ajcraig

topamax

Posted on 03/27/09, 01:59 pm

I posted this in Diets & Weight maint. group as well...

my cousin is 24 and is about 45 pounds overweight, she's 5'5 and like 170. she told me she is taking Topamax to lose weight. i read it is meant for treating seizures and migraines but docs sometimes use it off-label to treat obesity because it causes weight loss. seems kinda scary.

anybody know anything about it?

• Reply #1 03/28/09  8:20am
  
  girlfriend53
  45 lbs over weight...yes, she would need to lose, but taking Medicine to do so...isn't that kinda dangerous...and yes, I have heard of this drug for migranes before...but not in treatment of obesity..
  
  I had been under the assumption that one needed to be a certain percentage overweight to be prescribed medication for the problem...
  
  I learn new things here everyday.....
• Reply #2 03/28/09  8:58am
  
  ajcraig
  Thats what I thought! I think she got really frustrated and went to teh doc for help and he gave her that. he did pu ther on a diet plan as well.
  I have heard this drug is really expensive.
• Reply #3 04/03/09  12:38am
  
  Kathy253
  I would do more research on it before I would even think of using it.
• Reply #4 04/12/09  2:01am
  
  rachelle403
  I thought topamax was for b.p.disorder never heard of it for migraines let alone weight loss
• Reply #5 06/02/09  2:54pm
  
  Licorice1977
  Wow, I've been taking Topamax for years due to my seizures, and it never did anything for my weight. Never knew it could do anything for weight until you just said it.
  
  Licorice
• Reply #6 06/25/09  4:48pm
  
  goofy1
  I was prescribed topamax years ago to prevent migraines and was told that it might cause weight loss. I don't remember it doing so. A few years later I was diagnosed bi-polar and was told that topamax is also a mood stabilizer. I have never heard of it being prescribed solely as a weight loss med.

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