August 10, 2023 : Impressive Case of Weight Gain
© 安岡喜晴 (JoyShine)
It looked like it was going to be very hot again today. In the morning I took a taxi to work.
The driver said, "It's going to be hot again today, isn't it?", I replied, "Yes, it's already hot!"
I went through Aburanokoji Street to Aneyakoji Street, and from there to Karasuma Street.
Karasuma Street and Shijo Street are both the main streets of Kyoto.
The intersection of these two streets is called Shijo-Karasuma, and this is the place where traffic is most likely to become congested,
therefore, experts avoid this route and use Shinmachi Street or Aburanokoji Street to reach Karasuma Street.
The most impressive patient today was a woman who said she had gained 20 or more kilograms in one year,
and a pharmacist recommended a packaged over-the-counter medicine,
but I personally don't recommend it because many people suffer from some kind of diarrhea.
Weight gain should be controlled by diet and exercise, but there are so many people who gain weight with medications prescribed by their doctors,
and I strongly suspected that in this case.
Weight gain caused by medication is really hard to reduce no matter what they do until they stop the medication.
In this case, it seemed best to ask her doctor to prescribe another drug that would have the same effect, so I advised her.