What is the best prescription medication for weight loss?… by Rebec
How overweight do you have to be to have a doctor prescribe it to you? Anyone had any experiences and how much weight did you lose? How much exercise? Did you still have to diet?
Yeah, thanks Krista, but that's not the question I asked…
But I am not really that overweight, I need to lose like 35 pounds. I think it's from a past drug addiction- it messed with my metabolism and no matter what I do I can't lose any weight.
Best Answer:
i HATE it when you ask a question about diet pills and all you get are people that say how bad they are. you ask a question for a reason – an answer.
so to answer your question, i think the best prescription medication for weight loss is phentermine. last february i weighed 246 pounds. my 'fat doctor' put me on s-phen. it's a combination pill with phentermine and serotonin (or something like that). and also t-c which was also a combination pill of topomax and chitosin. topamax is a drug for migranes, but has a side effect of weight loss. the chitosin is a fat blocker. the first week i was on that plan (s-phen in the morning and t-c at night) i lost 9 pounds. over the next year, my scripts were changed to meridia (didn't think it worked that well for me) and then just phentermine (no combo pills) and topamax (no combo). in less than a year, i lost 70 pounds. i exercised maybe 3 times and ate like i wanted (just a lot less). the thing was that the phentermine gave you energy and made you not hungry and the topamax just made you lose weight as a side effect. it sounds horrible and the easy way out, but it worked for me. yes i gained some when i quit, but not that much. i've been off for about 5 months and have only gained back 10 pounds. it's not something you can rely on the rest of your life, so you DO have to make lifestyle changes. like not overeating and just eating in moderation. but if you want quick results (like most of us do), you want phentermine and/or topamax. yes, fen-phen was banned, but phentermine was the part that's not banned. you'll have to call around and ask in your area who will prescribe that. and also, most insurance plans don't pay for diet pills. the brand for phentermine is adipex. you can find it on the internet. topamax is the brand and topimirate is the generic (i think that's how you spell it.)
good luck!
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