Phentermine + Prozac

[Chubberoo]

Is anyone being treated with Phentermine plus Prozac? I just read a book about replacing the dread fenfluramine with Prozac or Zoloft - type drugs in order to have the phenominal success that Phen-Fen had, without the heart damage problems of Fen. Sounds very promising, and phentermine only lasts for a limited amount of time unless paired with something else. I lost 30 lbs. on Fen-Phen with no effort and it stayed off until I got pregnant.

[Linz]

A lot of people here take phen with an antidepressant, go back through the old post threads and you should be able to find quite a bit of info on the subject. I know that you have to watch out for something called seritonin syndrome when you take the two. Check out some of the old posts.

[Paula]

Serotonin Syndrome happens when you take high doses of an antidepressant.

Dr Anchors on A O L has site devoted to this topic soley.(and a book)You can email him questions concerning this subject, or any Phen question and he ususally responds the same day.

He said that taken 10-20mg of antidepressant, will not cause serotonin Syndrome...it is considered a low dose.

[Rena]

Hey Paula,

I know I have mentioned it before, but I am bringing it up again because of the dosage you mentioned....

I was on prozac long before I ever heard of phentermine. So when I DID hear about it, I made it very clear to the doctor I went to see that if it had to come between choosing prozac or phen, I'd have to go with the phen. I figured I could handle being fat if I was at least not suicidal (j/k!!)

I was overjoyed when he said that most people didn't have a problem taking the combination. It was not until I read on here that it actually helps some people. The problem is, I didn't mention my dosage... and I am on 40 mg of prozac a day! Do you think I should ask my doc about that? I haven't had any problems...that I know of??

[Chubberoo]

I read the Dr. Anchors book ("Safer Than Phen-Fen")from 1997, but did not know he had a web site! I'm excited to hear that and would love to see it. Since the book is 4 yrs old, I wanted to make sure this therapy is still working safely. I couldn't find anything by searching his name -if you know what the site is, would you please post? Thanks! I am seeing my old bariatric doc Friday that helped me lose 30 lbs with phen-fen. I gained it back only after getting pregnant, so I am going to try to get on this treatment. I tried Meridia and it was completely worthless to me. Made me tired. Phentermine alone only works for a limited amount of time.