Anonymous wrote:I’ve been on and off a phen-pro regimen for 15 years. I started in my forties and I have found that long term use has lowered my weight, helped me feel more energetic and has LOWERED my blood pressure. To me, I would rather stay on these two medications and keep myself lean and healthy. Plus, as I approach 60, I find that I don’t need medications to lower my cholesterol or blood pressure. Appetite control and increased focus help you maintain a healthy weight and a more productive life. I come from a large family, five children and everyone else is overweight or obese and they are all on meds to control Blood Pressure and Cholesterol. There are more side effects from taking those drugs than from taking a Phenpro combination and following Dr. Anchor’s advice. One final comment. Even if you do ‘slip up’ over the holidays or on vacation, it’s never as bad a slip when you have Phenpro helping you.
My advice ‘nothing tastes as good as feeling thin feels’. I’m 5’3’’ and weigh 124.
Happy camper!
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Have you been seeing Dr. Anchors for 15 years? Or do you get your phenpro elsewhere?

I’ve been on and off a phen-pro regimen for 15 years. I started in my forties and I have found that long term use has lowered my weight, helped me feel more energetic and has LOWERED my blood pressure. To me, I would rather stay on these two medications and keep myself lean and healthy. Plus, as I approach 60, I find that I don’t need medications to lower my cholesterol or blood pressure. Appetite control and increased focus help you maintain a healthy weight and a more productive life. I come from a large family, five children and everyone else is overweight or obese and they are all on meds to control Blood Pressure and Cholesterol. There are more side effects from taking those drugs than from taking a Phenpro combination and following Dr. Anchor’s advice. One final comment. Even if you do ‘slip up’ over the holidays or on vacation, it’s never as bad a slip when you have Phenpro helping you.
My advice ‘nothing tastes as good as feeling thin feels’. I’m 5’3’’ and weigh 124.
Happy camper!
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Thanks to those sharing about Dr Anchors. His sounds like a very intriguing, if one-size-fits-all, and possibly only short-term, approach.

For those asking about alternatives, the National Center for Weight and Wellness in DC is very good. I think one of the docs there used to run the GW program. Dr Kahan is great. They have a bunch of different approaches and professionals - docs who can prescribe appetite suppressants, therapists who can address emotional eating, people who can help with exercise and training obstacles, people who can teach healthy grocery shopping, mindfulness training, etc. They are in favor of exercise and good, varied nutrition. They don’t sell food supplements or drugs. You start off spending at least $600, which is somewhat covered by insurance, for a lengthy assessment of your individual situation, and then go from there. Their website has a lot of information and I think there are free weekly info sessions one can attend.

They’ve prescribed appetite suppressants for me that have been very helpful, but in lower doses than Anchors and with slower progress. It’s an approach I’m comfortable with for the long term. I have to admit to a bit of jealousy over the rapid results the Anchors people have gotten, but I like feeling like I’m working with a very mainstream medical practice (I was sent there by my very mainstream downtown DC internist) and doing things I can do forever while feeding my family a normal varied diet. They seem to tend to start with Qysmia or Belviq or Contrave, the new drugs approved in the past few years. not phentermine. I suspect that if phentermine and antidepressants, which have been around for decades, were really magic bullets, the obesity crisis would never have happened.

Just another alternative to consider. Thanks for the info everyone has shared.

I started Phentermine (Adipex) yesterday. Starting weight 170, goal weight 150. I lost 30lbs on my own (started at 200lbs) by dieting and exercising but I have been stuck for 6 months without the scale moving. Hopefully this will give me a good jump start

1st day I felt a little weird, I made myself eat but only took in 500 calories.

Feeling better and more normal today, I have an appetite but its not strong.

I am on lexapro so I don’t take the Prozac part of phen-Pro. Prozac and Lexapro are similar though. I am not sure about Wellbutrin since it is in a different class of drugs.

I'm bumping this up-did anyone take phen pro while also on wellbutrin?