Phentermine

[Rebecca Havel]

Hello Everyone,

I have a mechanical aortic valve, I just celebrated 5yrs and I'm still ticking strong (lol) Okay here is my problem, I'm very overweight and I can't seem to take the weight off. I'm wanting to take diet pills and found a place where I can order them on the internet with out a prescription. I read the side effects and it does NOT warn about people with heart problems. I'm wondering if any one out there has used an appetite suppressant? Thanks for taking time to read my question. I appreciate all feedback~~Becky

 

[Cris N]

Rebecca,
I sympathize with your desire to lose weight and the difficulty associated in doing so but I think you should be extremely cautious about considering this drug - especially if you are on any other medications. You should definitely consult with your PCP and/or cardio about it. You've invested so much in getting your heart healthy I would hate to see you back track because of the promises of easy weight loss. A number of these 'safe' diet aids have turned out to have very harmful effects.

From http://phentermine.drugs.com/
Phentermine is a sympathomimetic amine, which is similar to an amphetamine. It is also known as an "anorectic" or "anorexigenic" drug. Phentermine stimulates the central nervous system (nerves and brain), which increases your heart rate and blood pressure and decreases your appetite....


If you haven't already done so, a good honest discussion with your doctor is probably in order and perhaps some work with a fitness trainer. You CAN DO IT!

I wish you the best.

Cris

 

[bvdr]

Do your heart a favor and don't do it. Being overweight isn't easy on your heart but phentermine isn't either. Are you sure the warnings don't include heart conditions? The weight loss is usually only temporary anyway.
There are safe diets out there so even though it is really hard look in another direction. It just isn't worth the risk.

 

[gijanet]

I can only echo what Cris and Betty have said. Please rethink this. There are other ways to lose weight that are not life-threatening. Hugs. Janet

 

[Lorraine]

Rebecca,

I am sending you a pm. Please don't take Phentermine. I too thought it was easier to take a diet drug rather than try on my own to lose weight. Never again will I ever touch another diet drug in any shape or form.

 

[Jkm7]

I agree with the others who think it not a good idea to self medicate with a potentially dangerous drug like that.

Also, I've been hearing a lot of news reports lately that drugs ordered on the Internet are (in way too many cases) not what they are advertised to be. People are receiving all sorts of doses that are either too large, too small, inconsistent or not the drug they think it to be at all.

Way toooo dangerous. Not to mention it probably is illegal as well.

Great advice to have a serious conversation with your doctors and seek their help. That's a much safer course to follow in my opion.

Good luck.

 

[Blanche]

Im a BBW too

Im a BBW too

Rebecca:
I would encourage you to find another way to deal with your weight concerns. I'm also a Big Beautiful Woman, and I have become a bit bigger since June 05 when I stopped smoking. I have been searching forums and reading all sorts of things, including advertising miracle claims, and have not yet quite figured out how I will handle the my new found pounds. But, that's my particular kind of heck right now. I do think I may have something that both of us might consider....

First, I would caution you about phentermine. I do believe that it was one of the drugs in Fenphen, which caused pulmonary hypertension is some and required valve replacement surgery in others in the mid to late 1990's.

I am intrigued by the method of weight loss that a woman tech at a radiology center that I frequent (not by choice) used to lose 46 lbs in 6 months. She told me that she "ate lilke the diabetic that she would become if she did not lose weight." This woman has a way to go, but she seems to be on a success tract because slow weight loss, as I understand, is most effective in keeping weight off. She chose and purchased two cookbooks for diabetics and planned her meals and that of her family on those books. She said it did require some willpower, but that it became easy after the first few weeks. A secondary result was that her husband lost 10 lbs.

Diabetics sometimes use the glycemic index to help them with their concerns. There are several books that address this and weight loss. I have heard that one of the weight loss giants has touted the glycemic index as a new scientific discovery, yet it is my understanding that it was formulated many years ago. I have found a site that might be of interest.
Hope this helps. Don't give up. There are many possibilities available. One will work for you......and me, too, I hope.

http://www.gidiet.com/en-us/

Regards,
Blanche

 

[jax3172]

Have your thyroid checked

Have your thyroid checked

Rebecca,

I agree with the others on not taking diet pills but I want to suggest in the strongest terms that you have your thyroid checked. People who can't lose weight often have a clinical or sub-clinical hypothyroid condition. Have your TSH checked along with free T4 and T3, and have the thyroid antibody check done. Insist on it even if your doctor scoffs at the idea. If you do have a hypothyroid condition, take T4 and T3 combo - not just T4 only as 80% of the endocrinologists would have you take. In any event, have the blood tests and go from there.

Jack