Go ask who starts snort and sniffle when pollen is high and the smell of fresh cut grass wafts through the air, and they'll tell you, antihistamines is a gift.
Antihistamine medicine is used to stop the allergic reactions. Histamines in the body causing the fluid to flee from the capillaries, which results in increase, itching and sneezing.
But these beloved antihistamines most as you can get over-the-counter without a doctor's note, can come up with a heavy price to pay-for-weight gain.
Writing in the journal Obesity, experts found an association between the use antihistamine and weight gain. individuals prescription antihistamines were more likely to be obese or overweight than individuals do not take drugs.
In the survey among the users 268 antihistamine was 45% of survey participants overweight, compared with all the stakeholders involved in the investigation, 599 where only 30% were overweight. Antihistamine users had a higher body mass index (BMI) than non-users, weighing 31 and 28 respectively.
BMI 25-29 are considered overweight, somewhat higher is obese. Obesity starts with a BMI 30 and up.
But those involved with this study the researchers urge that the results are not says antihistamines cause weight gain, only that there is an association between weight-gain and taking antihistamines.
Other medications can cause weight gain, and I know this firsthand with anti depressants. Some experts say medications like Lexapro, Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft cause weight gain 10 pounds or more.
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