Diet / Weight Loss

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Diet / Weight Loss Overview

Dieting is the practice of eating food in a regulated way to decrease, maintain, or increase body weight, or to prevent and treat diseases such as diabetes and obesity. As weight loss depends on calorie intake, different kinds of calorie-reduced diets, such as those emphasising particular macronutrients (low-fat, low-carbohydrate, etc.), have been shown to be no more effective than one another. As weight regain is common, diet success is best predicted by long-term adherence. Regardless, the ...

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Wanting to quit taking Contrave

I need to know how to stop taking contrave. Can I just quit cold turkey or do I wean off? If I wean off how do I do it? ## Hello, Janice! How are you? How long have you been taking it? Why do you want to stop it? The FDA lists Contrave as being used to aid in weight loss and its typical side effects may possibly include nausea, dizziness, nervousness, insomnia and anorexia. Have you consulted your doctor? It does require slow tapering for some people. ## I was looking up how to wean myself off of Contrave and found this comment on here. I've been taking Confrave for about a month or so. I just started the 2 pills in the morning and 2 pills at night dose Sunday (today is Friday). I've felt horrible all week since increasing it. Hot flashes in my face, horrible nausea, glands some...

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valeant bontril 105

yellow and green capsule ## I HAVE JUST STARTED TAKING BONTRIL 105MG. CAN SOMEONE TELL ME IF YOU CAN TAKE TWO A DAY. I AM STILL VERY HUNGRY AND HAVE TRIED PHENTERMINE 37.5 AND PHENTERMIZINE 37.5 SORRY IF THE NAME IS SPELLED WRONG. DO ANYONE HAVE SUGGESTION TO HELP ME? ## You should not change the dosage of this medication without your doctor's approval and supervision. Have you tried talking to them about the problem? ## You should stop and do a cleanse. Those pills should be working for you. Your pipes might just be backed up. DO A TWO WEEK CLEANSE!! ## 2-5 pills per day depending BMiBody Mass Index (BMI) is a measure that uses your height and weight to estimate body fat. It categorizes individuals into groups such as underweight, healthy weight, overweight, and obesity based on th...

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Phentermine anyone have strange side effects?

I just started taking this medicine for weight loss. I am having hot flashes and cold chills, terrible headache and a tingly head. I feel awful. Has anybody taken this and had the same reaction? If so did it pass after a few days? Gotta say this...I am not ever hungry! Like to hear from anyone that has taken this med. Thanks :) ## hi jen! I have also been taking phentermine for about 2 months now, and yes, the medicine can be great, but the side effects aren't always pretty. when i first started taking them, i had a headache, was super thirsty, and felt like i could crawl out of my skin! I now only get an occasional headache and still deal with the insomnia. what dosage are you on? maybe you should start small, say 18 mg and then move on to 30 when that doesn't work anymore, the...

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dinintel comprimidos para emagrecer

dinintel comprimidos para emagrecer quero saber onde posso encontrar. ## Dinintel contém o ingrediente ativo clobenzorex, é uma droga estimulante usado como um supressor do apetite para ajudar na perda de peso. Em os EUA e muitos outros países, ela só está disponível pela prescrição. Você está tentando encomendar online ou encontrá-las em uma farmácia em sua área? ## Como posso comprar Dinintel e qual o preço ## I need a big Dinintel ## gostava de saber onde posso comprar o Dinintel. pois ja usei e fikei radiante com o resultado, pode ajudar-me por favor? ## Por favor como onde poso em comtrar o dinental estou a ficar muito gorda e a semtirme muito em baixo só casada e beijo qe o meio marido já nã...

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Help for constipation while on Contrave

Please advise. I'm day 3 off contrave and constipation has set in! What do you all use to ease constipation? ## I drink room temperature organic prune juice every morning. I had an extreme bout of constipation before until I took a laxative then used prune juice later in the day because the constipation was coming back. Haven't had much problems now with constipation if I drink some in the morning to get everything moving from my system from the night before. ## I have taken Contrave for one week and have had constipation. I must admit that I have not been drinking enough water though. I started taking stool softeners every day, from one to three daily. I've had bouts of constipation in the past, and my gastroenterologist said it is safe to take stool softeners daily. I did ...

