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Re: Is a weight loss drug and diet the only way to loose weight w

From: Avalos (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 11 Apr 2000 08:36:36 -0500

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an FYI/clarification:

Fen/Phen was the miracle diet drug combo that was pulled off the market a few years back... The first "half" of it, a drug called Fenfleuramine (sp?) was thought to be the cause of heart failure/heart disease in women who took the diet drug combo. To my knowledge, it has not been released to the market again, despite recent studies that claim that Fenfleuramine does not cause heart damage/failure... However, the second half of the pair, Phentermine, was approved by the FDA for use (alone or in a combination with medications like Zoloft, Paxil and Prozac) as an aid to patients trying to lose weight. While it is true that Phentermine is speed and is addictive, the FDA says it is safe to take when controlled and monitored closely by a physician...

(If anyone has more/better info on this, please share! Thanks!)

Clara

-----Original Message----- From: anonymous@obgyn.net [mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 10:49 PM To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS Subject: Re: Is a weight loss drug and diet the only way to loose weight with pcos after hysterectomy?

Hi Jackie. I have real concerns about you taking Phen. I believe that it is one of the diet drugs that was removed due to major problems with side effects like problems with the heart. Your doc doesn't sound too up to date on current research. Just because you had a hyster. does not mean you would not benefit from using metformin. PCOS does not go away after hyster. because it is cause by an endocrine/insulin problem. I would go make copies of current research available on a few different web sites and give these to them. A good place to start is: (blues.fd1.uc.edu/~gartsips/polycyst.htm) or (http://www.pcosupport.org) or (http://centerforpcos.bsd.uchicago.edu/) All these sites have info. that you can share. If you don't think he will be receptive, then start looking for a new doctor. Depending where you are there are docs listed at the pcosupport web site or ask here. I would reconsider using Phen to lose weight. Try a low-carb diet in the meantime. It seems to work for most of us. Kim M. At Mon, 10 Apr 2000, jackie wrote: >
>I got to see the Endocronologist today. He says that there is no doubt
>that I have PCOS. (I knew that, I was diagnosed with SteinlLeventhal
>(PCOS) in the early 80's).
>I took all of the information that I had gotten here as well as what I
>got from the University of Chicago.
>
>He put me on a weight loss drug, Phentermine and said that all obese
>people have insulin resistance, therefore if I loose weight, the insulin
>resistance will go away. Is that true? In everything that I have read
>most people are having good results with Metformin. I had a
>hysterectomy 6 years ago. He said that because of this Metformin
>wouldn't help me, just loosing weight would. It will cost me over
>100.00 per month to do this weightloss drug and keep seeing him. I need
>to know if this is a good treatment or just a way for me to spend my
>money. Please reply back asap thanks . Jackie in PA

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