Posted by yxibow on November 16, 2007, at 0:33:56
In reply to SSRI Weight Gain and Orlistat (Xenical and Alli), posted by James_Glasgow_UK on November 14, 2007, at 0:18:05
> Hi
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> I have just started taking Seroxat/Paxil again after sometime and managed to lose all of the weight I gained on it. I was wondering if anyone on the board had any experience of short or longer term combination treatment with orlistat to lose the weight gain from an SSRI's or try and keep you from gaining it in the first place.
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> I am going to see my GP tomorrow and hoping he will be pro-active and let me try it knowing I will gain a lot of weight, however, I am not that hopeful as I am in the UK and not used unless you are already very overweight.
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> Has anyone had success with any other meds to reduce weight or keep themselves from gaining it while on an SSRI?
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> JamesXenical only is useful if you are consuming large amounts of fat, as it blocks the digestive uptake of 30% of fat and as a result can have mm... toilet side effects to begin with.
Stimulants are not a good choice if you're using the SSRI for an anxiety disorder, it kind of defeats the purpose and getting addicted to nicotine gum sounds absurd. People have died of ephedra due to undiagnosed heart conditions. Be careful.
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