Adipex Diet

Adipex is a commercial brand name for a type of drug called phentermine, which belongs in the amphetamine and phenethylamine class of drugs. Most people have some general notion of what amphetamines are and usually relate it to illicit methamphetamine, a commonly abused drug stimulant. However, Adipex is a doctor-only prescribed drug designed to help induce weight loss in obese patients.

Treatment of Obesity

• Adipex is known as a diet prescription pill because it is designed to suppress appetite. Adipexpower.com explains that the drug stimulates the hypothalamus gland to secrete more serotonin and norepinephrine, neurotransmitters that increase your awareness and alertness.

  Specifically, norepinephrine helps boost the body's well-known fight-or-flight response, which involves increased heart rate, a reduction in hunger and stimulates energy breakdown needed to keep the body alert and active.

  So, it's easy to see why Adipex is a stimulant and why it is known as a diet prescription pill. By reducing hunger, increasing the amount of energy the patient feels through the fight-or-flight pathway and stimulating additional glucose and fat oxidation, Adipex can help obese patients lose pounds quickly.

Severe Precautions

• While the benefits of phentermine drugs like Adipex are quite great, they are still amphetamine-like stimulants and are therefore regulated. According to Drugs.com, those who suffer from high blood pressure, anxiety, uncontrolled diabetes, or are taking other diet pills or are on an antidepressant drug class known as monoamine oxidase inhibitors may not use Adipex. Additionally, due to its stimulant nature, it is not prescribed to those who are easily agitated or have a disposition to addiction and drug abuse.

Combination Treatment

• Adipex is not designed to work entirely by itself to induce loss weight. It is intended to be used in combination with a healthy diet and regular exercise for up to 12 weeks. In other words, it is best to understand Adipex as a diet pill that is supplemental to the lifestyle interventions needed to lose weight. Through Gatepharma.com, Adipex users are able to view and utilize the Adipex Lifestyle Program, a daily meal plan that has options of 1,000-, 1,200-, or 1,500-calorie plans. They outline how many fruits, fats, milk, meats, vegetable, and starches should be consumed for each meal. Dieting and Adipex users have been shown to lose more weight on average when compared to those who used a placebo and diet in clinical trials, as noted by Rxmed.com