Phentermine Side Effects
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What are the side effects of phentermine?

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Re: jayne (# 57)

Did the tongue thing eventually go away? I can't stop doing it and it's driving me crazy.

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Re: hedda1227 (# 39)

This is happening to me and after so much searching, this is the first thing I have found. I can't stop moving my tongue, rubbing it on my teeth, etc. I have stopped and restarted. My entire mouth is a wreck because of it. I have no idea if that can improve. Do you have any more info?

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Re: Jody (# 28)

I do know that it will show up as methamphetamine on lab work but as long as you have proof that it was prescribed by a physician then you should be fine.

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Re: ashley squires (# 24)

This just happened to me!!! I had to look online to find if this was a side effect of phentermine, but it is not listed.. but I did find a few people that are complaining of the same thing on forums. I only feel the pain with food, not liquids.

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Can you please tell me where to get a prescription for phentermine?

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Re: JSR (# 68)

Thank you, thank you, thank you! This was so helpful to me. God bless you.

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This is exactly the direction I needed. Thank you soooo uch.

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Hello everyone, I know how to make phentermine work for most of you. I'm very picky about what I put in my body and I do a lot of research. The arrival about serotonin is very real. Please do not take two drugs that affect serotonin at the same time. I have been taking phentermine off and on for four years. #1 The first thing you need to do when you wake up in the morning is I drink 1 full quart container of gatorade. #2 You guys are probably starving yourselves which is why your body is craving sugar it's the first fix. #3 You guys might also be a little anemic. The next thing I do is I eat protein and something in the way of food that will help with anemia, spinach put in the smoothie broccoli not Great for breakfast but you get the idea. Eggs for protein. Or if you like steak and eggs this would be a perfect combo for breakfast. You need to have your breakfast so your body has time all day to attack those calories, it's worse the later the day goes. You will also get very nauseous on something stimulates your body such as that are mine on an empty stomach. Do not take phentermine until you had a very large breakfast even if that means 11 o'clock in the morning. #4 Skip your morning coffee cup, or in my case my morning Dr Pepper. That's two stimulants together it's going to make you feel really icky. #5 start out on a smaller dose, cut the pill in half and take every other day. When I know that I'm going to be taking phentermine for a long period of time, six months or more, I start myself out on a much smaller dose. It only comes in one dose. But phentermine has a natural placebo effect post six months. After six months your body become use to it so it stops working. For it to be effective you would have to be upping the dose, but again it only comes in one dose. So I suggest that you start out taking a half a dose every other day. If you have a mild allergy or sensitivity to it that flares up your tongue, stop taking it for one month, this will reset your body and remove all traces of the drug in you. Then you can try again and start back up at a half a dose every other day. After 3 to 6 months when your body adjusts to it take 1/2 dose every day. 3 to 6 months later when it stops working for WeightLoss you level out at one weight (it stops working for you) you can go to full dose every day. This will extend the phentermine that you can take, from six months to up to a year and a half. This will also cut down your side effects, and give your body time to adjust to the meds slowly.

This will also help with your body for taking some meds for year and a half get used to eating a smaller amount of food. #5b When you stop taking phentermine, start drinking caffeine immediately or you will be exhausted. Be off it for a month to two, and you can start back up on a half a dose every other day. Until you achieve your goal don't become anorexic! #5c The other nice thing about this is the slower you lose the weight the less hanging skin you will have because your body has time to adjust and absorb all the extra water in your system. #6 Make sure you exercise or you will be very floppy and flabby. If you get up every morning at the same time and you eat a very healthy breakfast, drink the Gatorade, and exercise you will feel so much better on this Med, eat a very healthy breakfast, by 10 am take the med -drink the Gatorade, take med always in morning after breakfast and Gatorade and then exercise you will feel so much better on this Med especially if you take your dose and cut it down. And what I usually do is have a very healthy smoothie made a fruit and protein that you can either purchase or make yourself for lunch, it satisfies your sugar cravings in a very healthy way - make sure the smoothie has some protein in it because with this medicine you do not feel hungry and you can become hypoglycemic very easily and you find yourself shaking, tired, angry, and craving sugar you're probably low blood sugar. Make sure you drink a full glass of water with every meal/snack. Like your smoothie. Then just have a dinner packed with protein: steak, chicken, pork, fish whatever and if you do not have redmeat for dinner, added broccoli or lots of spinach like a salad. You can dress up your dinner anywhere you want just make sure you have protein and a vegetable high in iron. If you slow down the amount of meds your body will be hungry again. And then what I do is, I use a Calculator in my head or like a teeter toddler - if I had a donut with my breakfast I'm not gonna have dessert after dinner, if I had a giant helping of pasta with dinner I'm not gonna have dessert. If I drink any alcohol I'm not going to have dessert. Give yourself one sweet a day. Alcohol, bread and pasta all turn into sugar in your belly so count that as a sweet.

No diet ever will work if you don't build in cheats. I also recommend exercise, because if you're on a med that can help you lose weight your exercise is going to work two times better than it ever has. If you have a very sore achy joints like I do, I have rheumatoid arthritis, make sure you have more bang for your buck. If I walk - I hike up a mountain. I happen to live near Stone Mountain and it works very well for me. Same amount of steps same amount of pain involved if I over do it, but because of the incline I'm burning twice the calories. Same concept if you walk in a shallow pool go to your local YMCA or a gym that isn't ridiculously priced to have a pool and walk in the pool if nothing else. Exercise does not have to be I'm doing you know two hours of high-impact Zumba or lifting weights. If you're doing it for the benefit of losing weight I highly recommend power walking and pumping your arms after which just do some core exercises and you should be fine. I personally love Pilates. I started watching the tapes. I would pause the tape because I would take three times longer to do it then everybody else in that video, but I'm getting the same work out. I'm not doing it for the cardio as I do that with my walking. I'm doing it for the muscle build. I am a working actress and with rheumatoid arthritis I cannot allow myself to gain weight be exhausted have "health problems". I am on the go all time plus I have three kids. So I really hope this will help you, I know it made a huge change in my life!!

