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How can you gain weight while on zoloft (sertraline) or other antidepressants?
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Weight: We'd really like to know, because then pharmaceutical companies could produce a medication that would reduce the weight safely. Most of the time we work with diet & exercise to control the gain, or switch to a different antidepressant which might not put weight on.
Answered 6/9/2020
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Not well understood: 4.5% people treated with zoloft had a significant weight gain in one study. Weight gain is more likely if the person is taking zoloft for 6 months or longer. There are some people who experience increased carbohydrate craving on zoloft. However, mechanism for weight gain is not well understood. Here is a good article: http://sertralinehydrochloride.Com/sertraline-weight-gain/.
Answered 8/11/2013
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