Phentermine Treatment Report
What is Phentermine?
Phentermine is an appetite suppressant to help reduce weight when used short-term and combined with exercise, diet, and behavioral modification. It is typically prescribed for individuals who are at increased medical risk because of their weight and works by reducing appetite.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Weight loss | 7 |
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3 | |||
| Fatigue | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| Other | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Support another treatment | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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2 | 33% |
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Doctor's advice
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2 | 33% |
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Other
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2 | 33% |
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Course of treatment ended
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2 | 33% |
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Expense
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1 | 17% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- turkey3
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: mild
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- turkey3
- 75 mg daily
- since Jan 11, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Weight loss
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Side Effects
Mild
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Report created on November 22, 2009.