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What Causes Weight Gain In A Diabetic?

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Question : how can weight increasing in diabetes
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Answered by Dr. Mohammed Taher Ali (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
Weight gain could be due to the medications

Detailed Answer:
Hi & Welcome.

I can understand your concern.
Increasing weight could have been caused by the medicines used to treat diabetes.
Since the nature of the treatment is not being mentioned, both the Insulins and Sulfonylureas (like Glibenclamide or Glimepride) are known to cause weight gain as their side effects.
In this regard, you are advised to consult your treating doctor to kindly review the medicines prescribed & to use an alternate but safer medicine to treat diabetes.

Hope this answers your query.However I shall be to glad to attend any follow up query if you have.
Best regards.
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What Causes Weight Gain In A Diabetic?

Brief Answer: Weight gain could be due to the medications Detailed Answer: Hi & Welcome. I can understand your concern. Increasing weight could have been caused by the medicines used to treat diabetes. Since the nature of the treatment is not being mentioned, both the Insulins and Sulfonylureas (like Glibenclamide or Glimepride) are known to cause weight gain as their side effects. In this regard, you are advised to consult your treating doctor to kindly review the medicines prescribed & to use an alternate but safer medicine to treat diabetes. Hope this answers your query.However I shall be to glad to attend any follow up query if you have. Best regards.