Healio (7/17, Monostra) reported, “Postmenopausal women who are prescribed antidepressants, beta-blockers and insulin are more likely to experience weight gain than those who do not use these medications,” investigators concluded after analyzing “data on BMI (n = 76,252) and waist circumference (n = 76,579) during a three-year period from postmenopausal women aged 50 to 79 years who participated in the Women’s Health Initiative.” The findings were published online in the journal Menopause.
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— “Certain drugs may promote unintentional weight gain in postmenopausal women, “Michael Monostra, Healio, July 17, 2020