Diet Pills and Weight Loss Products: Efficacy and Side Effects

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What Is Herbal Phentermine?

Published Jul,18 2017 | By Sari Hardyal

Phentermine is a prescription drug used to suppress appetite. Physicians usually prescribe phentermine to significantly overweight or obese people, not to people who want to lose a few pounds.

Based in Dayton, Ohio, Sari Hardyal has been writing fitness, sports, entertainment and health-related articles for more than five years. Hardyal holds a Bachelor of Science in mass communication from Miami University and is pursuing her master's degree in occupational therapy and her doctorate in physical therapy. She is a certified personal trainer with the National Federation of Professional Trainers.