[lucylicious]

Hi,
I've used phentermine in the past with a prescription from my doctor, and had success. I've kept all of the weight off that I've lost; I even lost a little more without using Phentermine. The problem is that I want to give it a try again (just for a month) to rid myself of the last of the weight. The problem is that I'm no longer technically obese (I'm 183 lbs @ 5'7), so I am worried that she won't give me a prescription for it. What do you all think??
Lucy

[rachelrmf]

I am also 5' 7" and my doc said my low healthy lbs should be 145 and high should be at 160. so i think you should be fine. i'm at 154 lbs and still got a prescription

[lucylicious]

Oooh okay well I was just wondering because I was under the impression that doctors are really reluctant to prescribe you the stuff if you aren't technically OBESE...but maybe I'm wrong??

[lucylicious]

p.s. what I was also worried about was being able to be prescribed the 37.5 mg pills instead of the 30 mg. I got last time...do you think I have a chance? the thing is I have sort of built up a tolerance to the 30 mg by now, even though I didn't take it for very long.

[top-dawg]

Hi lucylicious, Technically you are correct. They are not recommended to write scripts for phen w/o patient being obese. However it is left to the Docs discretion.Some Docs do even if only to get you started. top-dawg