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cammo

Gilenya and weight gain

Has anyone gained weight while taking Gilenya? I have been on it for 12 months and have gained 10kg. I am not sure if it is the drugs or two new babies (yes 2 in the last 12 months hurrah for Irish twins). I am on the OMS vegan diet which I thought would lower my calorie intake and I cycle 25km every weekday 40km on the weekends, yet the scales keep going up. I was "slim" to start with but there is now a whole lot of love in my love handles (my wife actually likes it).
@Stumbler

@cammo , this report might interest you :- https://www.ehealthme.com/ds/gilenya/weight-gain/ 10 Kg may not be a huge problem if you're still in the healthy range of the Body Mass Index (BMI). And, if your wife likes the "new you", then I'd accept that as a bonus. With two new babies, you can't be running short of exercise!

@arknat

Hi @cammo, Been on Gilenya last 2 years. I did not see any weight gain ... maybe slightly. But that's mainly because I'm unable to keep up the running I used to do before. Of course may not be applicable to you but stress could weight gain as well. There could be a whole lot of things causing the gain other than Gilenya in my opinion.