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Thinner at Last [Paperback]

Steven Lamm (Author), Gerald Secor Couzens (Author)
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January 15, 1997
For the first time in history, permanent weight loss can be achieved through a remarkable program that ends food victimization through the use of medication. In Thinner at Last, Steven Lamm, M.D., explains how two medications (fenfluramine and phentermine) taken together actually enhance the body's natural inclination to be thin and healthy. In this book, you will also learn how to:
-- Determine whether you are a candidate for the medications
-- Locate a knowledgeable, sympathetic physician
-- Distinguish fact from fiction concerning the benefits and risk of Redux (dexfenfluramine)
-- Liberate yourself from yo-yo dieting and food obsessions
-- Calculate how much weight you can expect to lose -- and how quickly

Already proven to be much more effective than traditional diet programs, this plan has helped countless Americans realize their dreams of being thinner at last -- not for a month or a year, but for a lifetime.


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A New York University professor details recent medications used to control obesity.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Gerald Secor Couzens is the author and coauthor of more than two dozen books about health, medical topics, and sports. He also writes about health issues for various publications, including the New York Times. Mr. Couzens was the cocreator and for the past fourteen years has served as the managing editor of The Johns Hopkins Prostate Bulletin, the popular 45-page consumer quarterly for people interested in prostate cancer and other prostate topics. He lives with his family in New York.

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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Touchstone (January 15, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0684830353
  • ISBN-13: 978-0684830353
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,883,578 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Unproven, unsafe, and found to be dangerous., November 3, 1999
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This review is from: Thinner at Last (Hardcover)
The book jacket describes Phen/fen in these terms: "These totally safe, fully endorsed medications are NOT amphetamines and are NOT addictive..."

These medicines never were proven safe or approved by the FDA for combination treatment. Nor should it be much of a surprise that they were proven dangerous. The drug company's lawyers and their medical spin doctors would confuse the issue of just how dangerous these medicines are, but their danger is not limited to heart valve damage, or PPH. Others have suffered from memory loss and depression. Some have have experienced psychosis and suicidal depression coming off of these drugs.

It would please me, someone who experienced some of these symptoms, to see Dr. Lamm and Simon and Schuster share in the staggering financial liability because of the Phen/fen disaster.

Something tells me that Dr. Lamm et. al. will slither away from legal responsiblity, but lets hope not from moral responsibilty.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars I believed it., July 17, 1997
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Dear sirs, I read Dr. Lamms book in May 1996 upon my introduction to the drugs. I was so amazed at what I read. It made so much sense. The detailed infomation is great. I found the answer to every question I could think of as I read the book and considered the drugs. But now, I am confused. I don't understand where they are coming up with the reports about what fen phen is doing to people. I beleived every word in Dr. Lamms book. I took the drugs for six months. For the first time in my life I felt NORMAL. And now I can't take the drugs anymore? I am scared to death of the drugs and what they might do to me if I go back on the m and I am scared now for what they may have already done and has not showed up yet. I just don't understand. I lost 60lbs on the drugs, felt great, reffered many times back to the book as I was on the drugs,(my doctor reccomended I read the book by the way) I recieved good care while on the drugs. I had great success on the drugs and the book was the key that got it started. Now I am just left with the book and the memory of how I felt while on the drugs. I am happy person who loves life. I just felt so normal for the first time in the area of my appetite when I was on the drugs. It was a wonderful experiance for me. But now I am back up the scale by 40lbs. THOSE DARN REPORTS!! Who can a person believe anymore?? If I could be certain that Dr. Lamm was 100% correct and that the drugs were not going to kill me. I'd drag that book back out, dig in, and make my Dr. appointment.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! until the Rx Meds were pulled off the market!, January 24, 1999
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I read this book, and re-read it several more times. It was a great motivator! I lost over 100 pounds. I copied the pages written for the doctors and gave it my family doctor. I just wish Dr. Lamm would write a sequel, or become an activist to help get the laws changed. Without the medication, I am gaining back the weight! The laws in Ohio are very restrictive! We need more doctors like Dr. Lamm on our side!
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Dieting doesn't work. Read the first page
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diet mentality, diet modes, food obsessions, treating obesity
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