Till now, we have not explored many areas where the side effects of some drugs or medications administered for the cure of some disease in increasing the chances of over-weight or obesity. Though there are many drugs available in the market that are prescribed for the use of patients who suffer from obesity; however, we have little research done or data available on the fact that certain drugs can cause over-weight. Here is a research that shows that some kinds of antipsychotic drugs can spur the weight gain.

It has been reported by the researchers that in some cases, patients taking these drugs end up gaining so much weight that they develop serious complications such as heart disease and diabetes. We know that heart diseases and diabetes is readily related to obesity.

“We’ve now connected a whole class of antipsychotics to natural brain chemicals that trigger appetite. Our identification of the molecular players that link such drugs to increased food intake means there’s now hope for finding a newer generation of drugs without the weight-gain side effects,” said Dr. Solomon H. Snyder, professor of neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. The study conducted by the professor and his team is expected to be published online in this week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

It would be good to note here that many drugs are noted for their side-effects; however, quite a few among them may also cause the obesity problem, which is of course a major one and should be avoided at any cost. We can easily see that this is crucial research and can pave way to certain other discoveries. We expect that other scientists and researchers would take clue from it and would explore more drugs that can cause obesity; and of course, would find some solution also.