Safer Than Phen-Fen!

By Michael Anchors

Book Overview

Without a doubt, the prescription-drug combination of phentermine and fenfluramine known as phen-fen has become the most successful medical weight-loss method ever, used by more than 18 million people in the U.S. However, while plhentermine has been used safely for more than thirty years, a growing body of scientific evidence links fenfluramine to dangerous side effects affecting the heart and lungs. Similar alarming results are reported with Redux and Pandimin, related weight-loss prescription aids. Dr. Michael Anchors, a Harvard-trained physician and an expert on treating obesity, has developed a safe alternative. Using phentermine with other medications in place of fenfluramine, he has helped over 600 people lose more than 10,000 pounds since 1995 -- and the vast majority have shown they can keep the pounds off with no more than a minor maintenance program. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Anchors spells out his safe, new path to weight loss and better health. He also explains the proper role of exercise and diet in weight-loss programs, tells how to locate doctors experienced in the use of prescription drugs for weight loss, and prepares you to talk knowledgeably with your doctor about the issue. There's much more, including a chapter addressed specifically to physicians. By buying this book and discussing it with your doctor, you can put yourself on the road to safe, permanent weight loss today!About the Author Michael Anchors, M.D., Ph.D.,obtained his doctorate in biochemistry from Harvard University in 1974 and continued his studies as a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA. He attended medical school at the University of Miami and served his internship and residency at Duke University. Dr. Anchors also served as a researcher in the cardiology division of the National Institutes of Health and has operated a private family practice in Maryland for the past eleven years. A clinical professor of medicine at Georgetown University, he has extensive experience treating obesity and is a popular public speaker on the connections between health and weight.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761511490
• ISBN13: 9780761511496
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

SUPER! Phen-prozac really works, Dr. Anchors really cares.

Dr. Anchors presents the use of prozac, which has been proven safe, instead of the fenfluramine that caused heart valve problems when used along with phentermine. The book offers sensible advise on food choices and exercise. The difference between Dr. Anchors and all of the other "diet books" that I have purchased and attempted to follow is that he references all of the sources of information and statistics that prove that the phen/prozac combination does work. As a patient of Dr. Anchors, I have, without being hungry,lost about 20 pounds in the past three months. This follows a three year period when I was unable to lose a pound! Dr. Anchors is extremely supportive and committed to solving America's weight problem.

Response to the physician in Florida

The physician from Florida who advised against combining phentermine and Prozac was not familiar with the literature and had no experience with the medicines. In fact, neither phentermine nor Prozac used alone cause any weight loss after three months; the patients always gain the weight back even if they continue the medicine. The phen-pro combination, on the other hand, extends the weight loss and "locks it in". Phen-pro is twice as effective as Xenical with fewer side-effects. The Eli Lilly funded prospective trial of phen-pro will appear in JAMA about September this year. Watch for it

An Effective Combination, But Still Risky

These two powerful drugs act in the brain. Phentermine is extremely safe alone as a weight loss tool and can be taken for, for the most part, indefinitely. As is Prozac. But when you combine these two no matter what, there is going to be some side effects. As a doctor myself I believe in Anchor's idea of treatment of obesity like any other medical condition. In my opinion, stick w/ phentermine or Prozac, but don't combine them.