Though it is mentioned surprisingly little, many over-the-counter and prescription medications cause weight gain. Some of them cause massive weight gain. These 'obesigenic' medications are so common that nearly every American has been exposed to them and many of us take them regularly. It is not my intention here to cause panic and it is certainly not my intention to cause a reader to stop taking a necessary medication. Rather, I simply want to make people aware that there really are a lot of drugs that can make you fat.
Serotonin
Reuptake Inhibitor [EPC],Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Serotonin
Reuptake Inhibitor [EPC],Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors [MoA],Atypical
Antipsychotic [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Atypical
Antipsychotic [EPC],Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor [EPC],Serotonin Uptake
Inhibitors [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Atypical
Antipsychotic [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Corticosteroid
[EPC],Corticosteroid Hormone Receptor Agonists [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Anti-epileptic
Agent [EPC],Decreased Central Nervous System Disorganized Electrical Activity
[PE],Mood Stabilizer [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Angiotensin
Converting Enzyme Inhibitor [EPC],Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors
[MoA],Calcium Channel Antagonists [MoA],Calcium Channel Blocker [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Calcium
Channel Antagonists [MoA],Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker
[EPC],Dihydropyridines [Chemical/Ingredient],Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
Inhibitor [EPC],Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors [MoA],Decreased Blood
Pressure [PE]|
WEIGHT GAIN
Benzodiazepine
[EPC],Benzodiazepines [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Carbonic
Anhydrase Inhibitor [EPC],Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors [MoA],Adrenergic
beta-Antagonists [MoA],beta-Adrenergic Blocker [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Adrenergic
alpha-Antagonists [MoA],Adrenergic beta1-Antagonists [MoA],Adrenergic
beta2-Antagonists [MoA],alpha-Adrenergic Blocker [EPC],beta-Adrenergic Blocker
[EPC]|
WEIGHT GAIN
Proton Pump
Inhibitor [EPC],Proton Pump Inhibitors [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Sulfonylurea
[EPC],Sulfonylurea Compounds [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Calcium
Channel Antagonists [MoA],Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker
[EPC],Dihydropyridines [Chemical/Ingredient],Angiotensin 2 Receptor Antagonists
[MoA],Angiotensin 2 Receptor Blocker [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Angiotensin
2 Receptor Antagonists [MoA],Angiotensin 2 Receptor Blocker [EPC],Calcium
Channel Antagonists [MoA],Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker
[EPC],Dihydropyridines [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Cytochrome
P450 1A2 Inducers [MoA],Cytochrome P450 2B6 Inducers [MoA],Cytochrome P450 2C9
Inducers [MoA],Cytochrome P450 2C19 Inducers [MoA],Anti-epileptic Agent
[EPC],Decreased Central Nervous System Disorganized Electrical Activity
[PE],Mood Stabilizer| WEIGHT GAIN
Calcium
Channel Antagonists [MoA],Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker
[EPC],Dihydropyridines [Chemical/Ingredient],Angiotensin 2 Receptor Antagonists
[MoA],Angiotensin 2 Receptor Blocker [EPC],Increased Diuresis [PE],Thiazide
Diuretic [EPC],Thiazides| WEIGHT GAIN
Renin
Inhibitor [EPC],Renin Inhibitors [MoA],Calcium Channel Antagonists
[MoA],Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker [EPC],Dihydropyridines
[Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Renin
Inhibitor [EPC],Renin Inhibitors [MoA],Calcium Channel Antagonists
[MoA],Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker [EPC],Dihydropyridines
[Chemical/Ingredient],Increased Diuresis [PE],Thiazide Diuretic [EPC],Thiazides
[Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Corticosteroid
[EPC],Corticosteroid Hormone Receptor Agonists [MoA],Corticosteroid Hormone
Receptor Agonists [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Corticosteroid
[EPC],Corticosteroid Hormone Receptor Agonists [MoA],Corticosteroid
[EPC],Corticosteroid Hormone Receptor Agonists [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Histamine H1
Receptor Antagonists [MoA],Histamine-1 Receptor Antagonist [EPC],Adrenergic
