What Are Diet Pills And The Health Risks Of Taking Them?

Types Of Diet Pills

There are three different types of diet pills. prescription diet pills, over the counter diet pills and herbal diet pills.

Prescription Diet Pills

Prescription Diet Pills require a doctor’s prescription and are regulated by the Federal Food Administration (FDA)

Over The Counter Diet Pills

Over the counter diet pills can be purchased at most pharmacy stores and supermarkets without a doctor’s prescription.

The majority of the prescribed or over-the-counter weight loss drugs are considered to be appetite suppressants.   These types of pills usually come in tablets and they work by making your body think that it is not hungry or it is full.   Appetite suppressants increase the amount of serotonin or catetholamine, which are chemicals in the brain central nervous system that control the anger, hormones, appetite and mood.   Some of appetite suppressant diet pills include Phenterprin, Propolene and Lipoxinol.

Another type of diet drugs are Fat absorption inhibitors. The way these fat burner drugs works is by absorbing the fat consumed in your body and throwing it in your bowel movement. An example of a fat absorption inhibitor pills are Xenical, Lipovarin and Thermadrol.

What are the health risks of taking these weight control drugs?

In the mid 1990s and early 2000s several diet aid pills were found to cause heart problems, mainly because of an ingredient called Phenylpropanolamine. Because of this, some manufacturers had to stop making them and the FDA had them reformulate their products.

Herbal Diet Pills

Herbal Diet Pills  These type of pills are made with all natural ingredients. .  Dietary herbal supplements can be found usually at health stores and sometimes at drug stores and supermarkets.