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    The Qsymia Plan for Weight Loss: A Practical Guide to Using the New Diet Medication
    The Qsymia Plan for Weight Loss: A Practical Guide to Using the New Diet Medication
    The Qsymia Plan for Weight Loss: A Practical Guide to Using the New Diet Medication
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    The Qsymia Plan for Weight Loss: A Practical Guide to Using the New Diet Medication

    By Richard Lipman MD

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    So what has triggered people to think about using medications for weight loss? It is the frustrating disappointment of all kinds of weight loss plans and the fact that the medical community fails to see obesity as an illness. Often doctors believe that their obese patients simply have no will power and control and thus they hold back medications that could assist them with weight loss. Other doctors believe, frequently without vocalizing it, that dropping weight and sustaining fat loss is a hopeless situation anyway so why try? While other people associate all diet prescription drugs with phen/fen.

    Over the previous few years, there has been a shift in perspective on the part of doctors and their therapy of obesity. They have seen such horrible complications: epidemics of diabetes and its complications, strokes, and coronary heart disorders that they are prepared to try various other modes of treatment. Just look at the escalating number of gastric bypass surgical procedures in the previous several years. The FDA has authorized two brand new drugs in 2013 - Qsymia and Belviq.

    The first, Qsymia is readily available now with a doctor’s prescription.. Qsymia is a prescription treatment that is made up of phentermine and Topamax (topiramate extended-release) that may help some obese adults or some over weight adults who also have weight-related medical conditions lose weight and keep the weight off. The phentermine is the appetite reducer and is similar to the phentermine in Adipex and Fastin that's been on the market since the mid 1970’s. The Topamax has been available for a decade and is used for seizures and headaches. So Qsymia is not really new—it’s 2 older drugs blended in a distinctive delivery method with 4 different dosing levels that stretch over months. A titrated dose delivery system was developed to lessen the side effects.

    Endocrinologist and weight loss expert Dr Richard Lipman presents the first book focusing on this newest FDA approved weight loss drug, Qsymia. Dr Lipman reviews the clinical trials of Qsymia and answers the questions whether Qsymia is for you, the side effects, the expected weight loss and how long it can be taken. He presents a simple plan for weight loss that can be successful for just about anyone.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRichard Lipman MD
    Release dateApr 22, 2013
    ISBN9781301755509
    The Qsymia Plan for Weight Loss: A Practical Guide to Using the New Diet Medication
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    Richard Lipman MD

    Richard L. Lipman M.D. has practiced internal medicine and endocrinology in his office in Miami, Fl for the past 30 years. As a board certified internist and board eligible endocrinologist he has treated more than 15,000 patients with weight and metabolism problems. Dr Lipman is a Charter Member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. He has treated hundreds of patients with HCG over the past two years.Dr. Lipman received a BS degree in biochemistry and a MD in 1966 from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Lipman did his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hospitals and a fellowship in Endocrinology at the University of Miami School of Medicine. While at the University of Miami, he authored and coauthored 15 publications in the areas of glucose and growth hormone metabolism. Dr. Lipman also spent two years at the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, where he was a staff member of the Endocrinology Division at the USAF Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. While in the Air Force, Dr. Lipman authored six publications on the effects of prolonged weightlessness on glucose and protein metabolism. Dr. Lipman is a staff member of Larkin and Cedars Hospital in Miami, a charter member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, and a member of the American Diabetes Association and the American Association of Bariatric Physicians.He has treated more than 700 patients in his Miami, Fl office with the new Semaglutides-Ozempic and Wegovy and the even new Tirzepatides-Mounjaro and Zepbound. He relates his experience in his new book, Semaglutides: Once a Week Weight Loss Injections .

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      The Qsymia Plan for Weight Loss - Richard Lipman MD

      The Qsymia Plan for Weight Loss

      A Practical Guide to Using the New Diet Medication

      Richard L. Lipman M.D.

      Copyright © 2013 by Richard L. Lipman M.D.

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      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Please do not participate in or encourage the piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. Purchase only authorized editions.

