In videos shared across social media, women and girls wanting to increase the size of their chests, hips and thighs claim cyproheptadine is the 'secret.' But the antihistamine can have serious side effects
The trend dates back several years, including a"That's ALL I did. I have never been able to gain weight. But these two products DEFINITELY showed results and very quickly," says the text over a video of a woman touting a protein shake and Apetamin syrup, a nutritional supplement which contains cyproheptadine, but is an unapproved drug in theThe ingredient cyproheptadine can stimulate the appetite and cause people to gain weight, but its recommended usage has changed over time.
He said the clinical studies researching the balance of risks and benefits of taking the drug to gain weight were"not very robust," which led health authorities to reduce recommendations of cyproheptadine for this use -- first in France, then in Canada and the United States., but always under the advice of a physician. Chouchana said the drug was meant to treat weight loss symptoms associated with an illness and not for people in good health.
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