Can Xarelto Cause Weight Loss (Top voted first)

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I have been taking xarelto for 5 months and have lost 28 pounds without any change in diet. It's not a bad thing as I needed to lose some weight. I am assuming it is from the drug. Has this happened to anyone else?

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I lost 20 lbs in a month while taking Xarelto. I didn't change my exercise but I wasn't as hungry as I use to be. But even with maybe half the hunger I thought it was a lot of weight to just disappear. Now I'm not taking the Xarelto and I've gained it all back, plus some!

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I have been trying to lose weight and i have not been able to succeed until i started to take xarelto. I have lost 6 pound within a month.maybe a little less appetite.

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I’ve gone from a size 12 to a 6 around 35lbs over the past 7/8 months since starting 20mg xeralto again. I feel this should be looked at as a side affect to the drug. I don’t really want to lose anymore :/ This happened about 10 yrs ago with my first clot while on Coumadin and very stressed out.

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Hi Rob,

I haven't found any record of weight loss on Xarelto's list of side effects from the US National Institute of Health. However they do list "loss of appetite" which could inherently bring about weight loss... The only discrepancy here is that you said you didn't change your diet... So if you're not eating less (from a loss of appetite) then that is definitely a mystery to me... If anything, at least it's good to hear that the weight loss has been a welcomed side effect. I just hope it all balances out when you reach that comfortable stage where you don't want to lose anymore pounds. Best wishes!

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I am on it and loosing a lot of weight,have no appetite at all.

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I just started xarelto and have lost 5 lbs this week. I had been trying to drop a few pounds without success, so this is a mystery.

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Yes, my husband also has lost weight after starting to take Xarelto. He has lost 30 lbs because he feels full faster and eats less. He also needed to lose weight, so it's not a bad thing! But that is not listed on the side effects.

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I started taking xarelto a month ago. I've been having terrible hot flashes since I started the medicine. Before that I was on Coumadin with no issues other than being cold all the time. The hot and cold is driving me crazy. However....I lost weight. I have no appetite. I've been stuck at the same weight for years. Now I'm asking myself how I can survive the hot flashes for weight loss!

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Hi Rob, my boyfriend has also started Xarelto and he has also lost weight and he has no change in his diet but he has not the same appetite as he used to have so I guess that could result in weight loss but yes he has lost weight

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I started taking it a week and half ago and noticed I can’t hold an appetite and someone else notices that I’m losing a little weight, go figure.

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Re: Em (# 5) Expand Referenced Message

You're not having hot flashes from the Xarelto, you're having hot flashes from estrogen loss. Seek out a DO who specializes in Menopause and will give you an estradiol patch. (and progesterone to take with it, if you still have your uterus) Don't think you can go to your normal board certified Gyn who touts being a menopause specialist. Most likely, they aren't. If you're not yet at the age of menopause, if you are 40 years old or older, you could be peri-menopausal and have declining estrogen, which could bring on hot flashes. Women's estrogen levels start to decline at 40. It takes a village:)

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Started taking Xarelto 30mg a day and certainly lost my appetite. Seem to feel quite full after small meals and often now skip meals. Lost 15 lbs after 3 weeks.

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