PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Rashmi Deshmukh AU - Kathleen Franco TI - Managing weight gain as a side effect of antidepressant therapy DP - 2003 Jul 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 314--623 VI - 70 IP - 7 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/7/314.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/7/314.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2003 Jul 01; 70 AB - Weight gain caused by antidepressant drugs is a major reason for patient noncompliance with treatment and poor treatment outcome. Knowing which drugs are more likely to cause weight gain in the short term and the long term is essential to any discussion with the patient about the risks vs the benefits of antidepressant therapy. Informing the patient up front about the chances of weight gain and what can be done if it occurs helps build a strong physician-patient relationship and promotes good treatment outcomes.