Phentermine and VSG

[ChubbyMermaid 1]

Has anyone taken phentermine pre op or even post op?

I've just started this journey and I'm on phentermine 15ml (30ml cut in half). I was told I could stay on it, since my surgery will be in 6mo+ and I can only be on this rx for like another 3month safely.

Has anyone taken it post op?

[blizair09 3,250]

I took 37.5mg of Phentermine once a day for the entirety of my six month insurance-required pre-op diet program. I stopped taking it 2 weeks before surgery and haven't taken it since.

[Lannie 135]

I tried it once pre-op, but it didn't help me lose anything. You won't need it post-op. Your hunger is significantly reduced after the sleeve.

[nomorefattypatty 329]

Yes it helped me lose some pre op weight but I really don't think I'll need it after because the surgery is taking care of hunger and cravings. This surgery is awesome.

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[erica_ozzy73 241]

What the hell is phentermine??.. sounds like speed for weight loss

[shellyb1827 4]

I took phentermine for my 6 month medically monitored requirement. The first couple months I lost some weight, maybe 15 lbs or so. After that your body gets used to it and I didn't loose much more, maybe a couple lbs a month till the end of my 6 month. But the side effects were awful, made me feel like I was on speed and my heart was always racing. I took it as soon as I woke up and by bed time I was still felt like I was running a mile a minute. I couldn't sleep at all, and I already had issues with sleeping before taking it but it was so much worse. I felt like I was going to stroke out. It caused me to get dangerously high blood pressure. My anxiety was intense. If you can afford Optifast I urge you to do that before taking this pills. I simply couldn't afford optifast so my doc recommended the pills. Wasn't a miracle pill. But at the beginning it did stop the hunger feeling.

[shericrazylady 113]

I took duromine for a while I lost a ton of weight but stopped it and put Even more back on that's why I got vsg last resort

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[nomorefattypatty 329]

What the hell is phentermine??.. sounds like speed for weight loss

Yes, it's just like speed but it's an appetite suppressant, you don't need it every day and the effects aren't very good if you take them every day. Since I've had surgery on June 21st I haven't taken them at all. Appetite is under control pretty good since surgery. I used it to help me keep loosing before surgery so it could help me get the surgery.

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