Weight Loss

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Weight loss is sometimes associated with chemotherapy and radiation treatments. This may cause tiredness or weakness in some patients. To help keep weight loss to a minimum, doctors may recommend:

• Medications such as metoclopramide (Maxalon™) that will prevent the full feeling you may have even when you haven't eaten; this will increase your food intake to help combat weight loss
• Lipase, an enzyme that will help your body absorb fat
• Megestrol acetate (Megase™) is a progesterone hormone that will help improve your appetite

At home, you can combat weight loss by:

• Trying to increase your food intake by 450-500 calories per day
• Eating many light meals throughout the day instead of three heavy large meals
• Having snacks around you at home and at work and always eating when the desire hits you
• Avoiding protein-rich or nutritionally important foods right before treatment to prevent developing food aversions