# Weight gain

- Category: chronic
- Review status: reviewed (every claim checked against a document named on this page)
- Sources: Cushing Syndrome - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470218/ · ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class TS06 - condition scope only, no dose · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
- Verified date: 2026-08

## Verified against

- No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care

## Treatment metadata

- No drug therapy in primary care (Recognition & Referral)

## Complete treatment card

```text
WEIGHT GAIN
Sources: Cushing Syndrome - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf -
         https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470218/ · ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification
         of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class TS06 - condition scope only, no dose · No dose -
         referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
Review status: REVIEWED against the source listed above  (2026-08)

1. NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (RECOGNITION & REFERRAL)[1st line]
   Adult    A very common, nonspecific presenting complaint; management depends entirely on
            identifying the cause (diet, low thyroid function, medication, Cushing's syndrome)
            rather than a direct prescription. - Refer
   Peds     Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is
            implied.
   Source   No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
   Why      A very common, nonspecific presenting complaint; management depends entirely on
            identifying the cause (diet, low thyroid function, medication, Cushing's syndrome)
            rather than a direct prescription.
   Caution  Rapid weight gain with swelling and breathlessness may indicate heart failure or kidney
            disease; central weight gain with other features may indicate Cushing's syndrome.
            No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and
            referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.

Prices are indicative (dataset snapshot 2026-06); verify with the pharmacy.
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