Nowadays, appearance is of great importance. A healthy lifestyle has come into fashion. We monitor our diet, go to the gym and try to always look at the "five plus". Slenderness has become an integral attribute of a modern successful person. What means do people not resort to in order to lose hated excess weight, sometimes even to the most radical ones. So, for example, many for this purpose use the drug “Fluoxetine” for the treatment of alcoholism. For weight loss, it is really effective. But is it safe? Is it not strange to use it to solve problems with excess weight? We will try to find out all this in this article.
How is weight loss carried out?
As already mentioned, “Fluoxetine” is used to treat alcoholism, as well as various mental disorders,
obsessive states, and depression. He has such a “side” effect as promoting weight loss by suppressing appetite. So they use many of the drug "Fluoxetine" for weight loss. The tool acts at the level of the brain, affecting those parts of it that are responsible for the feeling of fullness of the stomach and the occurrence of hunger. Now on our market there are many drugs containing the substance fluoxetine, such as Flunisan, Profluzak, Prozac, Portal and others. All of them are antidepressants.
"Fluoxetine" for weight loss. Instructions for use
In a depressed state, the drug is prescribed in the following dosage: 1 tablet 1 time per day in the morning before breakfast. With bulimia, taking the drug increases to 2-3 times a day, 1 each. The maximum daily dose is 60 mg, i.e. 3 tablets. The course of treatment lasts 3-4 weeks.
Side effects
Some people use Fluoxetine for weight loss. But do not forget that this medicine has some side effects, the occurrence of which, according to the manufacturer, does not exceed 5-10%. These include:
- decreased appetite;
- nausea;
- insomnia or drowsiness;
- fatigue, lethargy;
- headache;
- dry mouth
- dizziness;
- increased sweating;
- decreased libido;
- allergic reactions.
Before taking the drug, you should correlate the possibility of a risk of poor health with the effect of weight loss that is expected.
Reviews of losing weight
This is not to say that this antidepressant is in great demand among the population as a
means for losing weight. More often people, of course, use it for its intended purpose - for the treatment of psychological disorders and alcoholism. However, among them there are those who believe that Fluoxetine is very effective for weight loss. The price of this drug is from 120 rubles per pack (20 capsules). Some consumers when taking the medication noted a number of side effects, such as
decreased libido and sleep disturbance, which disappeared after the cancellation of “Fluoxetine”. But there are several positive reviews in the direction of this drug, which states that this tool helps to lose weight without much effort. At the same time, many users observed an improvement in mood and the appearance of vivid realistic dreams.
In this article, we found out whether Fluoxetine is effective for weight loss and came to the conclusion that its use for this purpose should be clearly agreed with the doctor.