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Reviewer: GladILostWeight, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I started 3 months ago needing to lose 50 lbs. My blood pressure was 150/100 with medication. Now, 3 months later, using this medication and restricting my diet to high protein, low carbs – low calories – I am within 5 lbs of my target. It has been easy actually. And my blood pressure – using only half the medication previously used – is 120/80 range. I have had a couple of side-effects...One is c
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Reviewer: 19-24 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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This med is great it has helped me lose 1.5 to 2 pounds a week without feeling any side-affects. I am now focused on living the rest of my life healthy.
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Reviewer: chris559, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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i have been on this med for 1mon i have lost ten lbs i read a review about cramps in the legs i have that problem also usually the the lower leg but not enough to stop me from taking this med. overall it works great!!!
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Reviewer: Cph, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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my starting weight was 200lbs and now way 175, I started taking the med in October but had to stop a wk or 2 into it, due having to have my gall bladder removed (which had NOTHING to do with this med, it had been bother some for years). I then started this med again in January and was still around 200lbs. I stayed on the med, did not exercise and lost 30lbs. around May i stopped this med in May (b
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Reviewer: L.M., 25-34 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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I started taking this drug in October. I take three pills a day at 35 mg. each. I love it. It helps curve my appetite. I had first started taking my pills only on my work days; I work 12 hour shifts. i found that I would eat more on my days off. I was still losing my target weight every month, but it scared me thinking I would only go back to eating after I got off this pill. I have lost 32lbs. an
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