Medications that cause weight gain

About this episode

Lara discusses how various medications, including antihistamines and hormonal birth control, impact weight gain and metabolism.

Why do antihistamines cause weight gain? And how does hormonal birth control affect metabolism? In this episode, Lara looks at: how common medications affect metabolismwhy birth control that is *androgenic* is more likely to cause weight gain, andwhether 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 syndromeHigh H1-affinity antidepressants and risk of metabolic syndrome in bipola...

People in this episode

Host: Lara Briden

Topics covered

• medications and weight gain
• metabolism
• birth control effects
• antihistamines
• natural progesterone

Keywords

• weight gain
• antihistamines
• hormonal birth control
• metabolism
• natural progesterone
• obesity
• metabolic syndrome

Mentioned in this episode

Products: antihistamines, hormonal birth control, natural progesterone

Books & works: 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

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