Duromine - anyone used Duromine tablets to lose weight?

[Enchanted]

The weight you put back on was because you kept eating the same as before right?

I am wanting to take these to put an end to my snacking and change my way of eating. I do not believe these are a "magic weight loss pill" as you put it MOM. I believe they are a tool I can use to lose weight and change my eating habits.

[visitor1]

For me it was cos i went back to eating rubbish again...and cos my body craved food! I think thats one of the reason i never liked the pill, it done its job, but then once off it my body rejected 'me' and felt it couldnt be starved of bad foods again..LOL

[Kristin27]

I agree with the others that if you go back to your old habits you will put the weight back on, but it sounds like you are doing it to change your lifestyle - and just need help to budge those pounds, so duromine will take the weight off, but just make sure you continue to be good after you stop taking them and you'll be fine....

I agree take them first thing in the morning or you won't sleep that night, and to keep costs down you could try taking one every second day, they should supress your appitite for two days....

Good luck

[Lisa]

I put the weight back on because I was absolutely ravenous... I used to cry with how hungry I was straight after eating... I would eat fruit, vegies and meat with the occasional carbs and the weight just gathered and gathered and gathered and then I started to introduce more carbs (to try to keep me full) and before I knew it the weight I lost was back and I was bigger than before I started. I also stopped exercising because I went from exercising twice a day (walking 5kms twice) to being exhausted... for 3 months, my body was living on minimal food and sleep... once I stopped by body needed what it had been missing out on
I know you want to know positives but TBH, there really aren't too many positives to anything that is a quick fix

[Mummamel]

I took it for a few months and lost some of the weight I needed to, then had to stop as I couldnt afford them, ended up putting on 7kg in 6 months then fell preg again. I only put the weight back on as I stopped walking coz it was winter and continuously raining!

I will be going back on it when I am not breastfeeding anymore.

If you change your eating habits while on it and stick to it when you stop then you shouldnt put any weight back on.

[Sammiejane]

I lost a load of weight when i was younger on Duromine (maybe 10kg - but then wasnt really that heavy and probably should not have been prescribed it)
I again when back on it when i tried to loose weight for my wedding and failed, this time i did it more sensibly and lost the weight slower and concentrated on changing my habits too (it can be a vicious cyscle, of going off and on again)

This is a fantastic drug for rapid weight loss, but you have to be very careful that it does not all go back on and you dont get additcted.

My tips... (from personal experience and also nursing)
* like Lisa says, take it really early in the morning - like set and alarm for early and take it.
* Eat breakfast before or with the tablet - you must have breakfast otherwise you will not feel like it later.
* Make yourself eat small meals through the day - you will not feel like it at all, but you really should for your health.
* be honest with your family and friends about taking it... it is a speed derivative and some of the side effects are not pleasant (not going there as you asked) and it is better for people around you to understand why you have changed.
* try and stick on the same dose for longer than you want to... you body will get use to it and then you will find that the eating old habits come back or the drug is not as effective, work through this instead of jumping to get the higher dose straight away - make sure you start on the lowest dose, i think it s 15mg from memeory.
* try and avoid taking sleepng tablets to help you sleep - the insomnia will settle down as you body gets use to the 'speedy' feeling....
* when you reach the 20kg - STOP, it is so tempting to stay on them and loose a bit more, but try and resist that feeling...

If you dont eat much at all, you will force your body into starvation mode, that will slow you metabolism... this will mean that the weight goes back quicker when you stop taking it (regardless of your food choices). Make sure that you eat something every 4-5 hours - you really wont feel like it, but in the long run it is better to force even an apple or a box of saltanas in.

Be careful with the water... the first week or so you will be increadibly thirst, make sure that you dont drink too much as you will unbalance your electrolytes and make yourself very unwell.

The honesty thing is important as you will seem like Supermum - all the jobs will be done, your house will sparkle and there will still be time to sit (but you probably wont feel like it to begin with, sitting that is) - when you stop taking them this also will change as you will have less energy.

Oh and when you stop taking them, do so slowly - gradually reduce the dose (if you get to the 45mg tablets go back to the 30's then the 15's) and then take one every second day, this way you are less likely to put weight back on, as you will be mindful of what you are eating.

I hope this hasnt been too negative, i didnt write with that aim, more just tips... Duromine does work and i am sure that you will lose the weight that you want

feel free to PM me if you want any other info (positive or negative)

Goodluck

[Enchanted]

Thanks so much for the very informative and positive information SJ! Very much appreciated!

[Lisa]

Lol... cleaning is the best thing about Duromine... I couldn't keep still so everything in my house was OTT clean... I even colour co-ordinated my towel piles in my linen cupboard and alphbetised my DVD's and CD's!!! It was hilarious.

ETA - You know I was just thinking... I lost 30kgs in 3 months on Duromine... but I lost 20kgs in a month doing cohens... which is just eating... no drugs, shakes, pills nothing! I find it interesting that food can change you that rapidly too though.

[tash_earl_grey]

Please everyone, I implore you to avoid Duromine like the plague! Apart from being a legalised form of speed, taking it with other medications (such as the contraceptive pill, anti inflammatories, antihistamines etc) can have serious side effects.

In June 1996 I was sick of being obese and a diet doctor prescribed Duromine. Three weeks of manic highs and lows later I couldn't bear it anymore and chucked the pack down the loo. I regained the 10kg lost very quickly.

Two months later, I was on the pill and had a shocking case of hayfever. I took the recommended dose of Sudafed for less than 24 hours. Suddenly one day as I walked back from lunch, I collapsed in the street. I'd had a stroke.

Yep, thats right... a STROKE.

I was admitted to hospital and subjected to terrifying tests and dozens of questions by various doctors, who repeatedly informed me that the TIA (Trans Ischaemic Attack - or mini stroke) would be followed by another within 48 hours and it was 50/50 as to whether it'd be a big one and kill me. I was traumatised enough, but more so when the doctor explained having taken the Duromine and latterly Sudafed while on the pill could have contributed to the episode.

Apparently the majority of strokes in patients under 30 (and 30% are in patients under 30) are related to drugs. Incredibly, over the counter and prescription drugs used according to the recommendations are often the problem! Duromine speeds up the blood pressure, as does Sudafed. The pill clots your blood more thickly. Put the two together and you've got a recipe for disaster.

Whammo! I had a clot in my brain.

I had a second TIA which I was grateful to survive undamaged. But 48 hours later I had a small CVA (Cardiovascular attack). It was a miracle I survived with minimal long term damage. Since then I've had to take anti-coagulant treatments and for a long time had fortnightly blood tests to check my white cell count.

I was told to conceive a child could kill me and labour or a caesarean certainly would. I chanced it, having a brilliant GP and neurologist who worked out a plan. My private OB was appalling, but I survived fortunately, and am planning number 2 with a different OB. I'm still high risk due to the anti coagulants and can't take antihistamines or anti-inflammatory meds. Nobody will cut me, meaning surgery is fraught with added risks - made my wisdom teeth removal an in-patient joy, not to mention the 7 days in hospital following the post-pregnancy hernia repair!

I urge you all - don't take anything you absolutely don't have to take. Stay in bed and sniffle into tissues for 24 hours. Miss work, its not the end of the world but don't take sudafed. If you want to lose weight, consult a dietician and get a personal trainer. If that doesn't work for you, consult one of the obesity clinics that has opened up around the place. I'm going for lap-band surgery soon. It will be complicated by the anticoagulant treatment I'm on and it frustrates me that something prescribed by a so called doctor could have such long lasting detrimental effects on my health.

Please don't join me. Tell the doctors to shove their Duromine and potentially save your life.