# Zonegran for overeating and other compulsive behaviors
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zonegran-for-overeating-and-other-compulsive-behaviors/193067
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 5, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zonegran-for-overeating-and-other-compulsive-behaviors/193067 "2003-08-05T07:04:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zonegran-for-overeating-and-other-compulsive-behaviors/193067/1 "2003-08-05T07:04:39Z")
My psychiatrist told me that zonegran, a medicine that has already been approved by the FDA for the treatment of epilepsy, seems to be effective in weight loss. He also said that it helps other compulsive disorders such as an addiction to shopping. I’ve begun taking it. Are any of you familiar with it? Anyone tried it?
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### Author:  [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zonegran-for-overeating-and-other-compulsive-behaviors/193067/2 "2003-08-06T00:07:26Z")
Never hoid of it.
Wonder what happens when the patient goes off the pill 😉
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### Author:  [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zonegran-for-overeating-and-other-compulsive-behaviors/193067/3 "2003-08-07T04:22:47Z")
Gee, _Snoop_, I don’t know. I’ve never gone off a medication before. I just keep adding to the count and lugging them around in a suitcase.
So far, so good. Three days, three pounds, no seizures. (Well, I didn’t have seizures to start with.)
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### Author:  [@spathiphyllum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spathiphyllum)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zonegran-for-overeating-and-other-compulsive-behaviors/193067/4 "2003-08-07T04:25:33Z")
Interesting. I had not heard of this until your thread, but (from web-searching now) it sounds like the studies that have been done have some promising results. Good luck. Keep us updated on how it goes.
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### Author:  [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zonegran-for-overeating-and-other-compulsive-behaviors/193067/5 "2003-08-07T05:33:41Z")
If it does turn out to work, watch the price of it quintuple overnight …