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What Causes Weight Loss In Child?

My granddaughter was taking this mirtazpine 30mg tablet and was having a lot of up set stomach with it and my son took her off of it. Now is is looses a lot of weight . She was a size 2 junior , now she is 0 sizes. All of her blood test came back great. Why do u think she is looses the weight? My name is B.M.
Fri, 12 Sep 2014
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Hi, thank you for posting your question.
Mirtazapam is an anti depressant drug which is known to cause weight gain. After having stopped the drug, some weight loss could probably be attributed to withdrawl of the drug effect. But in this case as you said, the weight loss is significant. This could not solely be because of the stoppage of Mirtazapam.
As she was already being treated for depression and all her reports have come out to be normal, I would consider the possibility of anorexia nervous as a cause of her weigh loss. In this condition low food intake is considered as the main cause of weight loss. If that is the case then I suggest keeping a food chart and consulting a psychiatrist should help.
Do let me know if you have any more queries regarding the case.
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What Causes Weight Loss In Child?

Hi, thank you for posting your question. Mirtazapam is an anti depressant drug which is known to cause weight gain. After having stopped the drug, some weight loss could probably be attributed to withdrawl of the drug effect. But in this case as you said, the weight loss is significant. This could not solely be because of the stoppage of Mirtazapam. As she was already being treated for depression and all her reports have come out to be normal, I would consider the possibility of anorexia nervous as a cause of her weigh loss. In this condition low food intake is considered as the main cause of weight loss. If that is the case then I suggest keeping a food chart and consulting a psychiatrist should help. Do let me know if you have any more queries regarding the case.