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I've talked about this problem before concerning the side effects from Spiriva. The only side effect I've experienced was a sudden, and seemingly permanent weight gain. In spite of efforts to lose the weight I've had no success whatsoever. I've gained weight from other medications in the past only to lose it when the medication was discontinued. Not so with Spiriva. It has been almost three years since I've used the inhaler but yet the added weight persists. I should mention that all of the added weight has been on the midsection and nowhere else! To make matters worse has been a disended abdomen to go along with it. I contacted the drug company right after it happened and, naturally, they acted as if it was new to them! I'm not the only one this has happened to. Although a rare side effect it has been a problem for others, the same as mine. This thing is ruining lives, and should be pulled from the market. It won't be though...profits are the name of this terrible game. Bill.

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All to familiar. Has anyone out there with COPD done the Stem Cell treatment? I was prepared to go to Tampa Fl to do it but just learned one was available in Scottsdale. Very pricey and NOT covered by insurance yet. Please, need some feedback. thank you.

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It's not covered by insurance because it's still experimental. Furthermore, your emphysema has to be life-threatening to the point where oxygen doesn't help much before you'd be considered. However, there is surgery to remove damaged alveoli, but that's a temporary fix and not too many pulmonologists recommend it.

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Actually money is not the REAL issue. I'm wondering if it works. Of course THEY say it will but wanna hear from anyone that's had it done

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The very same thing has happened to me. Despite trying and trying to lose the weight with every imaginable diet, program, food elimination I cannot lose the weight. I started putting it on right after beginning taking it. I have ALWAYS been a petite woman with a small waist. Now I cannot lose the weight despite all my efforts to diet, eat right, drink plenty of water. I walk 3 miles every day, I really do not know what to do.

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Actually this was put in the wrong place! I,m talking about COPD stem cell treatment

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Yes, we know. I answered that it was experimental and that insurance will not pay. Also, I forgot to mention that the criteria for eligibility in the study are very strict.

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Judith do you happen to know what the criteria is? I've talked to them extensively and they claim 85% success rate. I would like to talk to someone in the other 15% category.

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As far as I know from my prior contact with two clinics and research on the web, the criteria are your age, other serious medical conditions such as heart disease or diabetes, how far the disease has progressed, what prior treatment has been tried, and your pulmonologist's recommendation. However, after I looked into it I felt that the potential risks far outweighed the possible benefits. Here are the risks: autoimmune reaction, cancer, and infection. Then there's the unknown to consider. I discussed it with my pulmonologist and he agreed - and would not recommend it until it is no longer experimental but proven and given full FDA approval. Talk to your pulmonologist; that's the recommendation you should follow, not the word of anyone in this forum, including me. I just gave an opinion based on your question but your pulmonologist knows you better than anyone and that's where you should look for answers to any other questions you may have.

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I have seen a nutritionist, cardiologist, internist, and two gastroenterologists, so I don't Doctor shop as it implies. I was just desperate to find why I had weight gain in my stomach. The pulmonologist has me on spiriva and inhalers for COPD. I use oxygen at night. I researched every conceivable thing except spiriva. Am intolerant of ad air, cymbicort. Seems I am stuck since I need help to breathe! Am 84, active but have been limited for more than a few years. I naturally happened upon this site and so glad I did.

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I know what you mean! I'm 75 and have been fighting the Spiriva weight gain for almost three years, ever since I was diagnosed with emphysema. My pulmonologist believed me about the weight gain, especially after he asked his other patients about it and they confirmed that they had gained weight on the Spiriva with no changed in diet or exercise. Most of them had not made the connection before, however, just like most of the people who found this forum. Anyway, he tried me on Symbicort but I had an anaphylactic reaction to it so I'm right back on Spiriva as he doesn't want to take chances on another anaphylactic reaction with another unknown inhaler, and Spiriva is working for me other than the weight gain. I've been on essentially a diabetic diet (I'm not diabetic or even pre-diabetic) and exercise three days a week, and have managed to lose a few pounds but at least I haven't gained any more, but it's hard work.

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Of course they never heard of it - in a pig's eye! Many people on this forum have notified them, my primary care physician talked to them, and my pulmonologist talked to them. One of the people I spoke to did slip, however, which explains why they don't acknowledge the problem. She said that the weight gain couldn't be from the Spiriva because it was formulated to be an alternative to the steroid inhalers which are known to cause weight gain. When I asked her to elaborate, all of a sudden I was disconnected.

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Hello fellow sufferers, I am so glad I came across this forum. Having suffered for months and months with this enlarged stomach I am not alone. I would never ever have known it's either the spariva or symbicort that has done this to me and also to you all. Just wondering if any of you experience bad muscle pain on the sides of your stomach heading towards your back. I just hope something is done about this. We are suffering with COPD isn't that enough.

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I have Bean taking Spiriva for 5 years and have also gained a lot of weight. Cannot lose this weight tried everything all In midsection

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I have been taking Spiriva for 6yrs and also can't lose the belly fat even with diet and exercise. I am wondering if it could be an age thing too. Your metabolism slows as you age and it's just harder to lose weight. I am 56 how old are you?

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I have been using Eritel 40 mg for the last 6 years. My BP is under control. I have not stopped the medicine in a single day. I doubt the contious use of this medicine will make side effects. Can you give me advice?

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I think you're on the wrong forum! The discussion here is about an emphysema medication, an inhaler called Spiriva.

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I just went back on Spiriva 1 week ago and have gained 4 lbs, in the mid-section.
Does the drug company have any studies on this?

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The drug companies continue to deny that they've ever heard of the problem! Many people on this forum have contacted them, my pulmonologist and primary care physician have contacted them, and who knows how many other physicians, yet they still continue to say they never heard of the problem. However, early on one representative I spoke to kind of spilled the beans - she said there was no way it would cause weight gain as it was formulated as an alternative to steroids which are known to cause weight gain. Before I could ask a follow-up question she abruptly hung up!

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ME TOO! I've always been s very small person. I've turned into a blimp. I've gone on s lie carb diet . Nothing! I look 12 months pregnant!

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The exact same problem has happened to me
In only 12 mths I have gained weight in the abdomen only
Please help.

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