How long do you typically treat patients with phentermine for weight loss and what clinical markers do you follow?

Phentermine has been available since 1959 and remains an affordable and effective medication option added to a full lifestyle-based weight management plan. In people who are generally healthy and without contraindications to the medication, I have had patients used in at least intermittently for sev...

I have found that phentermine use in general is decreasing, given the greater efficacy and cardiovascular benefits of the GLP-1 RA class of drugs, so this dilemma is less frequently encountered. Phentermine is only approved for short-term use, but that is problematic because it causes weight to “yo-...