DIETHYLPROPION

Diethylpropion (Tenuate Dospan ® ) is a medicine used to decrease appetite in over weight patients. It is meant to be used only for a short (8-12 weeks) period of time. It should not be used along with other diet medications.

Diethylpropion is used on a short-term basis (a few weeks), in combination with diet, to help you lose weight.

Side Effects may also include:-

Dry mouth, unpleasant taste, restlessness anxiety, dizzines, depression, tremors, upset stomach, vomiting, increased urination.

You can not take Diethylpropione, if you have have or have ever had heart or blood vessel disease, high blood pressure, an overactive thyroid gland, diabetes, glaucoma, pulmonary hypertension, seizures, or a history of drug abuse. Tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to diethylpropion, amphetamines, other diet pills, medications for allergies, hay fever, and colds, or any other drugs or you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding. If you become pregnant while taking diethylpropion, call your doctor. you should know that this drug may make you drowsy. Do not drive a car or operate machinery until you know how this drug affects you. Tell your doctor if you have taken other diet pills in the past year or you are having surgery, including dental surgery.

Diethylpropion usually is taken three times a day, 1 hour before meals (regular tablets), or once a day in midmorning (extended-release tablets). Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take diethylpropion exactly as directed.Do not crush, chew, or cut extended-release tablets; swallow them whole.

Store this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store it at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture (not in the bathroom). Throw away any medication that is outdated or no longer needed.