Diet pills anorectics

ANORECTICS Diet pills developed to replace amphetamines. 

The diet pills developed to replace amphetamines became known as anorectics or appetite suppressants and are central nervous system stimulants. The FDA approved phentermine in 1959, fenfluramine in 1973, and dexfenfluramine in 1996. 

Also on the market were anorectic diet pills including benzphetamine, diethylpropion, mazindol, and phendimetrazine. Another anorectic, methamphetamine, was sold under the trade name Desoxyn. It was also prescribed for the treatment of ADHD. 

Sympathomimetic diet pills. Taking anorectics can impair a person s ability to drive, operate heavy equipment, or perform other potentially hazardous activities. In addition, taking sympathomimetics late in the day can cause insomnia. 

Monamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors are antidepressants that can interact with sympathomimetic appetite depressants. Patients must discontinue using MAO inhibitors two weeks before taking these diet pills. Use of MAO inhibitors while taking anorectics will cause a sharp rise in blood pressure. 

The CSA classifies the methamphetamine Des-oxyn as a stimulant. Anorectic drugs, the diet pills developed to replace amphetamines, are regarded by the government as controlled substances. While these drugs are not as powerful as amphetamines, their effects are similar. 

Anorectic drugs, appetite suppressants, are also found in diet pills such as fenfluramine (or fen-phen), phenter-mine, diethylproprion, and mazindol. Perhaps the most hazardous ingredient commonly found in diet pills until a few years ago was ephedrine. Ephedrine is more commonly known as one of the precursor chemicals needed to manufacture methamphetamine. 

Other factors than oral contraceptives seem to be of importance for the occurrence of post-pill amenorrhoea (136 -139 ). From the data presented one can conclude that so-called post-pill amenorrhoea is a rather infrequent and non-specific syndrome of multifactorial aetiology. The occurrence of previous menstrual irregularity, conditions of stress, phychiatric illness, and severe loss of weight, especially that resulting from dieting and anorectic behaviour, seems to be of great importance in the genesis of the amenorrhoea. 

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