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697 diet pill

I used to take a diet pill which was a white capsule with the numbers 697 printed on it. Where can I get this pill and what is the name of it? I sometimes had fasting with it. ## I also have been looking for the same med for years, it really works ## Do you happen to remember what the name of it was? Otherwise, I am afraid I cannot help you. ## Those 697 pills where from a dr dillinger who is in jail most likely or died by now. He made them himself. They where methamphetamine in a clear cap with the #697 on them. ## He was in brooklyn on bay parkway and they did work really well. I was one of his original dollies fat girl he made real thin in 1975. ## I wish I can find a doctor like him that made you lose weight, but I understand very hard, they all are afraid and I understand that too,...

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Contrave and smelly urine

OMGOSH... I can not believe I am asking this, but.... I am on month 4 of Contrave and my urine has an odor. I have looked at the side effects and I do not see that as one of them.... Does anyone else have this issue or is it just me? ## Almost any medication can cause such a side effect, according to NIH studies, since you are adding a new chemical to your body. However, if you start experiencing other symptoms, such as pain, burning when urinating, or blood in your urine, please see your doctor, as soon as possible. Are you on any other medications? ## I’m having the same issue. Going to see doctor to make sure it isn’t another problem, but I’m almost positive it’s the Contrave. Started about a month in as well. ## Yes, yes, yes. I am entering my third month on ...

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Fentermina and Acxion

Just wonder what type of medication this was? ## Now I don't know what Acxion is but I do know that Fentermina is the same as Phentermine, a diet pill which reduces the appetite. Maybe Acxion is something along the same lines? Good Luck! ## I WAS TAKING ACXION (FENTERMINA FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND LOST 59 LBS IN JUST 4 MONTHS. YUP I SURE DIID FROM A SIZE 12 TO A SIZE 2. I FEEL GREAT AND I AM SO ENERGETIC. I AM ALWAYS ON THE GO GO GO. I AM NO LONGER TAKING THE PILLS, BUT I WOULD BUY THEM ACROSS THE BORDER, JUST 28.00 FOR THE BOX OF 30 PILLS, 1 PILL A DAY. GOOD-LUCK..... ## Is this diet pill for women only ? Acxion Fentermina ## How can i get the acxion pills? ## In the US, this type of med is prescription only, so you would need to see your doctor to get it. ## I also use Acxion and get...

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how long does it take to get contrave out of your system

I need to reduce my intake of Contrave because of side affects. I'm cutting back from 4 pills to 3. How long does it take for Contrave to reduce in my system so that I don't have the severe symptoms? ## Hello, Penni! How are you feeling? Has there been any improvement, yet? What side effects have you been experiencing? When it comes to this medication, it depends on which ingredient is causing the symptoms. The Naltrexone in it only takes about a day, but the Bupropion may take about a week, based on the FDA listed half-lives. ## I saw my doctor yesterday. We have reduced my dosage to 2 pills a day to see if that helps. If not than next week I'll go down to 1 a day. My worst symptoms out of several are hot flashes & nausea. ## I've only been taking contrave for a wee...

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Glucerna & diarrhea

My disabled diabetic son recently stopped eating orally and is now given Glucerna through the G tube. He is having diarrhrea several times a day. Does anyone have a solution? ## My mother has diarrhea and has had some vomiting, plus is diabetic. Is it safe to drink glucerna? ## Keep him on 24 hours on fluids check his blood sugar every 3 hours then start half strength feeds diluted with water. ## Hello Sherri, Do you know whether his digestive track has had problems in the past? How long has it been since you started taking Glucerna? How old is your son? There are so many factors at play that I can only really give some generic information, without knowing more about his situation I can't exactly say. Under the presumption that the only change made was switching to Clucerna, it may ...

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