Inderal and Weight Gain: What Users Say

• Try...
• May 29, 2014

For Migraine Prevention "I found immense relief with Inderal, on just 10 mg every morning and night... It was like a miracle as preventative, and I also have found it dulls a migraine if one happens to break through by taking an extra one. I had been waking up with a bad headache/migraine every day, which lasted all day. Codeine was my only vague relief in mega doses. My only complaint is that since commencing Inderal, I have gained 10 kg, and no dieting seems to help! All this in only 12 months. The other side effects have been an increase in my allergy intolerance to certain foods, i.e., chocolate, and a heightened problem with low blood sugar. So, the doctor has just commenced me on Topamax instead, 25 mg every morning and night. Will report how this compares!"

• Dan...
• January 14, 2014

For Migraine Prevention "I have been on this at least a year on 10 mg 2x a day. I've had unexplained weight gain, and my headaches haven't gotten better. I've been to a nutrition specialist and am stepping up the exercise and trying to eat better, but no matter what I do, I still gain weight, and my doctors keep telling me that I'm not taking anything that would cause weight gain! Now they have doubled my dosage."

• woo...
• August 7, 2016

For Migraine Prevention "I put on 40 kg over the course of 12 years of this medication, but I don't have migraines. The generic ones don't work at all, except Derralin (can no longer get Inderal in Australia). I would recommend anyone with life-altering migraines to try it for 3 months. It just might be the cure you are waiting for."

• mrh...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• June 20, 2016

For Migraine Prevention "I'm a 61-year-old man. I took Inderal LA 60 mg for a year. For about 8 months, it worked well, migraines would start and then go away after 5 to 10 minutes. It caused me to gain 15 pounds even with dieting and exercise. It also causes ED, but I was able to fix that with 5 mg Cialis. In the last 2 months, it has stopped preventing the migraines and causes problems with fatigue and, at times, shortness of breath, and the Cialis is no longer working (a big problem as far as I am concerned and my girlfriend too). It never stopped migraines caused by food triggers, of which I have many."

• mon...
• March 29, 2016

For Migraine Prevention "I had migraines from age 10 to age 26 when my doctor prescribed Inderal 10 mg in the morning and evening. No migraines since. Now I am 72, whenever I feel there is a trigger, I swallow Inderal as well. Works great for migraines. It has terrible side effects too. I started getting nightmares after the first month of starting Inderal. To this day, the nightmares continue. I feel sleepy the whole day and gained weight, which went out of control. I can tolerate the side effects, but I'm happy no more migraines."