What Causes Chronic Diarrhea And Weight Gain?
Increasing the dose of Bupropion might help
Detailed Answer:
Hello thanks for asking from HCM for your health related queries
I can understand your concern. Bupropion is a good anti depressant drug and the drug is known to cause weight loss in most of individuals. The drug if increased in dose will result in loss of weight.
Citalopram is a SSRI drug and the drug is known to cause weight gain so if the weight gain is an issue then its doses should be reduced or should be replaced by some other drug. Fluoxetine, Escitalopram are the drugs that don't cause much weight gain if we compare them with Citalopram.
Apart from this drugs like Topiramate can be used for weight loss. The drug is a mood stabiliser and is known to result in weight loss and also supplement the actions of antidepressants. So addition of Topiramate, increasing the dose of Bupropion and replacing the Citalopram with Fluoxetine or Escitalopram will help in preventing the weight gain.
Thanks, Please consult a psychiatrist for change in your prescription. Hope this helps you, please dont hesitate to ask again for more clarifications.
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Doses of 450 mg per day should help.
Detailed Answer:
Hello again and thanks for asking a follow up question
In my opinion dose can be increased by increasing the dose from 300 mg per day to 450 mg per day (300 in morning time and 150 in evening). This should help in better symptom control and will help in maintaining the weight. Apart from this spend more and more time in exercise. Take high protein and complex carbs and low fat diet. This will help in quick loss.
Call your doctor for prescription.
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