Re: LDN and Weight Loss/oops forgot to add something

[Guest guest]

> >

> > Hi –

> >

> > You've mentioned several times that you believe LDN helps some

> > people lose weight because it " is a diuretic " and that it " pulls

> > fluid off you. "

> >

> > I think you may have been misinformed. Naltrexone isn't a

> > diuretic. In fact, it's sometimes used to counteract the

diuretic

> > effect of other substances. For example:

> >

> > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?

> > cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=6121047 & dopt=Abstract

> >

> > Naltrexone does have an established connection to weight loss.

> > Loss of appetite is a recognized side-effect. Studies have been

> > conducted on naltrexone for obesity, especially sweets-cravings

and

> > binge-eating. Opioid antagonists like naltrexone are associated

> > with a reduction in food cravings and a subsequent reduction in

> food

> > intake.

> >

> > Yale is currently conducting a clinical study to see if

naltrexone

> > can help smokers quit without gaining weight:

> >

> > http://www.yale.edu/opa/newsr/05-02-28-02.all.html

> >

> > I know you said your grandmother's ankles were less swollen after

> > starting LDN, and I don't mean to be a nitpicker, but I think it

> may

> > be misleading to assume that LDN is a diuretic for everyone who

> > takes it.

> >

> > I lost 10 pounds, but it wasn't water weight. I've always been

> thin;

> > now I'm just thinner. : )

> >

> > Maureen (Gazorpa)

> >

> ===============

>

> Where I'm getting this is the numerous people who have had

increased

> urination in the early stages of LDN. I have a new lady on my

board

> running to the bathroom 4 to 5 times at night upon starting LDN and

> she wasn't doing this before. I had a man on my site who had a

> severe increase in urinary frequency on LDN so bad that he was

> thinking of stopping LDN. Another woman on my site went through the

> same and a few here noticed urinary frequency increasing upon

> starting LDN. Quite a few on my board in past have had this

increase

> in urinary frequency and weightloss right in the very beginning

days

> of LDN and some at GoodShape's have had the same results. The

> weightloss is taking place in the first week to 10 days on LDN so

> that's why I feel it is having a diuretic effect. There was a

> discussion at GoodShape's long ago about this and everyone who had

> lost 5 to 10 pounds on LDN in the first 10 days of starting LDN

were

> still eating like they always had and those who had lost weight and

> wanted to put their weight back on tried over-eating with zero

> results and I think GoodShape was one of them. So something is

> happening in the first 10 days on LDN to pull weight off people and

> it's not suppression of appetite. I've noticed those who've had

the

> heavy urinary flow in the early days of LDN who have high blood

> pressure, that many with high BP had their BP go down slightly due

to

> all the urination and weight loss. I know my grandma's ankles went

> down in three days on LDN and we were eating out at that time and

she

> was eating large portions of icecream twice per day at the hotel

> restaurant we were staying at.

>

> Would be interesting to do a poll on how many had urinary frequency

> upon starting LDN and if their weightloss was within the first 10

to

> 14 days on LDN and if they had a decrease in appetite at that time

> and have they tried eating more to see if they could put back on

the

> weight lost. How many had fluid on their ankles before LDN and if

> LDN took the fluid off, how many days from start of LDN did it take

> for fluid to reduce. And what dose of LDN did they start with.

>

> The lady on my forum only started with 1.5mg and it's running her

to

> the toilet many times at night after she takes her LDN dose, not

> before the LDN dose.

>

>

>

We would also need a survey to see those who lost weight on LDN due

to appetite suppression and how long did it take for them to lose the

5, 10 or more pounds. I think some lose fluid in the first days on

LDN and some get appetite suppression and lose weight and some don't

get any loss of fluid nor appetite suppression from LDN.

[Guest guest]

3/03: 135 lbs

11/03: 124 lbs

11/04: 127 lbs

07/05: 114 lbs

11/05: 117 lbs

12/05: 116 lbs

11 lbs in 7 months, up 3 over a year, down 13 in July 05, and stable since.

Surely wasn't just water, I think my metabolism went back to the speed it used to be when I was younger and healthier.

[low dose naltrexone] Re: LDN and Weight Loss/oops forgot to add something

>>We would also need a survey to see those who lost weight on LDN due to appetite suppression and how long did it take for them to lose the 5, 10 or more pounds. I think some lose fluid in the first days on LDN and some get appetite suppression and lose weight and some don't get any loss of fluid nor appetite suppression from LDN.