Extreme Weight Loss Drugs – Phentermine

When someone experiences weight loss, it is the result of either voluntary or involuntary actions. There are physical disorders, like diarrhoea and diabetes, which cause internal body parts to lose vital liquids and speed up the breakdown of the body’s cells. This process results in involuntary weight loss, while regular exercise and a healthy diet burn fat off and eventually results in voluntary weight loss. Phentermine is a diet pill that gives great results, but not without side effects.

This extreme weight loss drug is used to suppress the appetite by stimulating the brain to produce chemicals that regulate it. Phentermine tells the brain to release adrenaline, which stimulates specific cells to dissolve the fat that is stored in them. However, the primary use of the drug is to reduce hunger. The drug works in conjunction with behaviour modification and physical fitness routines, but is only prescribed for a period of 12 weeks. Medical experts only prescribe Phentermine to patients who are in danger due to their weight.

Phentermine used to be sold by Smithkline-Beecham’s, King Pharmaceuticals, under the trade name of Fastin, but it was taken off the market in 1998 after 24 cases of heart valve failure were documented. It is still in circulation, but is now considered a controlled substance. Anyone with the following symptoms must not use this weight loss drug:

•    Glaucoma, high blood pressure, blood vessel disease or an overactive thyroid.
•    Allergies to food, medicine or any substance in or ingredients of, Phentermine.
•    Have a documented history of substance abuse or being in an agitated state.
•    Being in a state of pregnancy or planning to become pregnant.
•    Be taking any medication, prescribed or non-prescribed.
•    Have a disorder in the spinal cord or brain.