alpha-Agonists [MoA],alpha-Adrenergic Agonist [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Corticosteroid
[EPC],Corticosteroid Hormone Receptor Agonists [MoA],Sulfonamide Antibacterial
[EPC],Sulfonamides [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Adrenergic
beta-Antagonists [MoA],beta-Adrenergic Blocker [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Adrenergic
Agonists [MoA],Adrenergic Receptor Agonist [EPC],Decreased Histamine Release
[PE],Histamine H1 Receptor Antagonists [MoA],Histamine-1 Receptor Inhibitor
[EPC]|
WEIGHT GAIN
Adrenergic
alpha-Agonists [MoA],alpha-Adrenergic Agonist [EPC],Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
[MoA],beta-Adrenergic Blocker [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Histamine H1
Receptor Antagonists [MoA],Histamine-1 Receptor Antagonist [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Calcium
Channel Antagonists [MoA],Calcium Channel Blocker [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Corticosteroid
[EPC],Corticosteroid Hormone Receptor Agonists [MoA],Histamine H1 Receptor
Antagonists [MoA],Histamine-1 Receptor Antagonist [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Anti-epileptic
Agent [EPC],Decreased Central Nervous System Disorganized Electrical Activity
[PE]| WEIGHT
GAIN
Cannabinoid
[EPC],Cannabinoids [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Centrally-mediated
Muscle Relaxation [PE],Muscle Relaxant [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Antiemetic
[EPC],Emesis Suppression [PE]| WEIGHT GAIN
Antihistamine
[EPC],Histamine Receptor Antagonists [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Mood
Stabilizer [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
gamma-Aminobutyric
Acid A Receptor Agonist [EPC],GABA A Agonists [MoA],Central Nervous System
Depression [PE]|
WEIGHT GAIN
Calcium
Channel Antagonists [MoA],Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker
[EPC],Dihydropyridines [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Tricyclic
Antidepressant [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Histamine H1
Receptor Antagonists [MoA],Histamine-1 Receptor Inhibitor [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Typical
Antipsychotic [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Histamine H2
Receptor Antagonists [MoA],Histamine-2 Receptor Antagonist [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Calcium
Channel Antagonists [MoA],Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker
[EPC],Dihydropyridines [Chemical/Ingredient],HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor
[EPC],Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Anti-epileptic
Agent [EPC],Decreased Central Nervous System Disorganized Electrical Activity
[PE],Cytochrome P450 1A2 Inducers [MoA],Cytochrome P450 2B6 Inducers
[MoA],Cytochrome P450 2C8 Inducers [MoA],Cytochrome P450 2C19 Inducers
[MoA],Cytochrome P450| WEIGHT GAIN
Histamine H1
Receptor Antagonists [MoA],Histamine-1 Receptor Antagonist
[EPC],Anticholinergic [EPC],Cholinergic Antagonists [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Corticosteroid
[EPC],Corticosteroid Hormone Receptor Agonists [MoA],Depigmenting Activity
[PE],Melanin Synthesis Inhibitor [EPC],Melanin Synthesis Inhibitors
[MoA],Retinoid [EPC],Retinoids [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Adrenergic
beta-Antagonists [MoA],beta-Adrenergic Blocker [EPC],Increased Diuresis
[PE],Thiazide-like Diuretic [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Corticosteroid
[EPC],Corticosteroid Hormone Receptor Agonists [MoA],Standardized Chemical
Allergen [EPC],Increased Histamine Release [PE],Cell-mediated Immunity
[PE],Allergens [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Phenothiazine
[EPC],Phenothiazines [Chemical/Ingredient],Tricyclic Antidepressant [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Benzodiazepine
[EPC],Benzodiazepines [Chemical/Ingredient],Tricyclic Antidepressant [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Dihydropyridine
Calcium Channel Blocker [EPC],Dihydropyridines [Chemical/Ingredient],Calcium
Channel Antagonists [MoA],Decreased Blood Pressure [PE]| WEIGHT GAIN
Phenothiazine
[EPC],Phenothiazines [Chemical/Ingredient],alpha-1 Adrenergic Agonist [EPC],Adrenergic
alpha1-Agonists [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Phenothiazine
[EPC],Phenothiazines [Chemical/Ingredient],alpha-1 Adrenergic Agonist
[EPC],Adrenergic alpha1-Agonists [MoA],Full Opioid Agonists [MoA],Opioid
Agonist [EPC]|
WEIGHT GAIN
Phenothiazine
[EPC],Phenothiazines [Chemical/Ingredient],Uncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate