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My tongue burns and I only sleep about 6 hours a night some mornings I'm up at 4 am. It really curbs my appetite but I also only want sweets when I do get hungry.

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I have the same thing! Mine is burning like fire and I can't eat or drink anything! It has to be the pills!

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Hi everyone..just want to bring up a topic that could be lifesaving and something to think about...i currently take 150mg of seroquel..for anxiety..have been for a year now and it helps..but the weight is phenominal!! I am anywhere between 55 and 60kgs..where now i weigh 83kgs!! And I'm 5"5 height..seroquel has that effect like most antipsychotics and anti depressants..I have tried Duromine a few times in the past and lost the weight needed...I am giving them another go this time round..to get me started on my weight loss etc..BUT THIS TIME..i am on an antipsychotic....as i wasnt before afew years back when i was on the duromine..so now I am taking 2 medications that stimulate the chemical serotonin in the brain...which in turn is producing more serotonin at the same time!! WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS!! AND CAN CAUSE A FATAL CONDITION KNOWN AS SEROTONIN SYNDROME...you may have heard of this.. condition..but not linked it to yourselves in a conscious way..I just would like to point out and make people aware who may be taking 2 medications at the same time that increases serotonin levels..all anti depressants and antipsycotics work in some way with the chemical serotonin in the brain...as does phentermine in its way..so you get a deadly cocktail of an overflow in serotonin.. in and thru your brain activity!! The symptoms range from mild to moderate to severe..leading to death..if not attended to immediately!! There are too many signs and symptoms to mention here..but if you do your research as i have on "Serotonin Syndrome" you can see it is an epidemic of huge proportions that has sliped under the medical radar..as some doctors do not know or are aware of this condition when prescribing many different types of medications to patients that have the same effect on Serotonin levels by different paths..OR it may be that patients do not make the doctor aware of the other medications they may be on!! Something to think about??? It is crucial to your health and wellbeing! I urge all of you out there who are on medications like Seroquel, Olanzapine, etc (antypsycotics) and (anti depressants Pristiq, Cymbalta, Mirtazapine etc etc..and many more...) and who are then taking phentermine to lose perhaps the weight that these medications mentioned above have caused you to gain..I urge you to do your research and be aware of this toxic combination of drugs that you are currently taking at this moment. ..make a mental note on the signs and symptoms and understand that this can happen to to anyone at anytime and perhaps discuss this with your doctor and make him aware if he isn't already!! You are putting your life in his hands. Please everyone who is on these meds be careful and be aware of what you are taking together with your normal meds..and if they pose a real threat and danger to your life as a combination..remember "Serotonin Syndrome" check it out and read about the research and cases being presented it makes alot of sense when you think about it...all combinations of different medications taken at any one time can be fatal. These can be just a few I have mentioned..because of the Phentermine thread/topic. Just stop and think about it...your life just may depend on it. Take Care..goodluck to everyone out there..keep me posted with your ideas and concerns.

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I started on phentermine about 3 mths ago and after a few days of taking it I had several sore blisters on my tongue! In the meantime the doctor called me to inform me that I had Lyme disease and to stop it and start antibiotics so I finished those this past weekend and started back on my Phen and my tongue is so sore I can hardly talk! It is extremely pAinful!!

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I am on day 11 of phentermin and I feel so gosh darn tired all the time. I am having headaches although I do stay adequately hydrated. I have lost my thirst though, I don't like the taste of water like I used to so I force myself to drink it. It's weird. I am also nauseated nearly all the time. I don't have an interest in food because nothing seems to appeal to me but I have huge cravings for sweets which I normally didn't eat prior to starting phentermin. I always have the feeling that I'm not quite satisfied with what I ate and feel like I want to eat something else but don't know what. I don't drink more than a few sips of my beverage with meals because I feel so full I end up vomiting. I dont know how much I've lost either since I have no energy to do anything let alone exercise. I sleep 7+ hours at night then find myself needing a nap by noon. I end up sleeping 12+hours on my days off. whats wrong with me? Will things get better?

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I too am having sores and the tongue problem please let me know if you have any good advice

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There are different manufacturers and yes some make them stronger than others I have found . Some pharmacies get them from the sames manufacturer then sometimes it is a different one I'm not sure but it's probably due to cost. But u need to try different pharmacys to see which manufacturer works best for you. I know when I get a certain manufacturer on my bottle it's going to work.

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I also get mouth and tongue sores when taking Phentermine. Is there a reason for this and any way to avoid it?

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My physician tried putting me on Topamax with the phentermine because he doesn't like phentermine and only wants me on it for a boost and to continue with topamax even when phentramine is gone, however, I looked up side affects for topamax and I'm afraid to even pick it up from pharmacy

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Agitation, insomnia, heart flutters

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I talk super fast and constantly rub my tongue on the back of my teeth. This is my second go with phen. First time I lost a ton of weight. Got cocky, didn't exercise or change my eating habbits. Eventually the pill stops working and then the weight creeps back up. Had to take amino acid 5-htp for a year and quit all energy drinks before it would work again. This time I'm exercising, weight training, building muscle and eating right with it. It's kinda like learning to ride a bike. Sooner or later your help is gonna let go and your on your own so, use it to your advantage.

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I just started taking phenternmine and first my throat started hurting, then my tounge started feeling weird, then blisters on my tounge!!!

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