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Prozac and weight gain

by sherlong, Jul 09, 2009 11:31AM
Is there a correlation between taking Prozac and weight gain?  I have been on this med for close to 20 years and have steadily gained weight during those years (2-3 pounds a year).  I wondered if it is the meds or just me!?!
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by mjbrown, Jul 09, 2009 12:12PM
To: sherlong
SSRIs are notorious for weight gain, but Prozac has less of a weight gain potential (compared to say Paxil). Your weight gain may be natural - over the course of 20 years. Or  it may be the result of the Prozac. But 2-3 pounds per year to gain from an SSRI is not very much. I was on Lexapro for 2-3 years and gained nearly 40 pounds in that time.

by kgill78, Jul 10, 2009 09:36AM
I was just put on Prozac yesterday and my doc told me that it is more likely that I will lose weight than gain it.  He said that because I had an eating disorder in the past.
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