Prescription Drug Induced Obesity

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By Shane Ellison, M.Sc.

Author Health Myths Exposed and

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Prescription Drug Induced Obesity

 

Many factors regulate a person's weight. The metabolism dictates the

rate at which food is converted to fuel substrates. The sympathetic

nervous system (SNS) stores and releases fat burning molecules known

as catecholamines.

Thermogenesis, the receiver of the SNS signal, converts fatty acids

to heat.

This prevents fat storage. The messenger hormone leptin controls the

hunger switch. Receiver of the leptin message, the brain tells us

when to eat, how much to eat and when to stop eating.

 

Commonly used prescription drugs can interrupt many weight regulating

factors.

When used long term (6 months or more), these drugs elicit obesity

among most users. This is true despite rigorous workout or diet

routines that may be employed. Ever met someone who exercised

religiously yet failed to lose fat?

 

The most common of these drugs are those used to treat high blood

pressure (beta blockers such as Atenolol), depression (SSRI's such as

Zyprexa), and diabetes (sulfonylureas such as Amaryl and

thiazolidinediones such as Avandia).

 

 

This is not medical advice. Medical diagnosis and treatment is

constrained by law to be the monopoly of state licensed

practitioners. Shane Ellison holds a Masters degree in organic

chemistry and a Bachelors in biology and chemistry.

His experience in drug design and synthesis afforded him a wealth of

knowledge in the areas of natural medicine and therapeutic nutrition.

He is not a doctor.

In fact, he has never even read Gray's Anatomy.

 

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