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Reviewer: leximills, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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This stuff works really well at first I gained almost a pound a day going from 94lbs to 125lbs I decided to stop after reaching 125 and in about 4 months I went down to 104 again. I guess I will need this for longer I have restarted it a week ago and I'm already 110lbs. I only take one pill a day, which to me is just as effective as taking 2-3. Food tastes better and stress doesn't seem to
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Reviewer: MomtoThree, 0-2 Male on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Caregiver)
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My son took Periactin from age 1.5 to 3.5 because he was diagnosed as failure to thrive and was born without much of an appetite. My son also had developmental delays (undiagnosed cause) from the time he was a baby. He had always been low energy (but not sleepy), and we didn't think the Periactin was having any affect on energy nor did it seem to be making him tired. But once we finished treat
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Reviewer: Mrsre21, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I'm a female in my late 30's, I compare my frame to Jada Pinkett Smith. I've been taken Peractin 4mg since Feb. 2013. I weighed myself the first day I started taken the pills and I weighed 104 I weighed myself today cause I see changes and now I'm 120 finally. My doctor stated that I take them 3times a day I only take them twice in the morning and at night. You will be sleepy a lot
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Reviewer: Tamei, 25-34 Female (Patient)
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How am I able to get the Periactin pill?
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Reviewer: betty, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Caregiver)
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