re hismanal et al side effects in article apr spdcc com dyer spdcc com steve dyer writes in article apr lrc edu kjiv lrc edu writes can someone tell me whether or not any of the following medications has been linked to rapid excessive weight gain and or a distorted sense of taste or smell hismanal azmacort a topical steroid to prevent asthma vancenase hismanal astemizole is most definitely linked to weight gain it really is peculiar that some antihistamines have this effect and even more so an antihistamine like astemizole which purportedly doesn t cross the blood brain barrier and so tends not to cause drowsiness so antihistamines can cause weight gain now they tell me is there any way to find out which do which don t my doctor obviously is asleep at the wheel the original poster mentioned fatigue i had that too but it was mostly due to the really bizarre dreams i was having i wasn t getting any rest my doctor said that was a common reaction if astemizole doesn t cross the blood brain barrier how does it cause that side effect any ideas sheryl coppenger seas computing facility staff sheryl seas gwu edu the george washington university
