Posted by Racer on September 9, 2004, at 20:59:47
In reply to Re: Cyproheptidine, posted by steve12 on September 9, 2004, at 18:25:52
Yes, it can cause weight gain -- if you take it regularly. (That's often one of its uses, as it happens. Increasing appetite is a side effect.)
The thing about cyproheptidine and the sexual side effects is that you only take it when you want to -- you know. If it's going to work for you, it'll work in about 20 to 30 minutes, and the effects will be gone in the morning. (Or after a number of hours, if you take it at other times of the day.) It's like viagra, in that you won't have the same level of sponteneity, but it's also like viagra in that it's PRN.
There are other things I've heard of to help, but they're all more expensive or more bothersome. Some citations are: wellbutrin to counteract it, "medication holidays" so that you can plan a couple of days during which you can -- you know, viagra -- although, how that would help I can't imagine, and I believe I recently read about another, but I can't remember.
Hope that helps.
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