Many medications, including some antipsychotic and antidepressant medicines, are commonly associated with weight gain.
Dear Dr. Roach: I was wondering whether Ozempic might be prescribed for somebody who gained weight due to antipsychotics or drugs for depression. I read some years ago that the weight gain associated with antipsychotics had something to do with blood sugar levels .You are quite right that many medications, including some antipsychotic and antidepressant medicines, are commonly associated with weight gain.
Colitis can be due to infection. Diseases like diverticulitis and gastroenteritis are inflammatory due to the presence of a pathogen. A pathogen is an unhealthy germ in the colon that leads to symptoms such as fever and diarrhea. Often these infections do not need antibiotics, just support until the body gets rid of the infection itself. Other infections are more serious. Clostridioides difficile can be very serious, even life-threatening, and requires powerful treatment.
The underlying cause of inflammatory bowel disease still isn’t well-understood. Although anti-inflammatory medicines like steroids still form part of the treatment for IBD, current treatment uses biological agents to target molecules that form part of the disease response, without the long-term toxicity of steroids.
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