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HELP!! Been on steroids for 8 years now and have been on propranolol and amitriptyline for about a year. The steroids are for vasculitis, the propranolol for migraines (90mg daily) and amitriptyline (50mg daily) for restless legs! I have gained over 2 stone and no matter what i do i cannot shift any of it! Been at Slimming world for 3 years and my weight only fluctuates 2lb either way which is really depressing me. I need to be well so stopping the medication is not an option but is there anything i can do to help me shift this excess baggage?? I am only 5'3" and now 2 stone overweight! Hoping someone can help me please!
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i sympathise with your weight gain problem. Horrendous, isn't it? I too have vascullitis (MPA) and am on 5mg Prednisolone a day. Steroids make you put on weight, as you know. Propranolol does too, especially in the waist area, at the top of the abdomen. Losing the weight is pretty easy once the dosage of either or both goes down, if this is not possible, then basically you need to eat less and exercise more.
Your propranolol dose seems high, I am on 40mg a day, can you reduce that under medical supervision? What dose of steroids are you on?
Hope this helps.
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You could always go back to the higher dose if being on the lower one doesn't suit you. Just make sure you come down slowly, under GP supervision, if you do. As far as I know reducing the dose of propranolol is a lot faster than reducing steroids, days rather than weeks, and far less likely to cause a bad reaction. What dose of steroids are you on, by the way?
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