Among people given phentermine to lose weight, 84% (81 out of 97) responded, while 16% (16 out of 97) did not according to a new study.

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People without diabetes given 30 or 37 mg of phentermine lost an average of 23 lbs in 6 months according to a new study.

Systolic blood pressure dropped by an average of 6 mm Hg.

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Phentermine causes an average weight loss of 16 lbs in people with HbA1c less than 6% according to a new study.

(HbA1c is the 3 month average blood sugar levels.)

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Phentermine causes an average weight loss of 7 lbs in people with HbA1c of 6% to 6.5% according to a new study.

(HbA1c is the 3 month average blood sugar levels.)

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Phentermine causes an average weight loss of 9 lbs in people with HbA1c of more than 6.5% according to a new study.

(HbA1c is the 3 month average blood sugar levels.)

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Nearly all (97%) of weight loss doctors surveyed use the diet drug phentermine (Adipex-P) with their weight loss patients.

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Nearly two-thirds (64%) of weight loss doctors surveyed use the diet drug Tenuate (diethylpropion) with their weight loss patients.

It is the second most used diet drug used by these doctors. Read the entire article | Email this article

Nearly two-thirds (60%) of weight loss doctors surveyed use the diet drug Bontril (phendimetrazine) with their weight loss patients.

It is the third most used diet drug used by these doctors. Read the entire article | Email this article

Nearly half (49%) of weight loss doctors surveyed use the diet drug Meridia (sibutramine) with their weight loss patients.

It is the fifth most used diet drug used by these doctors. Read the entire article | Email this article

Half (50%) of weight loss doctors surveyed use the drug Topamax (topiramate) with their weight loss patients.

It is the forth most used diet drug used by these doctors. Read the entire article | Email this article

Forty-three percent (43%) of weight loss doctors surveyed use the fat-blocking diet drug Xenical (orlistat).

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"While life-long drug treatment of many chronic diseases is fully accepted by the general public and the medical community, the long-term pharmacotherapy of obesity is still a matter of debate," notes a new review paper published in the Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology. Read the entire article | Email this article

There are unrealistic expectations regarding diet pills according a review paper published in the Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology. Read the entire article | Email this article

Only 4 percent of physicians in Israel prescribe diet pills according to a 2002 survey. Read the entire article | Email this article

A little more than two-thirds (68.8 percent) of Korean doctors who answered a survey prescribe diet pills to patients who request them regardless of their obesity status according to a new survey. Read the entire article | Email this article

One-third of people using prescription diet pills were not obese before taking the pills according to a study conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read the entire article | Email this article

In 2002, phentermine was used to treat obesity twice as often as Xenical (orlistat) and three times as often as Meridia (sibutramine). Read the entire article | Email this article