What Causes Sudden Weight Gain While On Fluoxetine, Melatonin And Loette?

Posted on Sat, 11 Feb 2017

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Question : I take mobic,loette,fluoxetine,endep and melatonin for pain and CFS , but put on a lot of weight ,
do these medication cause weight gaiN?

Answered by Dr. Ivo Ditah (38 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Endep most likley culprit!

Detailed Answer:
Hi and thanks for contacting us.

I have reviewed your medications. Loette and Endep are able to cause rapid weight gain. I suggest that you review when you started taking these drugs and the weight gain s as to tell which is more likely to have caused this. For instance, if weight gain started a few months after starting a new drug while others had been going on for years, then the new drug is most likely to be indexed as the probable cause.

I hope to hear back from you. If the weight gain is worrisome to you, check with your doctor so that the medications can be replaced, probably.

I wish you well.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar