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Phentermine

Joe100
Joe100
Started Phentermine 3 days ago. I am amazed at how I'm not hungry and I don't have headaches. (awesome)
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deleted_user
What is Phentermine and does it help with weight loss in a healthy way? Also, will the doc prescribe it to anyone who needs/wants to lose weight?
Joe100
Joe100
its a drug requiring a prescription. My friend has been on it for 2 months so far so I thought i would try it.

10 pounds loss a month for him.
LuvMyTitans
LuvMyTitans
I took it about 4 years ago. I absolutely wasn't hungry when I took it , but because of my panic disorder /anxiety, I couldn't stay on it.. it made me too wired and jittery ( hence, no appetite) and it made my anxiety worse. I could only take 1/3 of a pill ..

phentermine is part of an old diet drug that was very popular called FEN FEN.. it is supposedly the ' safe part'.. Fen fen ( or I guess Phen Phen) was banned because ( I may be wrong) of patients who took it and suffered heart attacks .. or some heart problems.

it's a prescription drug and honestly I am not sure how many docs prescribe it. i went to a diet clinic 4 years ago and that is when I took it. and I was less than 20 pounds overweight and they had no problem giving it to me. I only took it for 2 weeks and after 2 months going 3 times a week to the diet clinic and getting b-12 shots and eating 500 calories a day so I would be in 'ketosis'.. I lost 8 pounds.

I then decided to get a personal trainer and change my eating habits and exercise more. and then had major back surgery last October so kind of starting over again.

Joe, I wish you the best. I honestly don't think phentermine is dangerous or I would never have taken it. it just made me too anxious. I would just say to anyone who decides to take it.. do your research and don't take ANYTHING without consulting a doc.

when I did take it.. there was a complete blood work up done on me first.

Peace.

LMT
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