Savella Does It Cause Weight Gain Like A Lot Of Other Meds?
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the new medicine savella for fibermyalgia does it cause weight gain like a lot of other meds?

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Re: NanC (# 52)

Savella has caused no weight gain in 7! Years n helps w fibro

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Re: MsOdie (# 20)

Ranosh
I've been on savella two years 25mg recently i updose it to 50 twice a day
Truley this is the best and safest drug for depression and panic attack… etc. I didn't experience any weight gain… nor prolactine level rised. If you after not to gain weight on antidepressents take savella or wellbitrine

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Re: Sheila (# 36)

I have fibromyalgia I was taking lyrica but stopped because it made me gain a lot of weight I now take savella and been on it for about 4yrs now it does help with my pain and I did lose weight on it I had loss of appetite but now I'm on a higher dose I take 100mg in the morning and 100mg in the evening and I've been gaining weight lately not sure if it's me or the sevella but I also take 300mg 3x a day of gadepentin , 500mg 2x a day of methocarmanol , iron pills, 25mg antriptyline,tramadol,omprezole and b12 shots monthly I'm trying to figure out if it's me or the increase does in medicine because when I first took savella I lost weight does anybody else take a higher does and have the same problem

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Re: katybird7 (# 1)

I been on sevella for awhile now it doesn't make you gain weight it does make you not have a appetite

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If i take savella for fibermilgia will i gain weight?.like i do now with lerica

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If i take savella for fibermilgia will i gain weight?.

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I just started the titration pack and I'm taking 50 mg in the morning and 50 mg in the evening....I've noticed a big difference in my pain, and I feel like it has suppressed my appetite. I've not weighed myself lately but I don't eat as much.

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Did it help with your energy? I do not have any now because I have fibermalga and nothing my doctor gives me helps with the tiredness.

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I had heard if your dosage is not high enough you will gain weight and if it's to high you loose as time goes on your dr may have to adjust the dose... i was diagnosed with Fibro so I have been doing a lot of research.... Haven't been put on any meds yet I am currently over weight and would love to loose some..

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My Fibromyalgia was so bad they had me on 3 antidepressants and one was Savella. I gained 30 pounds and still gaining even after beening off the antidepressants for over 2 yrs. I was told that several of the ones I was on would stay in your body for over a year. Still having weight gain and I'm not on anything since they talked me into try those 3 antidepressants. I will never take anymore antidepressants as long as I live again. I can't seem to get it off no matter what I do.

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I was diagnosed with fibro 3 yrs ago. I am 57. I was Prescribed Savella 100mg. I felt nauseas for hrs afterwards. Sometimes a whole day. Dr re-prescribed 50 mg twice a day. Fibro better, but then I noticed weight gain. I stopped the Savella. Last yr 2015 the fibro got worse. Early part of 2016 I decided a few pounds more over feeling better from fibro would be worth it so I tried Savella again, 50 mg a day. Didnt help fibro much. After 2 months dr said to up dose back to 50mg 2 times a day. Since February to present, July 2016, I've gained 30 lbs. im a healthy eater and love to exercise. Fibro is better but now 30 lbs heavier I dont want to exercise, Im uncomfortable, my energy level sucks, i worry so much about gaining more weight I dont eat enough. So do I continue meds and gain who nows how much more weight for a little fibro relief or dump the meds, lose the weight, and deal with the fibro? Im DUMPING the meds. I would rather go down working through this fibro one day at a time, than die of obessity. God speed.

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Medication has different side effects for different people. Just because you're not experiencing weight gain, and I am glad you're not, doesn't mean others won't.

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I am almost through my titration pack of Isabella and I find I am hungry all the time. Not just hungry, but hungry for bad foods. I eat very healthy and this is very frustrating for me. I know that I have gained some weight, but I am fighting it !

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I have been on savella since November 9th. And recently my grandma came over to my moms house for a night and I went over and visited some. She swept my moms floor and dog hair and dust and stuff went flying into the air. My allergies acted up really bad. So I naturally as always went to walmart and got some Allegra.. Immediately as I took I started feeling nauseated. I figured it was because I didn't eat the right foods or enough of it so I figured that's why. Then 1 hour in I was throwing up. And it first started slow. Like I could go an hour without throwing up. I figured I can just hold out till me husband gets home with a subway sandwich cause I figured it go away if I ate something. Well during the wait the throwing up was happening more. I took a bath and before I could get to the bed I was already feeling so bad!!! He finally got home 5 hours later.. As soon as I bit into it the banana peppers were soooo hot.. Never ever been that way but I was feeling like I just chewed up a juicy hot pepper! I barely got into the sandwich when the nausea came flying back. I was confused as to why I was still sick because usually I eat food and I'm good. So I started throwing up and throwing up and it was happening faster and faster. Everything I ate and drank car up. Eventually... It was to where I couldn't swallow my spit if I did I was about to be throwing up. So I finally just put the trash can by the bed.. Hubby went and got me ice because my house was so dry!! I couldn't swallow the water I had to spit it back into a towel! I had taken a half of a phenergan earlier in the evening after the first time I threw up. When I threw up again I took another full phenergan and right away threw it up so I gave up. About 11 my hips started feeling pressure. Like I needed to get up and walk but if I got up I would throw up so I couldn't move. At this point I'm so miserable. I can't stop throwing up and I'm legs are just hurting. It gets to 12 am and Im so fed up I take a zofran. After I took it I quit throwing up but I still felt nauseated and my legs were beginning to hurt majority in my fibro "hot spots" and radiating down the rest. Every single hot spot in my body was hurting. And it wouldn't go away. All night long it was horrible just to go to sleep I could finally hold down some water so I was just laying there all night waking up every 5 mins to sip on some water my mouth was so dry. The next day I woke up and threw up a few more times so I took another zofran. My husband had to leave for army so my mom brought me some food and ice . I hadn't been able to get out of bed could barely hold down food and every thought of it made wanna throw up. When she got here it freaked her out to see me screaming and crying because I'm in a lot of pain and I had been continuously feeling it and battling nausea I wanted to tell her to take me to the hospital but I didn't because I could already see the terror in her face. She fixed me some Sprite. Handed me my food and left. She called my grandma who used to be an Er nurse and she said she was coming over and bringing pain med (Tylenol 3). I new she was coming soon and the only way I could relieve the pain for atleast 30 mins was to put icy hot on my hot spots and then get into a very hot bath. The heat really helped but the pain would come back. She got here with the Tylenol 3 and within 30 mins I could eat and I could get up and walk!! Turned out the 12 hour Allegra was finally coming out about 14 hours later. And the t3 was helping with the pain. I felt loopy and sleepy but I could get up. And I could eat. It turned out the Allegra wiped out all of the savella from my system. It was making my body reject everything I swallowed because it was pretty much cleaning my system. And the pain management of the savella was gone and that's why I was hurting so bad. I was feeling all the pain I had been use to before. And so much worse. That was the moment I realized how good I was feeling on the savella and how much pain it was covering up. You don't realize how much it's helping till its gone. I truly missed how good I had been feeling. I am finally getting med built back up in my system and more and more each day I'm feeling better!! Sure enough it shows there's an interaction warning with Allegra D. I don't think that D is what I took it was over the counter Allegra 12 hour!! IF YOU TAKE SAVELLA... Do not take any allergy medication except MAYBE Benadryl.

