file.newsgroup.med.59124 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Hismanal, et. al.--side effects
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Steve Dyer) writes:
> In article <[email protected]> [email protected] writes:
>>Can someone tell me whether or not any of the following medications
>>has been linked to rapid/excessive weight gain and/or a distorted
>>sense of taste or smell: Hismanal; Azmacort (a topical steroid to
>>prevent asthma); Vancenase.
>
> Hismanal (astemizole) is most definitely linked to weight gain.
> It really is peculiar that some antihistamines have this effect,
> and even more so an antihistamine like astemizole which purportedly
> doesn't cross the blood-brain barrier and so tends not to cause
> drowsiness.
It also gave me lots of problems with joint and muscle pain. Seemed to
trigger arthritis-like problems.
Sue
>
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> Steve Dyer
> [email protected] aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer