Weight Gain with Antidepressants: Should Patients Worry?

Antidepressants cause minimal weight gain
Antidepressants cause minimal weight gain
Weight-gain associated with antidepressant use is usually small and differs little from one antidepressant to another.

Antidepressant medications have helped millions of people cut through the dark fog of depression. Many others try these medications but stop taking them, often because of side effects such as weight gain.

A new study from a Harvard-based team shows that the amount gained is usually small, and that it differs little from one antidepressant to another. The results of the study were published in JAMA Psychiatry.

READ FULL ARTICLE Curated publisher From Harvard