Posted by fachad on June 27, 2002, at 8:13:08
In reply to Re: Klonopin and weight gain?, posted by Joanie on June 27, 2002, at 7:36:22
Weight gain from Prozac is a long term emergent side effect.
Prozac makes most people lose weight for the first few months...then the go back to their pre-prozac weight...then they begin to gain even more.
The studies that showed Prozac to be effective for weight loss were 6-week trials.
Docs did not believe Prozac caused weight gain at first, then they recognized the pattern of weight gain as a side effect that showed up only after long term use.
Again, klonopin and the benzos are considered weight neutral, while weight gain from Prozac is very commonly reported.
> You are the second person to say that the Prozac was probably the culprit with my weight gain. I always thought that prozac made people LOSE weight. But you really think it's the prozac and not the klonopin?
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