Receptor Antagonist [EPC],Sigma-1 Agonist [EPC],Uncompetitive NMDA Receptor
Antagonists [MoA],Sigma-1 Receptor Agonists [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Opioid
Agonist [EPC],Opioid Agonists [MoA],Histamine H1 Receptor Antagonists
[MoA],Histamine-1 Receptor Antagonist [EPC],Adrenergic alpha-Agonists
[MoA],alpha-Adrenergic Agonist [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Corticosteroid
[EPC],Corticosteroid Hormone Receptor Agonists [MoA],Aminoglycoside
Antibacterial [EPC],Aminoglycosides [Chemical/Ingredient],Polymyxin-class
Antibacterial [EPC],Polymyxins [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Adrenergic
beta-Antagonists [MoA],beta-Adrenergic Blocker [EPC],Carbonic Anhydrase
Inhibitor [EPC],Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Full Opioid
Agonists [MoA],Opioid Agonist [EPC],Barbiturate [EPC],Barbiturates
[Chemical/Ingredient],Central Nervous System Stimulant [EPC],Central Nervous
System Stimulation [PE],Methylxanthine [EPC],Xanthines [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Vitamin D
[Chemical/Ingredient],Vitamin D Analog [EPC],Corticosteroid
[EPC],Corticosteroid Hormone Receptor Agonists [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Cyclooxygenase
Inhibitors [MoA],Decreased Prostaglandin Production [PE],Nonsteroidal
Anti-inflammatory Compounds [Chemical/Ingredient],Nonsteroidal
Anti-inflammatory Drug [EPC],Barbiturate [EPC],Barbiturates
[Chemical/Ingredient],Central Nervous System St| WEIGHT GAIN
Corticosteroid
[EPC],Corticosteroid Hormone Receptor Agonists [MoA],Azole Antifungal
[EPC],Azoles [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Increased
Diuresis [PE],Thiazide-like Diuretic [EPC],Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
[MoA],beta-Adrenergic Blocker [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Increased
Diuresis [PE],Thiazide Diuretic [EPC],Thiazides
[Chemical/Ingredient],Angiotensin 2 Receptor Antagonists [MoA],Angiotensin 2
Receptor Blocker [EPC],Calcium Channel Antagonists [MoA],Dihydropyridine
Calcium Channel Blocker [EPC],Dihydropyridines| WEIGHT GAIN
Calcium
Channel Antagonists [MoA],Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker
[EPC],Dihydropyridines [Chemical/Ingredient],Increased Diuresis [PE],Thiazide
Diuretic [EPC],Thiazides [Chemical/Ingredient],Angiotensin 2 Receptor
Antagonists [MoA],Angiotensin 2 R| WEIGHT GAIN
Full Opioid
Agonists [MoA],Opioid Agonist [EPC],Phenothiazine [EPC],Phenothiazines
[Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
N-Calcium
Channel Receptor Antagonists [MoA],N-type Calcium Channel Antagonist [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Angiotensin
Converting Enzyme Inhibitor [EPC],Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors
[MoA],Decreased Blood Pressure [PE],Calcium Channel Antagonists
[MoA],Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker [EPC],Dihydropyridines
[Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Corticosteroid
[EPC],Corticosteroid Hormone Receptor Agonists [MoA],Aminoglycoside
Antibacterial [EPC],Aminoglycosides [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Histamine-1
Receptor Antagonist [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Peroxisome
Proliferator Receptor gamma Agonist [EPC],Peroxisome Proliferator-activated
Receptor Activity [MoA],PPAR gamma [Chemical/Ingredient],Thiazolidinedione
[EPC],Thiazolidinediones [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Peroxisome
Proliferator Receptor gamma Agonist [EPC],Peroxisome Proliferator-activated
Receptor Activity [MoA],PPAR gamma [Chemical/Ingredient],Thiazolidinedione
[EPC],Thiazolidinediones [Chemical/Ingredient],Biguanide [EPC],Biguanides
[Chemical/Ingredien| WEIGHT GAIN
Peroxisome
Proliferator Receptor gamma Agonist [EPC],Peroxisome Proliferator-activated
Receptor Activity [MoA],PPAR gamma [Chemical/Ingredient],Thiazolidinedione
[EPC],Thiazolidinediones [Chemical/Ingredient],Sulfonylurea [EPC],Sulfonylurea
Compounds [Che|
WEIGHT GAIN
Increased
Diuresis [PE],Thiazide Diuretic [EPC],Thiazides
[Chemical/Ingredient],Adrenergic beta-Antagonists [MoA],beta-Adrenergic Blocker
[EPC]|
WEIGHT GAIN
Uncompetitive
N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Antagonist [EPC],Sigma-1 Agonist
[EPC],Uncompetitive NMDA Receptor Antagonists [MoA],Sigma-1 Receptor Agonists
[MoA],Phenothiazine [EPC],Phenothiazines [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Full Opioid
Agonists [MoA],Opioid Agonist [EPC],Phenothiazine [EPC],Phenothiazines
[Chemical/Ingredient],alpha-1 Adrenergic Agonist [EPC],Adrenergic
