Most of these diet pills you mention, including Qsymia, are (1) meant to be taken alongside a regimen of
regular exercise and a
reduced calorie diet, (2) indicated specifically for people with a certain BMI.
Do you get get regular exercise? You don't have to be a cray cray cross fit nut or start running marathons, but do you at least do 30 minutes of cardio a few days a week? Do you plan to?
Qsymia is approved for people with a BMI of 30 or higher, or, for people with a BMI of 27 or higher PLUS at least
one other obesity related condition like high blood pressure or high cholesterol.
A BMI of 30 is, for example, a (non athlete) woman who is 5'4" and 175 pounds.
Do you meet this criteria? Or are you someone who wants to lose 10 pounds of vanity weight? Are you 5'4" and 135 pounds, wanting to fit into a size 0 for a high school reunion? (And trying to be a size 0 is NEVER a healthy goal, by the way.)
You say you have already reduced your caloric intake, but be honest with yourself. Most people are not honest when it comes to counting calories and watching portion sizes. A tablespoon means a measured tablespoon (not a heaping spoonful using a random spoon from your kitchen drawer). Four ounces means four ounces...do you have a food scale? Also, four ounces of plain, poached chicken breast is different than a portion of prepared chicken out of a box or from a restaurant, that you eye ball as being a serving size, that is also battered or drowned in some kind of sauce.
Do you even know what your specific daily caloric needs are, based on your gender, height, age and activity level? Do you know what your BMR (basal metabolic rate) is, or what your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) is? Before Googling "
NJ clinics Qsymia", you should be Googling "
TDEE calculator".
To put this in perspective:
For a 5'4", 30 year-old, couch potato female who has a desk job and does
zero exercise, it takes about 1600 calories per day to maintain a weight of 135 pounds. If this 5'4", 30 year-old, zero-exerciser, couch potato female with a desk job wants to be less than 135 pounds, she has to consume less than 1600 calories a day, and/or, do more than zero exercise.
Also, exercise does not magically burn a bajillion gazillion calories and give you free reign to go Godzilla at the buffet.
To put this in perspective:
Running an entire marathon burns (very generally) about 2,600 calories. If you eat ONE lunch special, a side dish and a large soda at the Cheesecake Factory, you could easily have consumed that many calories...for one meal. Do you plan on running 26 miles everyDAY for exercise? Do you even plan on jogging 26 miles a WEEK?
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Originally Posted by jerseygal4u
I googled and could not find any.
It seems most clinics in Nj do not want to prescribe it.
I could travel into Nyc or Philadelphia.
I could also try phentermine or Belviq too.
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What does your actual doctor have to say about Qsymia? Your doctor is the one with your medical history. A random clinic does not.
If it is true that most clinics in NJ do not want to prescribe Qsymia, that's probably one of the reasons why. And any clinic that is going to give you a 'scrip all willy nilly does NOT have your health or best interests in mind. And if you want to go to some shady clinic that doles out 'scrips all willy nilly, then YOU don't have YOUR health and best interests in mind.
Qsymia, by the way, is a cocktail of phentermine and a 2nd drug topiramate.
Phentermine (like the cocaine you mention) is a stimulant and appetite suppressant.
Topiramate is an antiepilepsy drug that is also sometimes prescribed for migraines, and for a host of psychiatric problems like PTSD and BPD, as well as for addiction issues (e.g. alcoholism and smoking cessation). Weight loss is a common
adverse side effect of topiramate, and thus, another off-label use of this drug was born.
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Originally Posted by jerseygal4u
This drug IS FDA approved.
So is Belviq,Orlistat,and Adipex.
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Qsymia failed FDA approval initially.
It is approved now, but it is still undergoing a bunch of FDA-required, post-approval safety testing (the results of which are yet to be seen).
Not to mention, I am assuming you are a sexually active adult female who is capable of getting pregnant. Even the drug maker itself (Vivus) recommends that women take a monthly pregnancy test while on Qsymia because of the risk of birth defects. If you are actively trying to get pregnant now, or in the future, you don't want this drug in your system.
There are a bunch of other risks and adverse side effects that I won't get into because this post is already too long. And, obviously, considering that this drug has only been on the market for about 2 and half years, no one know whether there will be any long term health risks. Twenty years from now it could come to light that it may have played a part in your breast cancer or heart problems.
Does any of this sound particularly healthy to you?
Do you plan on taking (and paying for) Qsymia for the rest of your life to maintain a certain weight?
What happens when you stop taking Qsymia (or Belviq or Orlistat or Adipex)? Gain the weight back?
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