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Phentermine.

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Can we get Phentermine without prescription?

I am just wondering. I have heard its an appetite suppressant drug and has been widely used to help people suppress hunger and lose weight in the process but for some time, there were talks that such substance is banned or something. I wonder why.

As I further read, Phentermine, like many other prescription drugs, is a centrally acting drug. This means that it works in the brain by stimulating neuron bundles to release a particular group of neuotransmitters known as catecholamines. These include dopamine, epinephrine, norepeinephrine. The catecholamines excite the sympathetic part of the nervous system-the fight or flight response. In turn, it inhibits the hunger signal causing a appetite suppression. It is not recommended though for people with severe high blood pressure, an overactive thyroid, glaucoma, heart or blood vessel disease, or severe narrowing of the blood vessels.

Maybe, to be safe, one should ask a doctor first before taking such so as to prevent any discomfort.  After all, even if we badly want or even need to lose weight, we have to it the right way and on the safe side all the time.