Medications that cause weight gain
Update: 2023-01-16
Description
Why do antihistamines cause weight gain? And how does hormonal birth control affect metabolism?
In this episode, Lara looks at:
- how common medications affect metabolism
- why birth control that is *androgenic* is more likely to cause weight gain, and
- whether natural progesterone is more likely to cause weight gain or weight loss.
Links:
- The histaminergic system as a target for the prevention of obesity and metabolic syndrome
- High H1-affinity antidepressants and risk of metabolic syndrome in bipolar disorder
- Natural treatment of menstrual migraines
- Weight change among women using intramuscular depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, a copper intrauterine device, or a levonorgestrel implant for contraception
- Impact of micronized progesterone on body weight, body mass index, and glucose metabolism: a systematic review
- Cyclic progesterone therapy for PCOS
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