Weight Gain

Cessation of cigarette smoking
Congenital disorders
   Alström syndrome
   Biemond syndrome
   Blount disease
   Börjeson's syndrome
   Carpenter's syndrome
   Cohen syndrome
   Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome
   Prader-Willi syndrome
   Pseudohypoparathyroidism
Depression
Disturbances of hypothalamic satiety centers
   Encephalitis
   Trauma
   Tumors
Drugs
   Antidepressants
       Amitriptyline
       Amoxapine
       Desipramine
       Doxepin
       Imipramine
       Phenelzine
       Tranylcypromine
       Trazodone
   Antiepileptics
       Carbamazepine
       Valproate
   Antihypertensives
       Terazosin
   Glucocorticoids (pharmacologic doses)
   Megestrol acetate
   Oral contraceptives
   Phenothiazines
       Chlorpromazine
       Haloperidol
       Loxapine
       Mepazine
       Mesoridazine
       Perphenazine
       Prochlorperazine
       Promazine
       Thioridazine
       Trifluoperazine
Endocrine disorders
   Acromegaly
   Cushing's syndrome
   Hypothyroidism
   Insulinoma
Exogenous obesity
Increased body fluid

References

1. Foster DW: Gain and Loss in Weight, pp. 244–245. See Bibliography, 1.
2. Bray GA: Obesity, p. 454. See Bibliography, 1.

Book Source Details

• Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
• Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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