April-
I got curious myself, so I did some research online...check out what wikipedia has to say about it-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phentermine
to make a long story short, the 12 weeks IS due to concerns about addiction. It states that studies have been done with longer usage, and that it has not been proven that it is harmful or ineffective in usage even as long as 36 weeks.
That being said.....
I think that you have done a great job with your weight loss, but I would lay off the phen for a while, not because the medication would become dangerous for you, but that becoming underweight would be. There are just as many health risks for being too thin as there are for being overweight, and while I don't believe phentermine has the habit of giving people heart attacks or killing them, I'm concerned that continuing to lose weight at this point COULD possibly cause some health problems for you.
I personally would kill to be at the weight you STARTED at, I'M jealous  !
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