if the drug is fattening
In addition to calorie foods and sedentary village life, even some medications can cause swelling and weight gain. What to do if you need to take for long periods
When the index rises from the scale, the first to be accused is food. Less often is his sedentary lifestyle to be impeached. But the reality is that there are many drugs that if one part have positive effects on health, the other can cause increased appetite, cause swelling or slow down the metabolism. Here they are.
STEROIDS
Steroids are used to treat certain diseases like allergies, asthma and rheumatoid arthritis and work by mimicking the hormones that regulate metabolism and immune system and reducing inflammation. Steroids are normally produced by the human body, but excess pollution from taking medicines may also cause the same reaction that would occur in the body in situations of great pressure. In these circumstances, in fact, cortisol, also called the stress hormone, redistributes fat in the stomach, where it is readily available. For unknown reasons the fat is accumulated even in the back of the neck, a condition known as Cushing's syndrome. Steroids are also responsible for a greater release of blood sugar that ends up being stored as fat, causing water retention.
Possible weight gain: patients may increase their weight by up to 7% or more. Some studies have even found that prolonged use of steroids can weigh up to nearly 13 kg more.
What to do: talk to the doctor with him and assess the possibility of taking steroids every other day. If inflammation can ask if you can alternatively use acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) or ibuprofen (active ingredient in the drugs non-steroidal anti-inflammatory precisely).
ANTI-DIABETIC MEDICINE
Many people with type 2 diabetes are prescribed based antidiabetic sulfonylurea that works by stimulating the body to produce more insulin to lower high levels of blood sugar. But in some cases these drugs cause a sudden fall of the values so as to create a strong nervousness in the patient which results in the necessity of having to eat more. Although thiazolidinediones (TDZs) make the body more sensitive to insulin and thus allow better control of blood sugar levels, but at the same time retain salts causing swelling and weight gain.
Possible weight gain: studies have found that sulfonylurea can carry the weight increase of about 3 kg or 5 kg in the first 12 months of treatment. The TDZs minors are responsible for weight gain: 1 to 2.5 kg.
What to do: According to the UK diabetologists have several options how to use anti-diabetic as prandial or metaformina that seem to have fewer side effects on weight.
AGAINST DRUG ALLERGIES
Many treatments (drugs not true) for allergies contain diphenhydramine, an ingredient that controls and blocks the receptors of the brain to release histamines, which in turn responsible for the outbreak of the typical allergy symptoms such as swelling and itching. At the same time as diphenhydramine causes drowsiness (in some cases is used as a mild sleeping pill to be sold without prescription) making people lazy and less active. The anti-histamines also act on receptors that control appetite, making patients more hungry.
Possible weight gain: Studies have shown that patients taking anti-histamines for a long time are likely to increase up to 1% body weight.
What to do: Dr. Caroline Apovian, a physician associated with the Faculty of Medicine of Boston University, told the Daily Mail that the anti-histamine new generation are more selective than the brain receptors on which to act without causing weight gain. In some cases, patients could choose for example decongestants and inhalers to control asthma sintmi.
MEDICINE FOR THE CONTROL OF BLOOD PRESSURE
Beta-blockers are used to treat cardiovascular disease, in cases of hypertension, some forms of arrhythmia, such as anxiolytics. They act by lowering the level ad adrenaline in the nervous system. Sometimes, however, decreasing blood pressure, decreases the ability of patients to burn calories, and patients are found to be tired, fatigued and less prone to physical activity, paving the way to weight gain.
Possible weight gain: Patients taking beta blockers for heart problems for years are likely to gain weight even between 5 and 9 kg.
What to do: Some patients may (under control and medical opinion) by opting for change therapy drugs called ACE inhibitors that act on the levels of angiotensin (instead of adrenaline), growth hormone member of the relaxation of blood vessels that allow the control of blood pressure without stimulating 'appetite.
Antidepressants
In Italy one in four people (or approximately 15 million individuals) suffer or have suffered from depression. Medicines that are prescribed more frequently to check levels of serotonin are serotonergic antidepressants or SSRIs (eg Prozac or Seroxat and generics corrispodenti). But there are also other types of drugs called tricyclics. These medicines as well as affect the patient's mental state can both attack the brain receptors that communicate the state of satiety or hunger, encouraging, indirectly, to eat more.
Possible weight gain: According to studies conducted in the United States, after six months of taking SSRIs, patients have a weight gain of 10%. Seroxat is considered the most responsible. With tricyclic patients increased from 1-4 to 13-20 kg.
What to do: According to a review of Cliveland Journal of Medicine, is more likely that weight gain occurs after six months of continuous use. But some patients may try to switch to a more modern family of antidepressants based on bupropion (Wellbutrin, the most common or Zyban). For reasons still largely unknown, these drugs have been associated with a loss of appetite.
Cancer therapy
Normally are associated with weight loss, but in case of treatment with Megaco, a drug that uses the active ingredient a chemical compound produced by the human body similar to progesterone, used to block the growth of certain types of female cancers, can occur also substantial increases in weight. So much so that is also used to stimulate appetite in anorexic patients and severely underweight because it seems able to stimulate the receptors of hunger. Another side effect is nausea so that patients can happen in this case eat more to stop this feeling. A ten patients also taking Tamoxifen fat to control the growth of breast cancer, but Professor Jack Cuzick of the Institute of Cancer Research UK, says that weight gain is a sense of the increased sedentary patients.
Possible weight gain: It can weigh up to 9 kg more.
