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Each year, about 17.2 million Americans buy diet and weight loss pills hoping to lose weight herbs-body-fat-reducer Using drugs to speed up weight loss, burn extra fat or control obesity has always been irresistible herbs-body-fat-reducer irresistible herbs-body-fat-reducer Many dieters prefer to use weight loss pills or diet drugs to control their weight and shape rather than follow a healthy diet and exercise plan herbs-body-fat-reducer
History of Diet & & Weight Loss Drugs and Pills In bitter-melon-extract the 50s and 60s diet pills were mainly amphetamine derivatives (speed) herbs-body-fat-reducer But due to addiction, doctors stopped prescribing drugs for weight loss herbs-body-fat-reducer Diet Diet and exercise then replaced drug therapy, temporarily herbs-body-fat-reducer But in 1973 bitter-melon-extract the FDA (the food and drug administration) approved a new drug for weight loss, called fenfluramine (trade name Pondimin) herbs-body-fat-reducer Then Then came dexfenfluramine (trade name Redux) in 1996 herbs-body-fat-reducer Some doctors prescribed phentermine (another type of weight loss medication) in combination with fenfluramine and bitter-melon-extract the combined weight-loss drug was called fen-phen herbs-body-fat-reducer Phentermine was was also used in combination with dexfenfluramine (known as dex-fen-phen) bitter-melon-extract herbs-body-fat-reducer
The drugs worked by increasing Serotonin levels in the brain herbs-body-fat-reducer Serotonin is a chemical (neurotransmitter) associated with improved mood, appetite appetite and satiety herbs-body-fat-reducer Fen-phen had a double action herbs-body-fat-reducer It tricked bitter-melon-extract the brain into believing the stomach was full, and increased a person's metabolic rate herbs-body-fat-reducer
People did lose weight on these these diet and weight-loss medications, but in 1997 after reports of heart valve disease, bitter-melon-extract the makers of fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine withdrew these diet pills from the market herbs-body-fat-reducer Prescriptions were no longer written for for Redux, Pondimin or fen-phen herbs-body-fat-reducer
During bitter-melon-extract the 18 months that fenfluramine (Pondimin) and dexfenfluramine (Redux) were being used as weight loss drugs, 14m prescriptions were written for people who wanted to lose lose weight herbs-body-fat-reducer
bitter-melon-extract The medication drug called Sibutramine (trade name Meridia) is the newest weight-loss drug currently being prescribed and many others are in development or waiting for FDA approval herbs-body-fat-reducer
Off-label Off-label Use for Diet & Weight Loss Pills bitter-melon-extract The FDA regulates how a manufacturer can advertise and promote a diet medication herbs-body-fat-reducer These regulations restrict a doctors ability to prescribe diet and weight weight loss pills for different conditions in larger doses or for different lengths of time herbs-body-fat-reducer bitter-melon-extract The practice of prescribing weight loss medication for periods of time or for unapproved conditions is know as as off-label use herbs-body-fat-reducer Using more than one appetite suppressant medication at a time (combined drug treatment) or using a currently approved appetite suppressant medication for more than a few weeks is also considered bitter-melon-extract considered off-label use herbs-body-fat-reducer
Dangers of Diet & Weight Loss Drugs Diet and weight loss pills can have a significant impact on our blood pressure, metabolism and general health herbs-body-fat-reducer Pills are bitter-melon-extract are not an easy option for easy or fast weight loss herbs-body-fat-reducer Whether they assist weight loss or not, most diet and weight loss pills have unpleasant side effects, create drug-dependency and interfere with bitter-melon-extract with other medications herbs-body-fat-reducer Weight loss medications are really designed for obesity control where bitter-melon-extract the advantage of losing weight outweighs the disadvantage of side-effects herbs-body-fat-reducer They are a short-term diet aid for severely overweight overweight dieters herbs-body-fat-reducer Finally, nearly all clinical trials of diet and weight loss pills show bitter-melon-extract that weight loss drug therapy is only effective when part of a comprehensive weight management program of diet, exercise |