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kaye83979
kaye83979

I've been on 80 of P'lol for a number of years and up to a year ago was also taking Effexor, I was having trouble losing weight and I read up on Effexor and it is well known that this A/D causes weight gain so I took along time weaning off and within 6 months I had slipped into a deep depression again so I was prescribed Sertraline and my gp also increased my P'lol to 80mg x2, so after 5 months I have started to have lots of side effects, the main one is a wheezy chest and shortness of breath, so I checked my info sheet which comes with the meds and it seems the Propranolol may be the cause, so on further research what do I discover?, WEIGHT GAIN is also a side effect!!! 

I was just wondering if anyone else also has gained weight taking this med! 

 

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  • annie1119
    annie1119 kaye83979

    Posted

    Hello Kaye,

    I was on Propranolol and it caused asthmatic like feelings in my chest. I stopped it and they went away!! I was taking the Propranolol for ectopic heart beats which are awful! It didn't help that condition either. Actually it made it worse! Probably because Propranolol causes upset digestion which in turn cause the ectopic heart beats. Now I'm off everything!!

    Best of luck!

  • stormiweathers
    stormiweathers kaye83979

    Posted

    I have gained 75lbs in 4yrs on propranolol 60mgs twice a day my doctor tried me on topiramate 25mg, twice now but the side affects are to much for me, dizzy extreme dizziness i guess id rather be fat tha dizzy very unhapoy.
    • kaye83979
      kaye83979 stormiweathers

      Posted

      Thank you for your reply, I'm convinced these have stopped me losing weight and I've been on a calorie controlled diet, I truly thought it was my A/D's that were stopping me from losing, but it makes sense now that this med slows not only your heart rate but everything else,

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