An article in the March, 2012 issue of Reader's Digest, gives a list of common medicines
that are said to cause weight gain. The reason for this isn't fully known.
Today there are many substitutes that can be used in place of medications
that are very expensive, or cause side-effects. Doctors can switch a patient
to medicines that are in a different class, or lower the same medication to a smaller dose.
The author of the article, Lois Aronne, MD, a physician at New York Presbyterian /Weill
Cornell Medical Center, gives the following list:
1-Depression--Paxil, Pexeva, and Celexa. Possible replacement: Wellbutrin, or Aplenzin.
2-High blood pressure and/or coronary artery disease--Lopressor, Tenormin.
Possible replacement: Coreg.
3-Allergies--Benadryl, Alka-Selzer Plus Allergy (containing the antihistamine
diphenhydramine). Possible replacement: Claritin, (loratadine), and Zytrec, (cetirizine).
4-Insomnia--Sominex, Unisom, Nytol. Possible replacement: Ambien, (Zolpidem).
For a more complete list of weight causing medicines go to : http://www.rd.com/march
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