florinef weight gain??

[sheal]

hi.  I started florinef 0.1mg 3 days ago and I am terrified of gaining weight...has anyone had any weight gain while taking it?? If so, how soon did you begin gaining weight after you started taking it??  I started midodrine 3 days ago as well but I haven’t seen anything about gaining weight on that. thank you. 

[Mama Sarah]

I've gained 20kg to date (12 months), all from the waist down so I look really out of proportion.  However, I need to add that I also became less active not long after starting taking it as I had surgery.  So it's difficult to know how much of the gain is due to the Florinef and how much would have happened anyway because of the reduction in exercise.  The fluid increase obviously increased my weight by about 1.5kg within a week.  After that, I only started to notice after maybe a month or so.  It's steadily gone on since then.  I expressed my concern to my doctor who trialed me off the Florinef but I just couldn't stay upright so had to go back on it.  I'm hoping for an opportunity to switch to midodrine and lose the Florinef soon.  Coupled with some focused exercise, fingers crossed I'll see some weight loss.  I know that, aside from the fluid gain, some people don't seem to gain anything whilst others are unlucky like me.  It seems to be quite a varied experience.

[Lily]

I read elsewhere on the internet that starting with 1/4 of a tablet and increasing slowly, 1/4 of a tablet more per week, until you get to the prescribed dose would prevent weight gain.  So I did this and I did not gain any weight.