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Top-Selling Diet Drug Phentermine Is Cheap and Easy to Get
The Food and Drug Administration has approved several new weight-loss drugs in recent years, but the best-selling diet pill in America isn’t among them.
That title belongs to phentermine, a generic drug that has been around for decades and has managed to hold its own despite the arrival of new competitors.
The drug is viewed as effective and relatively safe to help jump-start diets in patients who are obese. However, phentermine — a stimulant that can give users an inexpensive high — has a long history of misuse. It has also frequently flown under the radar of regulators, who tend to focus their resources on deadlier drugs like opioid painkillers.
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Phentermine (Adipex-P) is an inexpensive drug used to decrease appetite. It is used with a reduced calorie diet and exercise to help you lose weight. It is more popular than comparable drugs. It is available in generic and brand versions.
I Was Addicted to the Weight-Loss Drug Phentermine for 15 Years: 'I’d Spiraled to a Dark Place'
After this popular pill was prescribed to her by a weight-loss clinic, writer Harmony Hobbs quickly became hooked. Here, she opens up about her emotional struggle with addiction and alcoholism—and her decision to finally get sober.
An Endless Quest for Weight-Loss Pills
Dr. Lauer lists the impressive number of lemons for treating obesity. Fen-phen, ephedra, sibutramine and phenylpropanolamine all had to be pulled from the market for safety concerns.
Generic weight-loss drug may be safe and effective for long-term treatment
The study found that people who stayed on phentermine longer experienced greater weight loss than those who took the drug for three months or less, and longer-term use was not associated with increases in blood pressure or increased risk of heart attack, stroke or death. "In general, the longer patients were on the medicine the more weight loss they had," Lewis said. "Not surprisingly, when patients stopped taking the medicine weight regain was common."
Is phentermine for weight loss safe?
Phentermine is an often maligned medication. The diet pill has a risky reputation for two main reasons...
A Feminist Walks Into A Diet Clinic
Phentermine is one half of the infamous diet pill fen-phen, which was hugely popular in the '90s. Fen-phen was taken off of the market after multiple lawsuits and mulitibillion-dollar settlements. But phentermine remains a widely popular drug in the United States.
Phentermine Side Effects: What are the Common Side Effects of Phentermine for Weight Loss?
Used in certain circumstances to help with weight loss by lowering appetite, the side effects of phentermine (Adipex-P) can be potentially harmful.
Popular Diet Drug Phenterine May Cause Heart-Valve Woes
A new study suggests that the popular diet drug phentermine may have a role in causing the heart-valve problems that prompted the recall of two other prescription drugs last year.
Top-Selling Diet Drug Phentermine Is Cheap and Easy to Get
The Food and Drug Administration has approved several new weight-loss drugs in recent years, but the best-selling diet pill in America isn’t among them. That title belongs to phentermine, a generic drug that has been around for decades and has managed to hold its own despite the arrival of new competitors.
8 Common Questions About Phentermine for Weight Loss
Phentermine (Adipex-P), an amphetamine derivative, is the most prescribed weight loss medication in the United States. Available as a low cost generic, phentermine has been approved for weight loss since 1973.
Phentermine.com
This is the official and largest website/forum community for people seeking advice, information and tips on the biggest weight loss drug in the USA, phentermine. Phentermine.com also provides information on phentermine alternatives, which are useful both to those taking phentermine and those looking for a substitute.
Phentermine.net
The official phentermine website
ScienceDirect
Phentermine (Adipex-P) is a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor with schedule IV identification (debated in some medical circles) that has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for short-term use (12 weeks) since 1959.
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