Phentermine : What is It?
Phentermine is a pharmaceutical weight loss drug that gained recognition, both good and bad, when it was part of the duo Phen Fen, which eventually was banned from the pharamceutical market place after people who were using the pharmaceutical combo drug had very serious side effects, even resulting in death in some cases.
Phentermine, the prescription kind, is an appetite suppressant in potent form. While it is true that many people have lost a lot of weight on phentermine, it is not without its side effects and downsides. The manufacturers of phentermine are cautious to say that their diet product will help you, but you must also watch what you eat and exercise, so it is by no means looked at my consumers as a “miracle weight loss pill” where you do not have to do any work.
Phentermine is only approved for the short term treatment of obesity and weight loss, which means patients can only be put on phentermine by a physician for a maximum of about anywhere for 6-12 weeks, depending on the patient.
The drug is primarily known to suppress the appetite, but the downside to many drugs that do this is that they significantly elevate the heart rate in some cases, which can lead to problems, like dizziness, dry mouth, blurred vision and other side effects that are often related to taking this type of product which can kind of “speed” the whole system up.
This is exactly why phentermine is probably only FDA approved for short term use, because long term use may very well damage the system or possibly even organs (no long term study has been done though, because phentermine is only approved for short term use for obesity).
If you’re looking for a safe alternative to phentermine, there are herbal phentermines out there that accomplish the same appetite suppression, without the side effects and danger of a hard pharmaceutical drug.
See herbal phentermine review for more information on one such supplement which curbs appetite. It’s the perfect thing to get you back on track after getting far off track (like I often do) from the holiday binge season!