alpha1-Agonists [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Proton Pump
Inhibitor [EPC],Proton Pump Inhibitors [MoA],Inhibition Gastric Acid Secretion
[PE]| WEIGHT
GAIN
Phenothiazine
[EPC],Phenothiazines [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Barbiturate
[EPC],Barbiturates [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Adrenergic
beta-Antagonists [MoA],beta-Adrenergic Blocker [EPC],Increased Diuresis [PE],Thiazide
Diuretic [EPC],Thiazides [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Phenothiazine
[EPC],Phenothiazines [Chemical/Ingredient],Full Opioid Agonists [MoA],Opioid
Agonist [EPC]|
WEIGHT GAIN
Corticosteroid
[EPC],Corticosteroid Hormone Receptor Agonists [MoA],Corticosteroid Hormone
Receptor Agonists [MoA],Adrenergic beta2-Agonists [MoA],beta2-Adrenergic
Agonist [EPC]|
WEIGHT GAIN
Sulfonylurea
[EPC],Sulfonylurea Compounds [Chemical/Ingredient],Biguanide [EPC],Biguanides
[Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Serotonin
Reuptake Inhibitor [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Peroxisome
Proliferator Receptor alpha Agonist [EPC],Peroxisome Proliferator Receptor
gamma Agonist [EPC],Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor Activity
[MoA],PPAR alpha [Chemical/Ingredient],PPAR gamma [Chemical/Ingredient],Thiazolidinedione
[EPC],T|
WEIGHT GAIN
Proton Pump
Inhibitor [EPC],Proton Pump Inhibitors [MoA],Cytochrome P450 2C19 Inhibitors
[MoA]|
WEIGHT GAIN
Cyclooxygenase
Inhibitors [MoA],Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Compounds [Chemical/Ingredient],Nonsteroidal
Anti-inflammatory Drug [EPC],Proton Pump Inhibitor [EPC],Proton Pump Inhibitors
[MoA],Cytochrome P450 2C19 Inhibitors [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Benzodiazepine
[EPC],Benzodiazepines [Chemical/Ingredient],Anticholinergic [EPC],Decreased
Parasympathetic Acetylcholine Activity [PE],GI Motility Alteration
[PE],Digestive/GI System Activity Alteration [PE],Cholinergic Antagonists [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Histamine H1
Receptor Antagonists [MoA],Histamine-1 Receptor Antagonist [EPC],alpha-1
Adrenergic Agonist [EPC],Adrenergic alpha1-Agonists [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Histamine H1
Receptor Antagonists [MoA],Histamine-1 Receptor Antagonist
[EPC],Anticholinergic [EPC],Cholinergic Antagonists [MoA],Adrenergic
alpha-Agonists [MoA],alpha-Adrenergic Agonist [EPC]| WEIGHT GAIN
Biguanide
[EPC],Biguanides [Chemical/Ingredient],Sulfonylurea [EPC],Sulfonylurea
Compounds [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Angiotensin
Converting Enzyme Inhibitor [EPC],Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors
[MoA],Calcium Channel Antagonists [MoA],Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker
[EPC],Dihydropyridines [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Corticosteroid
[EPC],Corticosteroid Hormone Receptor Agonists [MoA],Blood Coagulation Factor
[EPC],Increased Coagulation Factor Activity [PE],Calcium
[Chemical/Ingredient],Cations, Divalent [Chemical/Ingredient]| WEIGHT GAIN
Corticosteroid
[EPC],Corticosteroid Hormone Receptor Agonists [MoA],Adrenergic alpha-Agonists
[MoA],Adrenergic beta-Agonists [MoA],alpha-Adrenergic Agonist
[EPC],beta-Adrenergic Agonist [EPC],Catecholamine [EPC],Catecholamines
[Chemical/Ingredient],Adreno| WEIGHT GAIN
Angiotensin
2 Receptor Antagonists [MoA],Angiotensin 2 Receptor Blocker [EPC],Increased
Diuresis [PE],Thiazide Diuretic [EPC],Thiazides [Chemical/Ingredient],Calcium
Channel Antagonists [MoA],Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker
[EPC],Dihydropyridines| WEIGHT GAIN
Standardized
Chemical Allergen [EPC],Increased Histamine Release [PE],Cell-mediated Immunity
[PE],Allergens [Chemical/Ingredient],Corticosteroid [EPC],Corticosteroid
Hormone Receptor Agonists [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Adrenergic
beta-Antagonists [MoA],beta-Adrenergic Blocker [EPC],Anticholinergic
[EPC],Cholinergic Antagonists [MoA]| WEIGHT GAIN
Angiotensin
2 Receptor Antagonists [MoA],Angiotensin 2 Receptor Blocker [EPC],Calcium
Channel Antagonists [MoA],Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker [EPC],Dihydropyridines
[Chemical/Ingredient],Increased Diuresis [PE],Thiazide Diuretic [EPC],Thiazides| WEIGHT GAIN
Benzodiazepine
[EPC],Benzodiazepines [Chemical/Ingredient],Cytochrome P450 2D6 Inhibitors
[MoA]|
WEIGHT GAIN
Remeron| WEIGHT GAIN
Eszopiclone| WEIGHT GAIN
Prednisone|MASSIVE WEIGHT GAIN
Lyrica| WEIGHT GAIN
β1 receptor
blocker and nitric oxide-potentiator| WEIGHT GAIN