From what I understand none of them work. There is no magic bullet to make
you lose weight.  Dieting and exercise should be your first choice.  WW
works well for many who have no clue about portion control or what a healthy
diet consists of, and there are the low-carb diets that work for others.
Take your pick but start somewhere before you develop some serious health
issues.

LW
Start - 7/5/06 - 170lbs
Today - 162 lbs
Goal - 130lbs
Height 5'6"
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have used them and the effect to lose is good but as soon as you stop the
problems are still there, Lee

I started taking Xenical a few years ago.  They were supposed to help you
reduce 10% of your body weight per year.  In my case, they did not work,
other than to give me a real oily, orange coloured stool.  I did notice one
positive effect with them and that is that they also have a side effect of
helping with my diabetes.  They have actually discovered that by taking
them, your BG levels improve dramatically.  In my case, I found that when I
go off them, my BG numbers rise a full point from 6.0 to 7.0......(108
to126), so I continue to take them for my diabetes and not for weight loss.

I also tried Meridian a few years ago and when I found out how dangerous
they are, I stopped them right away.

Those 2 were prescription meds, but I've also tried a couple of other the
counter meds too.  None of them have worked and some of them can damage your
kidneys or get your heart rate going dangerously.

I was 359 lbs and my sincere advice to you is that you should just avoid
diet pills and get serious about changing your lifestyle by eating in a
healthy way and trying to get yourself moving both physically and mentally.

I hope you don't turn out to be a spammer trying to sell diet
pills............

Eddie
Weight June05-359.0lbs
Current Weight-291.8lbs
Loss to date=67.2lbs
Goal Weight-180.0lbs

     Hello, just wondering if anyone has tried presribed meds to lose
weight?  Normally post in the depression.medication group but being in the
mid 300s wondering if anyone else went this route?

When I was a teen, my doctor put me on meds to lose weight, I took them for
3 years and never got to goal, as he only gave me meds and did nothing to
deal with my nutrition or eating habits.  I have now learned that the meds
he gave me were very addictive and not supposed to be taken for more than 30
days and now are off the market due to their dangerous effects.  I wonder
what it did to my body, other than make me feel like I was a speed demon and
slept very little.

Debbie

PS these drugs were given to me from 1976-1979