What to do: In cases of cancer treatments can not change medication. But it can work with your doctor to devise a plan of exercise and proper diet.
When the index rises from the scale, the first to be accused is food. Less often is his sedentary lifestyle to be impeached. But the reality is that there are many drugs that if one part have positive effects on health, the other can cause increased appetite, cause swelling or slow down the metabolism. Here they are.
STEROIDS
Steroids are used to treat certain diseases like allergies, asthma and rheumatoid arthritis and work by mimicking the hormones that regulate metabolism and immune system and reducing inflammation. Steroids are normally produced by the human body, but excess pollution from taking medicines may also cause the same reaction that would occur in the body in situations of great pressure. In these circumstances, in fact, cortisol, also called the stress hormone, redistributes fat in the stomach, where it is readily available. For unknown reasons the fat is accumulated even in the back of the neck, a condition known as Cushing's syndrome. Steroids are also responsible for a greater release of blood sugar that ends up being stored as fat, causing water retention.
Possible weight gain: patients may increase their weight by up to 7% or more. Some studies have even found that prolonged use of steroids can weigh up to nearly 13 kg more.
What to do: talk to the doctor with him and assess the possibility of taking steroids every other day. If inflammation can ask if you can alternatively use acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) or ibuprofen (active ingredient in the drugs non-steroidal anti-inflammatory precisely).
ANTI-DIABETIC MEDICINE
Many people with type 2 diabetes are prescribed based antidiabetic sulfonylurea that works by stimulating the body to produce more insulin to lower high levels of blood sugar. But in some cases these drugs cause a sudden fall of the values so as to create a strong nervousness in the patient which results in the necessity of having to eat more. Although thiazolidinediones (TDZs) make the body more sensitive to insulin and thus allow better control of blood sugar levels, but at the same time retain salts causing swelling and weight gain.
Possible weight gain: studies have found that sulfonylurea can carry the weight increase of about 3 kg or 5 kg in the first 12 months of treatment. The TDZs minors are responsible for weight gain: 1 to 2.5 kg.
What to do: According to the UK diabetologists have several options how to use anti-diabetic as prandial or metaformina that seem to have fewer side effects on weight.
AGAINST DRUG ALLERGIES
Many treatments (drugs not true) for allergies contain diphenhydramine, an ingredient that controls and blocks the receptors of the brain to release histamines, which in turn responsible for the outbreak of the typical allergy symptoms such as swelling and itching. At the same time as diphenhydramine causes drowsiness (in some cases is used as a mild sleeping pill to be sold without prescription) making people lazy and less active. The anti-histamines also act on receptors that control appetite, making patients more hungry.
Possible weight gain: Studies have shown that patients taking anti-histamines for a long time are likely to increase up to 1% body weight.
What to do: Dr. Caroline Apovian, a physician associated with the Faculty of Medicine of Boston University, told the Daily Mail that the anti-histamine new generation are more selective than the brain receptors on which to act without causing weight gain. In some cases, patients could choose for example decongestants and inhalers to control asthma sintmi.
MEDICINE FOR THE CONTROL OF BLOOD PRESSURE
Beta-blockers are used to treat cardiovascular disease, in cases of hypertension, some forms of arrhythmia, such as anxiolytics. They act by lowering the level ad adrenaline in the nervous system. Sometimes, however, decreasing blood pressure, decreases the ability of patients to burn calories, and patients are found to be tired, fatigued and less prone to physical activity, paving the way to weight gain.
Possible weight gain: Patients taking beta blockers for heart problems for years are likely to gain weight even between 5 and 9 kg.
What to do: Some patients may (under control and medical opinion) by opting for change therapy drugs called ACE inhibitors that act on the levels of angiotensin (instead of adrenaline), growth hormone member of the relaxation of blood vessels that allow the control of blood pressure without stimulating 'appetite.
Antidepressants
In Italy one in four people (or approximately 15 million individuals) suffer or have suffered from depression. Medicines that are prescribed more frequently to check levels of serotonin are serotonergic antidepressants or SSRIs (eg Prozac or Seroxat and generics corrispodenti). But there are also other types of drugs called tricyclics. These medicines as well as affect the patient's mental state can both attack the brain receptors that communicate the state of satiety or hunger, encouraging, indirectly, to eat more.
Possible weight gain: According to studies conducted in the United States, after six months of taking SSRIs, patients have a weight gain of 10%. Seroxat is considered the most responsible. With tricyclic patients increased from 1-4 to 13-20 kg.
What to do: According to a review of Cliveland Journal of Medicine, is more likely that weight gain occurs after six months of continuous use. But some patients may try to switch to a more modern family of antidepressants based on bupropion (Wellbutrin, the most common or Zyban). For reasons still largely unknown, these drugs have been associated with a loss of appetite.
Cancer therapy
Normally are associated with weight loss, but in case of treatment with Megaco, a drug that uses the active ingredient a chemical compound produced by the human body similar to progesterone, used to block the growth of certain types of female cancers, can occur also substantial increases in weight. So much so that is also used to stimulate appetite in anorexic patients and severely underweight because it seems able to stimulate the receptors of hunger. Another side effect is nausea so that patients can happen in this case eat more to stop this feeling. A ten patients also taking Tamoxifen fat to control the growth of breast cancer, but Professor Jack Cuzick of the Institute of Cancer Research UK, says that weight gain is a sense of the increased sedentary patients.
Possible weight gain: It can weigh up to 9 kg more.
What to do: In cases of cancer treatments can not change medication. But it can work with your doctor to devise a plan of exercise and proper diet.
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