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Suggest Ways To Manage Weight While On Antipsychotic Medications
Question: I n medication for anxiety and antipsychotics and have put a lot of weigth on I want amedcation that can help me loss weigth for my condition thank
Brief Answer:
Topiramate can be a option
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for using Healthcaremagic.
The weight gain secondary to use of antipsychotic medications can be controlled in following way.
1. Regular physical exercise of 45-60 minutes
2. Control of diet in particular fats, sweets and high calorie foods
In regard to medications following medications can be used to lower weight
1. Topiramate 25-100 mg per day depending on the patient profile and blood reports
2. Metformin 1000-1500 mg per day.
I hope this helps you.
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Topiramate can be a option
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for using Healthcaremagic.
The weight gain secondary to use of antipsychotic medications can be controlled in following way.
1. Regular physical exercise of 45-60 minutes
2. Control of diet in particular fats, sweets and high calorie foods
In regard to medications following medications can be used to lower weight
1. Topiramate 25-100 mg per day depending on the patient profile and blood reports
2. Metformin 1000-1500 mg per day.
I hope this helps you.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for my future patients.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-ashok-kumar/67386
Thanks and regards.
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