Appetite Suppressant Medication Q&A

Appetite suppressants are weight-loss medications also known as diet pills that affect the brain’s natural urge to tell the body to eat. Appetite suppressants control your hunger cues and also help you feel full faster on less food. As a result, you will ingest fewer calories and lose weight.

There are a few different types of appetite suppressants, there are types where that work by blocking out fat absorption, while others suppress the appetite. A few of the FDA-approved prescription appetite suppressants include:

• Diethylpropion
• Liraglutide
• Naltrexone-bupropion
• Phendimetrazine
• Phentermine
• Phentermine/topiramate

Appetite suppressants are beneficial in weight loss programs, as they will help you change the way you learn to recognize your hunger cues as well as the signals that let you know you are full, while also allowing you to learn the way you change the way you eat.

While appetite suppressants will work to help an individual begin to lose weight, it’s important to remember these appetite suppressants cannot work alone forever to help you with your weight loss goals, other changes will need to be made to ensure you are able to continue to lose weight. These changes may include exercise habits and healthy changes to your eating habits.

The effectiveness when broken down showcases the appetite suppressants in conjunction with a healthy lifestyle like exercise and healthy eating habits show a loss between 3% to 9% from your starting weight of 12 months.

Many struggles with weight loss over years, with the use of appetite suppressants as a part of your weight loss plan, as well medical guidelines that are set in place with the use of appetite suppressants will help aid in your weight loss journey. Often your primary care doctor will let you know what area you are considered in with it comes to your BMI. If your BMI is between 25 to 29.9, you are considered overweight, and with any value over a BMI of 30, you are considered obese.

The two criteria that patients must meet in order to be considered for appetite suppressants are if you have a BMI that is higher than 27, and if you have been diagnosed with at least one weight-related medical condition, these medical conditions may include something like Type 2 diabetes, or high blood pressure.

Finally, you are still able to receive the prescription appetite suppressants if your BMI is over the value of 30, and you do or don’t have any other health issues. While the decision from our doctors to put you on an appetite suppressant is not fully based on just your BMI, there are other medical reasons why you may not be considered a good candidate to use appetite suppressants, including if you are taking other medications that it may have a negative impact with, if you are planning to get pregnant, or if you are pregnant.

There is no magic pill or surgery or event that will help trigger massive weight loss for anyone. You cannot get healthier with the use of medication, while it can help play a critical role in the process of your weight loss, appetite suppressants cannot force you to lose weight.

Appetite suppressants are an effective tool that aids in weight loss progress, but it does not force weight loss nor is it a magic pill. Appetite suppressants work to help curb hunger, while this cannot help you lose tons of weight alone, other weight management programs can. Appetite suppressants are not supposed to be a long-term medical program, it is meant for short-term use to aid in weight loss for up to 12 weeks or less. If you are interested in appetite suppressants and think you may be a good candidate for our appetite suppressant medication program, contact us today to learn more, and speak to one of our specialists. For more information, call us today or book an appointment online. We are conveniently located at 4841 Williams Dr. Ste 103 Georgetown, TX 78633. We serve patients from Georgetown TX, Leander TX, Round Rock TX, Jonah TX, and Austin TX.