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What special precautions should I follow?
This medicine may cause some people to feel a false sense of well-being or to become dizzy, lightheaded, drowsy, or less alert than they are normally. Make sure you know how you react to this medicine
before you drive, use machines, or do anything else that could be dangerous if you are dizzy or are not alert.
Before having any kind of surgery, dental treatment, or emergency treatment, te
ll the medical doctor or dentist in charge that you are using this medicine. Taking appetite suppressants together with medicines that are used during surgery or dental or emergency treatments may cau
se serious side effects.
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What special precautions should I follow?
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it may do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For Phendimetrazine, the following should
be considered:
Allergies¡XTell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or amphetamine, dextroamphetamine, ephedrine, epinephrine, isoproterenol, met
proterenol, methamphetamine, norepinephrine, phenylephrine, phenylpropanolamine, pseudoephedrine, terbutaline, or other appetite suppressants. Also tell your health care professional if you are allerg
ic to any other substances, such as foods, preservatives, or dyes.
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Possible Side Effect
Appetite suppressants may cause some serious side effects, including heart and lung problems. You and your doctor should discuss the good this medicine may do as well as the risks of taking it.
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br> Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with y
our doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
Chest pain; decreased ability to exercise ; fainting; swelling of feet or lower legs; trouble in breathing
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Possible food and drug interactions when taking this medication
Tell your doctor if you are taking any of the following:
- Appetite suppressants (diet pills), other or
- There have been some serious unwanted effects on the hearts of people who used two
different appetite suppressants together
- Amantadine (e.g., Symmetrel) or
- Cocaine or
- Medicine for asthma or other breathing problems or
- Medicine for colds, sinus problems, or
hay fever or other allergies or
- Methylphenidate (e.g., Ritalin) or
- Nabilone (e.g., Cesamet) or
- Pemoline (e.g., Cylert)
- Monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor activity
- Amp
hetamines or
- Caffeine (e.g., NoDoz) or
- Chlophedianol (e.g., Ulone)
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Symptoms of overdose
Abuse of a sympathomimetic appetite suppressant (taking the medicine in larger doses or taking it more frequently or for a longer time than the doctor ordered) can cause the following side effects:
Changes in personality; excessive, excited activity; irritability (severe); mental illness (severe), similar to schizophrenia; skin disease; trouble in sleeping (severe)
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Why is this drug prescribed?
Phendimetrazine are used in the short-term treatment of obesity. Their appetite-reducing effect tends to decrease after a few weeks. Because of this, these medicines are useful only during the first f
ew weeks of a weight-loss program. The Phendimetrazine can help you to lose weight while you are learning new ways to eat and to exercise. Changes in eating habits and activity level must be developed
and continued long-term in order for you to continue losing weight and to keep the lost weight from returning
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