
There have been diet pills for as long as people have
known how to make pills. Some diet pills are pure quackery. Other diet pills
can kill you. Nonetheless, the quest continues to find the perfect diet pill;
one that delivers rapid weight loss without discomfort. Oh, to find that pill!
Diet pills are not really aimed at the Size Two who wants
to lose a few pounds for that wedding next weekend. Most doctors won’t
prescribe diet pills for anyone who isn’t truly obese or suffering from other
medical ailments that are made worse by extra body weight. Taking a diet
medication without a doctor’s involvement is beyond stupid, all the way to
dangerous.
Diet pills work by changing how your body operates. Some
diet pills make you less hungry, so you want to eat less. Other diet pills make
you feel full more quickly, so you stop eating sooner. Some diet pills make
your body less effective in absorbing and processing food once you’ve eaten it.
There are diet pills that combine two or more of these tactics, sort of
catching you coming and going.
The diet drug Orlistat is called Xenical when it is
prescription strength and Alli when it is sold without a prescription. In
either strength, Orlistat makes your body less able to digest fat. This can
help you lose weight. It can also cause some pretty embarrassing situations,
since this undigested fat can leak out without warning. Think adult diapers.
The manufacturer suggests that people who take Orlistat can lose 5-7 pounds
within 2 years.
The drug Lorcaserin is marketed under the prescription
drug name of Belviq. This delivers a one-two punch, both reducing your appetite
and making you feel full faster. The manufacturer predicts that people taking
Belviq will lose 5% of their body weight within 3 months.
The other new diet pill on the market is the combination
phentermine-topiramate. It is sold as the prescription drug Qsymia. As with
Belviq, this combination is intended to reduce your appetite and make you feel
full faster. And like Belviq, you should expect to lose 5% of your body weight
within 3 months or stop taking it.
There are a number of other diet pills that try to reduce
your appetite, like phentermine, phendimetrazine, diethylpropioin and
benzphetamine. These pills can help you eat less, or less often, but are only
recommended for diets lasting 3 months or less. As the drug names may imply,
these are stimulants, so expect side effects like cotton mouth, racing pulse,
headache and dizziness. Your weight loss experience is difficult to predict.
So, given all of this information, is there a “best diet
pill” on the market? Probably not. People have individual needs and
sensitivities. This makes involving your doctor a critical part of the decision
process. Don’t try to do this yourself. You might lose more than your spare
tire.
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