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A member asked:
Does the contraception injection make you gain weight? or does it just make you hungry to want to eat more often?
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Weight gain is: reported by many women who take Depo shot for contraception, but not all. I don't think the mechanism is clear, but all weight gain is caused by an imbalance in calories eaten vs calories used by the body. Part of the weight gain is also probably related to some degree of water retention.
Answered 5/30/2016
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