Here is the good thing about prescription diet pills: Because they are prescribed and monitored by your doctor, you have got the largest area of safety covered.
Here’s the bad news: If you think prescription diet pills will help you get that whistlebait figure, think twice–doctors usually only recommend these pills for medical reasons. For example, people who are 30 percent over their required weight, or who have a BMI (body mass index) of 30 or more (the normal BMI is 25) would be more likely to get a prescription for diet pills. Other reasons to get a prescription for diet bills may be to address high blood pressure, or diabetes.
Thin is no Longer It
One good thing going for everyone is that full bodied people are now being given a fairer shake. More and more, people are beginning to accept the fact that weight loss for health is better than the idea of losing weight just for beauty. And being full bodied and fit can be beautiful too. So fewer people are beginning to consider prescription diet pills as their only means to lose weight but appreciate the importance of a healthy lifestyle as well, to complement their prescription diet pills.
What Prescription Diet Pills Do
Depending on your prescription diet pill, it can do one of two things:
- Suppress your appetite. Some diet pills like Meridia work on the brain by increasing serotonin and catecholamine which work on the brain’s mood and appetite. Most doctors prefer to prescribe Meridia among all appetite suppressants because it is safer and can be used for up to two years. On the downside, Meridia will not be prescribed for people with high blood pressure or heart problems, and definitely not for those who have had a stroke.
- Absorb your extra fat. Xenical, also known as orlistat, is a favorite prescription diet medication in this category, also because it is generally considered to be safer than others, and can be used for up to two years. Xenical will absorb 30% of fat in one’s food intake and pass it out the bowels. Side effects however can include stomach pains, oily bowels, and sometimes poor control of bowel movements, among others.
No Magic Pill
True, prescription diet pills are safer and therefore most advisable for people interested in gaining more control of one’s weight. But bear in mind, so far no magic pill has been developed that can do everything you may want in terms of what you would like your weight to be. It might be wiser for you to make an adjustment on your own expectations.
Also keep the long term in mind. Only two prescription diet pills – those mentioned above – are considered adequate for two years use. Others are more short term. Average expected pounds lost may be about 5 pounds monthly more or less, and once the prescription diet pill is off, the weight will sometimes come back again.
In so doing, you may also want to consider helping your non magic prescription diet pill do its best work for you—get you healthier—by adding the usual suggestions such as a healthier lifestyle and regular exercise. If you stick to that, you may end up with the whistlebait figure of your dreams, anyway.
