{"id":58578,"date":"2022-03-10T09:37:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T14:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=58578"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:18:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:18:55","slug":"batsis-discusses-five-common-medications-that-can-cause-weight-gain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/batsis-discusses-five-common-medications-that-can-cause-weight-gain\/","title":{"rendered":"Batsis Discusses Five Common Medications That Can Cause Weight Gain"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_48058\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 291px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-48058\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/11\/Batsis-John.tdi_-scaled-e1606768582882-281x300.jpg\" alt=\"John Batsis-medications-cause-weight-gain\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">John Batsis, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Side effects are common with almost any medication. What\u2019s less common are side effects that can complicate your recovery from the very condition you\u2019re looking to treat. Case in point: medications that can cause weight gain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOften, we think of side effects that cause more [physical] symptoms \u2014 dizziness, stomach problems, fatigue,\u201d said John Batsis, MD, associate professor in the division of geriatric medicine. \u201cWeight gain, though, can creep up on you.\u201d And for patients who have other medical issues \u2014 <a title=\"early arthritis symptoms\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/health\/conditions-treatments\/info-2020\/arthritis-symptoms.html\" data-overlay-msg=\"AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',\/content\/aarpe\/en\/home\/health\/drugs-supplements\/info-2022\/medication-weight-gain.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;\">osteoarthritis<\/a> or high blood pressure, for example \u2014 \u201cthe excess weight can potentially worsen\u201d those conditions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/health\/drugs-supplements\/info-2022\/medication-weight-gain.html\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Side effects are common with almost any medication. What\u2019s less common are side effects that can complicate your recovery from the very condition you\u2019re looking to treat. Case in point: medications that can cause weight gain. \u201cOften, we think of side effects that cause more [physical] symptoms \u2014 dizziness, stomach problems, fatigue,\u201d said John Batsis, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/batsis-discusses-five-common-medications-that-can-cause-weight-gain\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Batsis Discusses Five Common Medications That Can Cause Weight Gain\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69419,"featured_media":48058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[99,2],"tags":[631],"class_list":["post-58578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geriatric-medicine","category-news","tag-631","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Batsis Discusses Five Common Medications That Can Cause Weight Gain | Department of Medicine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/batsis-discusses-five-common-medications-that-can-cause-weight-gain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Batsis Discusses Five Common Medications That Can Cause Weight Gain | Department of Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Side effects are common with almost any medication. 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