Phentermine
What is Phentermine?
Phentermine is an appetite suppressant that affects the central nervous system. Phentermine is used for a limited period of time to speed weight loss in overweight people who are exercising and eating a low-calorie diet.
Phentermine is a stimulant that is similar to an amphetamine.
Phentermine is in a class of medications called anorectics. It works by decreasing appetite.
What is an Amphetamine?
Amphetamine is a psychostimulant drug of the phenethylamine class which produces increased wakefulness and focus in association with decreased fatigue and appetite.
What is an Anorectic?
An anorectic, or appetite suppressant, is a dietary supplement and/or drug which reduces appetite, food consumption, and as a result, causes weight loss to occur.
Can I buy Phentermine at the store or on the Internet?
Phentermine is a controlled substance. It must be prescribed by a doctor. Prescriptions may be refilled only a limited number of times.
How should this medicine be used?
Phentermine comes as tablets and extended-release capsules. It usually is taken as a single daily dose in the morning or three times a day 30 minutes before meals. Most people take phentermine for 3-6 weeks.
Is this drug dangerous?
No it is not as long as it is taken as instructed by your doctor.
Taking phentermine together with other diet medications such as fenfluramine (Fen-Phen) or dexfenfluramine (Redux) can cause a rare fatal lung disorder called pulmonary hypertension.
What is Fen-Phen?
Fenfluramine (marketed as Pondimin, Ponderax and Adifax) is a drug that was part of the Fen-Phen anti-obesity medication. Fenfluramine was introduced on the U.S. market in 1973. It increases the level of the neurotransmitter serotonin, a chemical that regulates mood, appetite and other functions. The end result is a feeling of fullness and loss of appetite. The drug was withdrawn from the U.S. market in 1997 after reports of heart valve disease, and pulmonary hypertension, including a condition known as cardiac fibrosis.
What is Redux?
Dexfenfluramine (marketed as Redux) is a serotoninergic anorectic drug: it reduces appetite by increasing the amount of serotonin in the brain. It is the d-enantiomer of fenfluramine and is similar to amphetamine, but lacks any psychologically stimulating effects. It was for some years in the mid-1990s approved by the US FDA for the purposes of weight loss. However, following multiple concerns about the cardiovascular side-effects of the drug, such approval was withdrawn and it was retired from the market in 1997.
What special dietary instructions should I follow?
Follow the diet and exercise program your doctor has given you.
Phentermine is also known as:
• Adipex-P
• Atti Plex P
• Ionamin
• Kraftobese
• Panshape M
• Phentercot
• Phentride
• Pro-Fast
• Raphtre
• Supramine
• Suprenza
• Tara-8
• Teramine
• Termene
What is the difference between Phentermine, Phenteramine, Phentramin, Phenamin and PhenTabz?
You probably see these and other names of weight loss pills that act similarly to Phentermine. These pills can be bought legally and safely over-the-counter (or without a doctor’s prescription).