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Weight Gain With Medication
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Has anyone gained weight due to there medication/medications?

posted June 16, 2023
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I have put some weight on earlier in my life a while ago, 4 yrs ago or so, I decided to take a meal out of my day, I lost about 14 lbs doing that, I'm ok with,

posted October 3, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Yes some medicine speed up your metabolism

posted September 30, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

i’ve been on keppra & i remember loosing weight . i’m on Vimpat 200mg am & pm. Briviact 100mg am&pm , clobazam 10mg am & pm & lastly Clonazepam 0.5 only ER.. i have partial seizures, sometimes i faint … & on top i have a VNS

posted September 26, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I think it increases appetite

posted August 9, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I think it has to do with the meds. Stimulate your appetite like the munchies. My taste now really doesn’t like much. It does like Sugar items. My smell don’t like most things.

posted October 5, 2023

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