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      Disclaimer

      The reading of this book does not establish a doctor-patient relationship between the reader and Dr Lipman. As discussed numerous times in this book, successful weight loss requires a personal relationship with an understanding physician. This book does not substitute for professional or medical advice. The author and the publisher specifically disclaim any liability, loss, or risk, personal or otherwise that might be incurred, directly or indirectly, as a result of the use and application of any of the contents of this book. All matters regarding your health and require the medical consultation and supervision of a physician. The names and identifying characteristics of the individuals referred to in anecdotes in this book have been changed to protect their identities.

      Acknowledgements

      This book is dedicated to all my children and grandchildren, who through the years have listened to my stories and put up with all of my experiments. To my children, Jeffrey, Andrea, Melissa and David who heard the talk, and to my grandchildren, Chelsea, Samantha, Jason and Jessica and Savannah who are just beginning to hear it—thanks for being there. You are truly my encouragement. To my wife Jacqueline, for listening and for offering her suggestions over the years.

      I want to thank my editor and proofreader Kammy Wood for all her kind help and suggestions.

      I always appreciate the help of my patients, who have been my source of inspiration, especially the many schoolteachers who are quick to point out my spelling mistakes. Yes, Mom and Dad, you were right all along. Fourth grade was important!

      Other Books by Richard Lipman M.D.

      The One-Hundred Calorie Secret

      New Pounds and Inches

      Restaurants and Restaurants

      La Dieta HCG

      800-Calorie HCG Diet

      Diet Buddies: A Weight Loss Plan for Families

      Table of Contents

      Other Books by Richard Lipman M.D.

      Password to Enter Protected and Updated Areas of the Qsymia Website

      Chapter 1: Is the Qsymia Weight Loss Plan for You?

      Chapter 2: Metabolic Syndrome – Bellying up to America’s Greatest Health Problem

      Chapter 3: Understanding What Hunger Is and What Hunger Isn’t

      Chapter 4: Changing Your Diet to Produce Fullness and Avoid Hunger and Craving Giving Your Qsymia Some Help!

      Chapter 5: Helping Qsymia Help You With Automatic Portion Control

      Chapter 6: Qsymia: What It is and How to Take It

      Qsymia Drug Interaction

      Chapter 7: The Qsymia Food Plan

      Chapter 8: Hunger, Diet Medication, and The Future

      About the Author

      Dr. Lipman’s Weight Loss Maintainers

      References

      Password to Enter Protected and Updated Areas of the Qsymia Website:

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      www.qsymiaMD.com

      Chapter 1: Is the Qsymia Weight Loss Plan for You?

      The Qsymia Weight Loss Plan is designed to help you get rid of that extra weight now and forever. It is not for the individual that has 10 to 20 pounds to lose. It is for the 75 million Americans who have 30, 50, or 100 pounds or more to lose, who feel they have tried everything and failed. It is for the millions more with diabetes and other medical problems whose obesity has been impossible to reverse. It is for those 100,000 or more Americans thinking about drastic actions such as gastric bypass surgery.

      This revolutionary weight loss plan combines a effortless, easy-to-remember food plan with the first of a new class of prescription medications that puts you in control of your hunger and cravings, perhaps for the very first time in your life. The breakthrough drug is Qsymia-a combination of Phentermine and Topiramate. These two medications have been on the market for decades. More than 30 million people have taken Phentermine and 4 million people have been treated with Topiramate around the world. The Qsymia Weight Loss Plan is new arsenal in the battle against obesity.

      The powerful forces that tell you when to eat and when not to eat—forces that easily overwhelm the normal control mechanisms of overweight individuals—are revealed in groundbreaking new research.

      For decades, even centuries, lack of willpower has been misidentified as a psychological weakness in most obese individuals. We now know that, through no fault of their own, obese individuals’ brains are actually biochemically different from those of thin people. Obese people lack the normal internal signals to stop eating. They are either missing the chemicals or are not responding normally to those chemicals, and they end up eating the wrong foods or simply too much food.

      In the past decade, researchers have returned to older medications and have discovered new answers to complex human health problems. The results of this research have just begun to reach the public—and the first of a new class of miracle medical drugs for obesity is here now.

      The Qsymia

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