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Safer Than Phen-Fen!

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The physician from Florida who advised against combining phentermine and Prozac was not familiar with the literature and had no experience with the medicines. In fact, neither phentermine nor Prozac used alone cause any weight loss after three months; the patients always gain the weight back even if they continue the medicine. The phen-pro combination, on the other hand, extends the weight loss and "locks it in". Phen-pro is twice as effective as Xenical with fewer side-effects. The Eli Lilly funded prospective trial of phen-pro will appear in JAMA about September this year. Watch for it

Dr. Anchors presents the use of prozac, which has been proven safe, instead of the fenfluramine that caused heart valve problems when used along with phentermine. The book offers sensible advise on food choices and exercise. The difference between Dr. Anchors and all of the other "diet books" that I have purchased and attempted to follow is that he references all of the sources of information and statistics that prove that the phen/prozac combination does work. As a patient of Dr. Anchors, I have, without being hungry,lost about 20 pounds in the past three months. This follows a three year period when I was unable to lose a pound! Dr. Anchors is extremely supportive and committed to solving America's weight problem.

These two powerful drugs act in the brain. Phentermine is extremely safe alone as a weight loss tool and can be taken for, for the most part, indefinitely. As is Prozac. But when you combine these two no matter what, there is going to be some side effects. As a doctor myself I believe in Anchor's idea of treatment of obesity like any other medical condition.

In my opinion, stick w/ phentermine or Prozac, but don't combine them.