APPETITE SUPPRESSANTS
Why do you use appetite suppressants/semaglutide/tirzepatide?
We use appetite suppressants or semaglutide/tirzepatide to help control your hunger. We use them much in the same way that people use nicotine patches to help curb their cravings while they’re quitting smoking. If you’re not struggling with hunger, you can work on changing habits without having to battle your willpower the whole time.
Now some people try to argue that using appetite suppressants to help with weight loss is somehow cheating, that using a crutch makes your weight loss less “real.” Try applying that same logic to nicotine patches. Who cares how you quit smoking, as long as you quit, right? Who cares if someone used nicotine patches to help with their cravings? And if nicotine patches make it easier and more likely to succeed, why wouldn’t you use them?
The truth is, studies show using appetite suppressants improves weight loss, increases the odds of reaching your goal, and without a doubt makes the process a whole lot easier. So really, the question should be, “why wouldn’t you use them?”
Appetite Suppressant FAQs
The whole goal of One Life is to make the appetite suppressants unnecessary as we teach you how to control your hunger and your weight, not with medication but with changes to your diet. We simply use the appetite suppressants as a crutch or training wheels until you are to the point that you no longer need them.
Absolutely. About 15% of our patients do One Life using our natural appetite suppressants. The One Life diet works great whether you use the prescription appetite suppressants or our natural supplements.
Our philosophy is for people to take as little of the appetite suppressants as necessary but as much as they need. Ultimately our goal is to make the suppressants unnecessary by teaching you how to control your hunger by the way you eat.
Most people take them until they cross the finish line, although as they learn more and as they get better and better at controlling their hunger with changes to their diet and lifestyle, most of our patients begin to take their pills on a more sporadic, as needed basis.
Phendimetrazine and Phentermine.
Given the history of problems caused by weight loss medications it’s wise to be cautious and it’s the reason why One Life only uses phendimetrazine and phentermine—because of their proven track record. Both of these appetite suppressants have been in use since the 1950s and over the last 60 years they have been used by millions and millions of people without causing health concerns and are considered extremely safe.
The appetite suppressants we use are related to Fen-Phen but they aren’t the same. Fen-Phen was a combination of Fenfluramine and Phentermine. Fenfluramine is the half that caused heart problems and is now banned. Phentermine is still considered safe and FDA approved.
The first couple of days some people can feel a little bit “jazzy,” but by day three or four the stimulation feels about as strong as a cup of coffee. Most people like the little pick-me-up the medication provides.
Among those with anxiety issues this is a common fear, but it is rarely, if ever, an issue.
There can be some sleep disturbance for the first day or two, but it usually isn’t a problem as long as the medication is taken early in the day.
Studies show appetite suppressants on average lower blood pressure slightly. In our experience, less than 0.2% of patients experienced a significant change in blood pressure or heart rate—and even then, it was minor.
The appetite suppressants are in the same category as Adderall and Ritalin, used by millions of kids every day. Comparing them to “meth” is like comparing codeine to opium just because they’re both in the same class.
They create no physiological dependence. The National Institute on Drug Abuse ranks phentermine 148th and it represents less than 0.03% of all drugs with abuse potential.