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AcuJordan 
There is a time and a place for medications, no doubt. Determining that is an individual decision that should be weighed after doing as much research and self-educating as you can coupled with sound medical advice. Weight loss is a challenging issue to deal with. It involves life-style adjustments-- the hardest to affect in my patients-- psycho-emotional issues -- depression, body image, addiction--, and very real physiological health concerns with more than one diagnosed condition. Where does one begin? When I see patients one either multiple medications or multiple supplements, the first question I ask after reviewing their health history is why are they taking what they are taking. And do they understand what interactions may be taking place. It is a very slippery slope when you start chasing sympotms with meds. Stacking them one at a time leads to its own health problems. This is where consulting your primary care physician comes into play. Ask them to help you coordinate your regimen. It also helps to get a complemtnary perspective from another discipline that is focuses on seeing the whole of a person, as we are more than just the some of our symptoms. I find that as an acupuncturist, my patients appreciate this Chinese Medicine can offer a different context for their dizzying array of symptoms, that can at times tie many of them together into a more understandable pattern of imbalance. "Treating the root," we say. And this is no more true than with the complex pattern of weight loss.
Be well,
Jordan Hoffman, L.Ac., Dipl. OM
"AcuJordan"