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I was so sick on savella i begged my doctor to take me off it!! It was horrible! I couldn't make it a day without throwing up! I felt like i had a stomach virus for a month i HATE it.

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I have taken savella 25mg twice daily since November 9th 2015. Along with plaquenil twice daily. I had a horrible cramp after every time I took it in the beginning. It has mostly stopped. And I still have the nausea but it's not so bad if I eat the right foods with it. Nothing acidic. I have lost ALL appetite for "junk food". Cokes, cut them out completely on day 1. I couldn't stand the taste of chips dip or soda and candy. I felt like I couldn't get enough water to drink. I was so thirsty. And my dry mouth symptoms just exploded. It's horrible but I have been taking evoxac for that. But I feel great. I had headaches DAILY and now there so rare!! I hurt a lot in the beginning but I feel great now. I can get out of bed and do so much more. I have lost 16 pounds from November 9 2015 to December 16 2015. I have def lost appetite. For all foods really. I really only eat just to take my med. even when i feel like I'm starving in not hungry but my body is. I only eat because I HAVE to. I just don't have a taste for food any more. I've seen how much I overate before. I never thought I ate that much food or junk before. All the things I wanted before I don't now. These meds will make u sick but if you just stick to it they are very much worth it. It just takes some time. The sickness is well worth it. My doctor had me on zofran for nausea before the 12/16/15 apt but put me on phenergan. He said most people don't want phenergan because it makes you sleepy. But the zofran was horrible. I already have issues with constipation and that made it so much worse. I told him I'd rather be sleepy. That's what I'm use to anyway. And it's not as bad. I would only need it at most 2 times daily if that. Morning and night. I haven't had to take it in morning yet just at night. I eat a sausage biscuit every morning and it goes good with my med. this medication has turned my life around completely. I believe in these meds. It's not an instant pain reliever but it makes you feel normal. I was diagnosed with sjogrens and lupus in 2011. And got a complete diagnosis from my new doctor who explained so much and diagnosed me with fibromyalgia and rheumatoid. I am 22. Before I seen him, I would run into a wall or something and the pain was intense on my arm, only place I really felt it. Or when I scratched my leg in a certain spot or stuff like that. I thought was all normal. I thought everyone felt that pain because of course you run into a wall or something it going to hurt. But he hit that pressure spot in my lower back and I BURST into tears. I had never felt that pain there before like that and it hurt sooooo bad. He said I know exactly what's wrong with you and I can help you. And he has done exactly that. He's a great smart Doctor. 1 month has been a complete turn around for me. I haven't known normal in so long. My bad Days are becoming less and less. I am starting to feel GREAT for the first time since I was 15 years old.

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The medication isn't at all for you gaining weight and being hungry most of the time… i'm taking the medication my appitite is normal

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Whoever gave it to you as an antidepressant is writing it off label as it is manufactured in the US specifically for FIBROMYALGIA and nothing off label. I hate when docs do that as there are TONS of A.D. Meds on the market ALREADY that they can try.
God bless and good luck to ya!

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I started taking Savella in 2012. Since that time I have gained 35 lbs!!! I'm still struggling with the weigh gain. It isn't stopping. I watch my diet, walk 3-4 miles a day about five days a week and still the weight gain. I do feel a whole lot better on the Savella...night and day as far as energy levels / pain reduction. At first I thought well...gain a few pounds but feel better. Thirty five pounds later....I sometimes wonder if I should rethink this....but I continue because I am more energized and able to actually go out and do things now.

I also have profuse sweating since I started the Savella. Weight gain/sweating or have a resemblance of a life....active / less pain. It is something to ponder. Blessings everyone and stay well.

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I was on Savella about a year ago and experienced about a 15lb. weight reduction. I stopped due to the cost of the medicine, and the lbs. came back. I have restarted and already feel better. I tried Cymbalta, but I do not like the way it makes me feel, groggy and definitely some weight gain involved. I am excited to be back on Savella and start feeling better again. I do experience some nausea, but that works as a mild appetite suppressant.

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