{"id":50396,"date":"2025-04-25T21:27:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T01:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/mayo-health-library\/beta-blockers-do-they-cause-weight-gain\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:41:15","slug":"beta-blockers-do-they-cause-weight-gain","status":"publish","type":"mayo","link":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/fr\/mayo-health-library\/beta-blockers-do-they-cause-weight-gain\/","title":{"rendered":"Beta blockers: Do they cause weight gain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container mx-auto   wordpress-block wordpress- core-\">\n<p>Yes. Weight gain is a side effect of some beta blockers. The average weight gain is about 2.6 pounds (1.2 kilograms) over six or more months.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re more likely to gain weight with older beta blockers, such as atenolol (Tenormin) and metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol-XL). The weight gain tends to happen in the first few months after taking the medicine. Then it usually stops. Newer beta blockers, such as carvedilol (Coreg) and nebivolol (Bystolic) don&#8217;t usually cause weight gain.<\/p>\n<p>Beta blockers that cause weight gain usually aren&#8217;t tried unless other medicines haven&#8217;t worked. But they may be used first for some heart conditions. Talk with your healthcare team about the best beta blocker for you.<\/p>\n<p>Beta blockers are used to treat many conditions, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>High blood pressure.<\/li>\n<li>Heart failure.<\/li>\n<li>Migraine prevention.<\/li>\n<li>Glaucoma.<\/li>\n<li>Anxiety.<\/li>\n<li>Essential tremor.<\/li>\n<li>Irregular heartbeat, called atrial fibrillation or AFib.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Healthcare professionals aren&#8217;t sure why some beta blockers make a person gain weight. It\u2019s thought that beta blockers slow the body&#8217;s ability to change food into energy, called metabolism.<\/p>\n<p>You also might gain a few pounds if you take a water pill called a diuretic but then switch to a beta blocker.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re taking a beta blocker for heart failure, tell your healthcare team right away if you gain more than 2 to 3 pounds (about 1 to 1.4 kilograms) in a day or 5 pounds (2.3 kilograms) in a week. Sudden weight gain may be due to fluid buildup in the body, which may mean your heart failure is getting worse. Your healthcare team can determine what&#8217;s causing your weight gain.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weight gain can occur as a side effect of some of these medicines used for high blood pressure and other conditions.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[1686,1685,1682,1684],"class_list":["post-50396","mayo","type-mayo","status-publish","hentry","tag-anatomical-structure","tag-condition","tag-person-group-concept","tag-theme-of-focus","content_type-answers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Beta blockers: Do they cause weight gain? - Hancock Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/fr\/mayo-health-library\/beta-blockers-do-they-cause-weight-gain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beta blockers: Do they cause weight gain? 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