Does metformin prevent olanzapine weight gain, what are other meds that prevent weight gain on olanzapine

olanzapine has been the only med to work for me but it made me gain so much weight and made losing weight impossible,

i am trying to figure out what i can take with olanzapine to not gain weight because i can afford olanzapine and i already know it works for me and i am tired of going through withdrawals every couple months because every med i try isnt working

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Existing data suggest that short term modest weight loss is possible with metformin in patients with olanzapine-induced weight gain.

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that is really good i think im gonna ask my pdoc if i can go back on olanzapine because he has asked before if i want to go back on it when i wasnt doing well on geodon
but i will ask for metformin also with the olanzapine i hope it will keep me from gaining weight because i can diet easily as long as im not extremely hungry

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