How old do you have to be to get prescribed to diet pills?
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Do NOT take diet pills! They are dangerous!!
Last year I was visiting my parents and took diet pills on top on my exercise routine and normal diet. I was 26 at the time, 5'11, 180 lbs. By week three I was sick. I had diarrhea, dry heaves, dizziness, headaches, and a general feeling of being sick. I thought I had caught the flu or something. I had lost 13 lbs in 4 days. One morning I told my mom I didn't feel good. My vision kept blacking out and I felt (for lack of a better way to say it) stoned. Later that afternoon I was walking from the bathroom to my bedroom (a 5 foot walk) and I passed out. I was rushed to the hospital emergency where they did a bunch of tests on me.
My pulse was up to 120, My blood pressure was 150/40, they had to start me on an IV, the did an EKG on me, took blood and urine samples, and a whole barrage of other tests.
They finally got me stabilized and said that I was dehydrated and malnutritioned. I told him that I took diet pills. When I mentioned diet pill, the doctors face lit up and said that's why. He said they can cause a whole bunch of health problems, including death. He told me to toss the diet pills or next time I might not be so lucky.
I was kept in the hospital for almost 10 hours, given 3 or 4 IVs, potassium, juices, and monitored (by the EKG, blood pressure, and heart rate machines) every 15 minutes.
Please take my story as a warning. If you seriously want to loose weight there are better ways (I know because I've lost weight after this)
The quickest way to lose weight is to cut out red meats, starches, breads, sugars, alcohol, and sodas.
Eat veggies (salads are good), soups, and drink TONS of water. If you get hungry between a meal, drink water to fill up.
In moderation eat white meats, and fruits (fruits contain natural sugars, and that can put on weight)
Practice portion control. Yes, you'll feel hungry at first, but think of your goal, and soon your stomach will start shrinking and you won't have that feeling anymore.
Eat 5 times a day. A small breakfast. A mid-morning snack, such as an apple. A small lunch. A mid-afternoon snack, such as carrots. A lite dinner. Do not eat any later than 7pm (6pm is better.)
Go exercise for at least an hour - two a day, incorporating weight training along with your cardio. Cardio helps to melt the fat, while weight training builds muscle. Muscle burns fat, even when you are resting. You get the idea. It also gives tone and definition. Also do a few yoga and pilates exercises to help tone those hard to reach and stubborn areas.
Well first of all you are to young to be thinking about losing wait, thats crazy, But if you really want to lose wait by diet pills i don't think there should be a problem with your age, i know a couple of people at 15 who is taking diet pills or some kind of medicine so i hope you the best. Some places to get the pills, Wild Oats, cause there's a lot for older people and then there's these spray ones for people around your age that last you for about a month.
Don't do it dear. My cousin did that several years ago and she has had numerous health problems since then. She ended up with Crohn's disease and had to have several surgeries to remove the diseased colon which was caused by the pills. She now has all the colon removed and wears a colostomy every day. Google and study up on that.
Why don't you have your mother take you to a nutritionist so you can learn to eat healthy and learn portion sizes? Then maybe the two of you can join a gym and work out together and burn some extra calories that way.
I do hope you will take this post to heart and stay away from the pills. Learn self-discipline while you are young but learn it the smart way.
Good luck to you
Pills. pills, pills...>sigh<
Do yourself a *huge* favour miss, don't go it the lazy way.
If you need to loose weight, do it the right way. Portion control, eating the "right" foods, and regular exercise. Avoid fad diets and "cleansing" programs. They do far more harm than good, and in some cases can be fatal.
As for the pills...despite the fact that in the US, you can not state that someting (like food) can *cure* something, without facing felony charges (God Bless the FDA)...So, according to the US Government, Rickets can not be cured by eating citrus fruit...you have to take a drug for that.
Many, if not most of the medical/health related problems currently faced by a very large percentage of people is simply caused by poor diet.
The other big problem with diet pills is most of them are stimulants, and can cause bad reactions with ever so many different things.
Now, to answer your question about age and perscriptions...if you can convince a parent to agree to it, or someone else can convince them it's a good idea, any minor can obtain an "elective" perscription.
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