Phentermine...

My sis is on it to lose baby weight she has lost almost 20lb in 2 and a half weeks but she started at 5'6 182. I'm nervous she'll put some of it back on once she goes off though.

Check into a weight loss clinic in your area. Phentermine is now available in a smaller dosage for people with 20-50 lbs to lose (formerly only for the obese-morbidly obese category) you do need to be monitored because it can cause High BP, you also should be weaned off of it, not stopped cold turkey. I have used i three times, twice with great success AND sustained weight loss (and contnued weightloss this last time thank you negative nellies!) the one time I failed was due to my own crapping eating. It is an AIDE you still need to learn healthy habits for eating and excercise while on it otherwise you will gain it back (SEE negative nellies I dont deny that!) a 1 month script runs $20-35 depending on the pharmacy (walmart is cheapest go figure)

Anything that effects your biochemistry is a drug. This includes food.

too many potiental side effects that are dangerous. I would do eating healthier and exercise, that is the most reliable way to get the weight off and KEEP it off.

All of the potential side effects are very common with other medications that are used frivolently and/or over prescribed in todays society. Atleast she is looking into a medical option not going to the local drug store and popping something unmonitored in production

she wanted opipions and I gave mine. I wasn't trying to bash it persay. I actually did it, but my experience can't be used cause I"m bipolar and it caused rapid cycling and gave me all kinds of issues and I didn't lose any weight. If you are set on doing it though I would talk it over in great detail with a dr. How you choose to lose weight is your choice, but she asked for an opipion and I gave mine.

she wanted opipions and I gave mine. I wasn't trying to bash it persay. I actually did it, but my experience can't be used cause I"m bipolar and it caused rapid cycling and gave me all kinds of issues and I didn't lose any weight. If you are set on doing it though I would talk it over in great detail with a dr. How you choose to lose weight is your choice, but she asked for an opipion and I gave mine.

Which I fully recognize, but without a medical background you (and many others) might not know the side effects are common with many other prescribed medications.... I had a list in another post but I think it got deleted after someone used foul language. There are good and bad experiences with it. And like you said yours was further effected by the fact it can make you jittery and for some moody.

Im not only exposed to it through my personal experiences, my mom works in a weightloss clinic and my uncle is an OBGYN specializing in infertility and about 60% of his patients its due to PCOS and being over weight. SO I get ALL kinds of information on many forms of dietary aids. Which is why, as I support it, I support it as a tool to increase learning healthy habits, not as a fix-all

yes, any drug has potiental of major side effects, which is why she would do better to side down and discuss this with her dr. who knows her system and her body rather than ask for advice from a website that is geared towards healthy living over drugs. I understand that you may have a lot of knowledge, but you still aren't a dr and if she wants to go this route her DR is who she needs to be speaking with.

I have used it for 2 years with a few periods of being off it. I would say it was very effective for me. There is nothing magic about it but it will help you with your desire to eat. It cuts that a significant amount. Drawbacks are you should be checked frequently with an ekg and echocardiogram to make sure no heart damage is occurring. It can affect the heart valves in some people.
Like anything else your body develops a resistance to it after it is exposed to it for a long period of time. I found it most effective
the first few times I took it. Overall I would recommend it but hopefully you have a good doctor helping to watch your progress.
Hope this helps.

Dan

Hi, I just started taking Phentermine along with other pills the Dr. at a weight loss clinic gave to me. My sister joined me as well. I have about 40 pounds to lose and I don't particularly feel any different. I also get a b-12 vitamin injection from the Dr. once a week. Like I said, I just started this on Monday, but I have noticed that I am eating smaller portions, eating healthier and feeling more energized. I think the biggest thing I have enjoyed these few days is this program my fitness pal. It is an incredible tool if you use it. I am motivated to going from 269 to 250 in 5 weeks. My ultimate goal would be 230 and using this program should give me a good guide. I have felt jittery at times with this drug...or maybe its the other stuff he gave me, but so far I like it and it has given me a tool to use to aid me in my weight loss. These drugs are just a tool, it's still up to me to eat healthy and exercise. I hope this helps.

Abby -

I can tell you from a personal experience on it currently its amazing. Now with that being said everyone's body handles it differently. I am an RN in an ER here and once pulled out my bottle from my purse to take it because I forgot before I left for work. The doctor that saw me do it asked what it was, and the preached to me that unless I lose weight the "normal" way it wasn't healthy. However, I am 25 years old have hypothyroidism which causes weight gain and lots of other horrible symptoms. Now with that being said, my PCP because of my thyroid problem rechecks me monthly including blood-work just to make sure its still safe and not effecting me.

I know they have lower doses for people that need to lose less then the average 50# or so, and if your buying it legitimatly under a doctors care I think its no more dangerous then drinking Red Bull or Mt Dew.. Everything in the world is going to have some effect on your body, candy will increase your blood glucose, water will decrease your blood glucose. If your being smart about it, and educating yourself which it seems like you are then I HIGHLY recommend it.

Disclaimer: It is very hard to maintain the weight loss once you have stopped the medication unless, while on the Phentermine you change your lifestyle as well. Otherwise I have heard of many patients who stop taking it and gain back all their lost weight plus more.

Oh and check out www.phentermine.com - they have a great forum where you can read tons of things from people that have been on it, are researching it, or finished and are maintaining.

HOPE THAT HELPED!!!!

Abby

I'm glad you asked about this. I think it's something that people really wonder about, and obviously there are people on both sides of the fence as to whether its okay or not.
My doc runs a weight loss clinic on the side of his main practice. I had no problem getting the script from him. He has struggled with his own weight and I think that's why he's more sympathetic to helping someone with weight problems.
I'm about 100 pounds overweight and that may have played into his decision to write the script. I've been on it now for almost a week and have lost 6 lbs.
I've always been an emotional eater, and the meds do keep me from doing that. I've been able to all week eat less than 20 grams a fat a day, per doc orders, and eat no artificial sugar. Without the meds I tried many times and failed. I know what is good for my body and what I should stay away from but without the extra help I couldn't get started.
I've read many stories of the meds helping people and then when they stop putting the weight back on so I'm trying to be aware of that, by exercising and changing my eating habits, so that when I do stop taking the meds I'll be in a better place than when I started.
I think it really just comes down to it being a personal decision to try it. You will know in the first week or two if it's going to work for you, if it does, great. If it doesn't move on until you find something that does work for your body.