what do you recommend hoodia or phentermine?
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 at
11:17 am
I’ve taken phentermine before, it works great except I have insomnia and eventually the fatigue and headaches get the best of me. Ofcourse I know nothing replaces exercise and healthy eating, i’m really trying. and I do know when I get off them i run the risk of regaing the weight….would hoodia be cheap pills safer and not cause the insomnia and other side effects of phentermine?
There’s no regulation for Hoodia, no proof that you’re getting the part of the plant which actually causes weight loss, or that it’s prepared the proper way. And only ONE company owns the patent on the ingredient and on the ways to extract it from the plant.
"All natural" is a bogus marketing term with absolutely no meaning or revelevance. Nightshade is all natural and it’s poisonous. Mud is all natural too. So is dog poop. (Silly examples just to get the point across.)
More on Hoodia:
"Phytopharm has spent more than $20 million on hoodia research. (They own the patent on P57, the active ingredient in hoodia.) "Eventually pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (makers of Viagra) caught wind of hoodia and became interested in developing a hoodia drug. In 1998, Phytopharm sub-licensed the rights to develop p57 to Pfizer for $21 million." (And Pfizer walked away from it without developing a useful drug–that should tell you something.)
"Only Phytopharm and its partners can use methods to specifically extract p57 from hoodia or make hoodia pills."
Phentermine is an FDA approved weight loss aid which is prescribed by doctors, and while taking it you are monitored to be sure there are no adverse effects. There are also other prescription weight loss drugs; one of those might be better for you–ask your doctor.