Does Latuda cause weight gain in a lot of people or is it extremely rare to gain weight?

Latuda is considered weight neutral because it can potentially cause weight gain or loss in a small number of people:

"Metabolic - Common (1% to 10% of users): Decreased appetite, increased appetite, increased weight, decreased weight"

These changes are metabolic in nature and only respond slightly to diet and exercise. Latuda should be taken with food (at least 350 calories). Avoid consuming grapefruit or grapefruit juice during treatment with lurasidone, as it may increase blood levels of the medication.

It depends on the individual. For me, it was only minimal of a 10-pound weight gain from 145 to 155. However, I seem to be losing weight with exercise. I'm on a low dose of 60mg. of Latuda. Some people gain a lot of weight and others don't which varies. I love Latuda and am on it for Bipolar Depression. It is weight neutral for me.

I've been taking it for Two weeks and have an uncomfortable urge to eat about an hour after I take it. It's not like hmm I need something to eat it's like something takes over and you have to eat.
I've been on lots of meds and very educated on Nutrition (I used to teach it)
But this is a new ball game.

My grandson and I have been on Latuda for 4-5 years. We have both gained around 100 lbs. It does amp up the carb cravings. I don't think we realized we were eating more. I'm just going through my last withdrawal. My head is clearing out and I'm realizing that I haven't been aware of a good portion of the last 4 years. I don't remember the road to 300lb. Hope you didn't find it also. The sad part is right before my Dr. put me on Latuda I had just lost that 100lb. I'm thinking it's probably pretty common to gain weight on Latuda. It sure was easy enough.

Did it cause weight gain?

I've been on 20mg of Latuda for almost a month now. I have seen an increase in my mental health but I have notice a little weight gain. Yesterday I decided to change up my diet a little bit and try to eat 6 meals a day (breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack) and I love to walk so I also walked 2 miles yesterday. I am also taking fish oil, thermogenix from it works, and then alli twice a day. Hoping to see some changes with the weight gain.

I’m starting Latuda today. I’m on a strict high protein high fiber no carb no sugar diet so I will come back in about a week and chime in. It is very rare that I gain weight from meds but I’m also on topamax. My dr. said this was a weight neutral medication because that was my concern.

I was on 25mg seroquel for a year for nocturnal panic attacks. It worked like a charm, but I gained about 25 lbs. I didn't really care because it was so good to feel great again. I recently changed to 20 mg latuda because I want to get pregnant and it had a better profile for pregnancy (had been avoiding Latuda because of the cost).

I lost weight changing to latuda. And i have no carb cravings that I did with seroquel.

"Metabolic
Common (1% to 10% of users): Decreased appetite, increased appetite, increased weight"

Of course, if you eat too much you'll gain weight whether you are on medication or not. However, psychotropic medications, the anti-psychotics in particular, DO have the potential for changing some patient's metabolism and fat storage mechanisms but as you can see from the above it is a very small percentage of users. Most people do not have this type of effect at all.

Something you have to remember is to take Latuda with a small meal/snack of 300-350 calories or your system cannot absorb the drug properly. And no grapefruit!

Does latuda make anyone else hungry??? It makes me really hungry and I'm freaking out because I don't want to eat and gain weight... I can only guess that ones who would gain weight on it would get hungry and those who are lucky don't get super hungry... it's making me really nervous.. I need to hunger to go away.

I read a answer that said no such thing as weight gain without over eating. That is not the truth! I gained weight on invega and didn't over eat and I had decreased hunger... These pills only cause weight gain because they mess with our hormones in our brain and chemicals... Our brain controls everything with all those chemicals and hormones... Yes it's truth a pill can make you fat without over eating... Now with that said i switched from invega to latuda it's to early to say latuda will be a fat drug for me.. I only ate one meal yesterday and 3 oranges.. not enough to gain weight and I done this while on the invega and still gained 20 lbs... If it was based on how much we ate then we all could try Topamax.. or try Topamax anyways but I'd hurry and get on it before you become over weight ... most people start to get fat then stay stuck there... it's worth it to try Topamax ... Also I heard Geodon don't cause weight gain.. one more to switch too.

Up to 10% of users report some changes in weight but it's a 50/50 chance depending on your metabolism and how you respond to the medication. It can go either way.
"Common (1% to 10%): Decreased appetite, increased appetite, increased weight, decreased weight"

It absolutely causes weight gain! I was only on this for 3 months and went from 90lbs to 140lbs! Ridiculous! Not worth it at all.

Hello, I lost a lot of weight when I started Latuda. Although, I had a lot of extremely rare side effects. I doubt most people would get them. I' very been on it 4 or 5 years. And I am 50, so I have been on a lot of antipsychotics. It has been the best one so far in so many ways. It saved me from a life of total hallucination. Nothing else worked for me. I still have delusional paranoia, but that is so much better than sever hallucinations. I hope it works out for you as much as it has helped me. Best of luck on your journey!

I have only been on Latuda 20mg for 1 month and although it has done wonders for my mental being, it has caused me to gain 15 pounds. I am going to an endocrinologist next Monday to be fitted for an insulin pump (Diabetes type II since 2006) and ask him what he thinks about the risks. My sugars have also took a major spike as well! Latuda is great for the one major reason it was made for, but the side effect are horrendous! But everyone is different as they say.