what is the best pill that causes weight loss as a side effect?

I am going to my doctor and telling her I cannot follow her weightloss plan unless I have some help. what is the best pill that causes weight loss as a side effect? Which one should I ask for?

      

I couldn't tell you, I took phen=fen some years back and now have a

heart murmur.  Be careful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello,

 

I can help on this. :) I have been taking a prescription diet pill since the end of December. Within 6 months I was down 66 pounds! Yup! The first month I lost 24 pounds alone. I love the pill. :) It is called Phentermine. Look it up google it. I take the 30mg release capsules. I recommend them if the doctor will prescribe them. It is a generic of Adipex. Good luck!!!

I suggest going to a bariatric doctor in town - and do discuss this with your doc! That is how I handled it. My regular doc did some baseline testing of my heart and was releived that the bariatric office would monitor my bp, do the weigh ins, etc.

I take a varation of phentermine - phendimetrazine, 35mg - and 1/4 pill was enough for me in the beginning. It does not make my heart race, though definitely it peps me up. I cannot take it too close to bedtime, which sucks, because supper is my roughest meal. 5:30 pm on a work night is as late as I dare.

But I like it to learn new habits - eating small hi protein/moderate fat mini meals all day long. That did budge that scale, which had long ago stopped no matter what I did.

i also hear that wellbutrin, the anti anxiety pill will cause weight loss = if you have depression issues.

Thank you all, I don't want to lose 66 pds I would not get insurance approval  then.  It is messed up. I have to lose some weight( be sucessfull)   for the surgeon (or so I read from RNY Board) but I have to fail for medicare. It is messed up. I did try to follow the diet my doc gave me but I weigh 256 pounds and she put me on a 1600 calorie diet. I can't follow it. I get too hungry. I am bipolar so maybe the Wellbutren is best. If that doesn't work I will try the Phentermine. Neecee (love that name) do you take phentermine and phendimetrazine or is it same drug different name?

I take phendimetrazine.  It looks to be in the same family, dunno though. Has a different generic name than phentermine.

About 3 months before I had my lapband surgery way back when, my doctor put me on Topomax -- which is usually used for those who suffer from seizures or migraine headaches.  He said it would have the positive side effect of losing some weight.  I lost 23 lbs in the 3 months prior to my surgery.  It basically made me have no appetite.  I would go somewhere and nothing really sounded good to me.  i had no cravings and I just wasn't in the mood to eat -- EVER -- I had to make myself. 

So what's the bad part?  Well, if you take more than about 100-150 mg you do get some tingling in your appendages (fingers and feet mostly) which can be a minor annoyance...other than that....it only works for a while.  I tried to take it again probably a year ago and it didn't have the same effect at all.  It really didn't do much but constipate me.

So...there's my answer on this.....

I'm pretty happy with Acomplia. Not FDA approved, but is available in Europe and Mexico. My doctor was very supportive of me getting it. The FDA has not yet approved because of some issues with depression, so it is not for everyone.

Lost 30 lbs 11/6/07 - 12/12/07 w/o it.
Lost 101 lbs 12/13/07 - today.

I've followed the same 1000-1200 calorie/day diet for all of this, it's just easier with the help. Still takes a lot of will power to not eat - have a headache now from letting my bloodsugar get too low this afternoon. I need a 3pm snack.

Started this diet as preop for bypass; now I'm 20 lbs from goal.

tom

where can i get this