Adipex-P

What is Adipex-P?

Adipex-P is a prescription medicine similar to amphetamine. Phentermine stimulates the central nervous system (nerves and brain), which increases your heart rate and blood pressure and decreases your appetite.

Adipex-P is used together with diet and exercise to treat obesity, especially in people with risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes.

Uses of Adipex-P

Phentermine is used with a doctor-approved exercise, behavior change, and reduced-calorie diet program to help you lose weight. It is used by certain overweight people, such as those who are obese or have weight-related medical problems. Losing weight and keeping it off can lessen the many health risks that come with obesity, including heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and a shorter life.

It is not known how this medication helps people to lose weight. It may work by decreasing your appetite, increasing the amount of energy used by your body, or by affecting certain parts of the brain. This medication is an appetite suppressant and belongs to a class of drugs called sympathomimetic amines.

Adipex-P side effects

Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction to Adipex-P: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.

Common Adipex-P side effects may include:

• restlessness, tremors;
• trouble sleeping;
• dizziness, headache;
• dry mouth, unpleasant taste;
• diarrhea, constipation, stomach pain;
• itching; or
• increased or decreased interest in sex.

Adipex-P Precautions

This drug may make you dizzy or blur your vision. It may also rarely make you drowsy. Alcohol or marijuana (cannabis) can make you more dizzy or drowsy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs alertness or clear vision until you can do it safely. Avoid alcoholic beverages. Talk to your doctor if you are using marijuana (cannabis).