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