gain weight wait i didn’t i don’t know what you said i couldn’t understand how you pronounce that type in your medication below and i will answer all your questions ok see you next time
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Medications That Cause Weight Gain (Medicines Cause Weight Gain) 2022 By KenDBerryMD
