New Diet Pill - Acomplia / Rimonabant
Published by Diet Trials February 15th, 2006 in Acomplia / Rimonabant, Diet Articles, Diet PillsThere has been talk for some time about a new experimental weight loss drug called Acomplia or Rimonabant. It is now being said that Acomplia or Rimonabant is getting closer to approval by the FDA.
The new drug has been undergoing testing and trials over the last few years. The tests with Acomplia against a placebo has shown that it is effective and does show sustained weight loss after two years of taking the drug. The overweight adults who took Acomplia had lost significantly more weight than those not taking Acomplia. The test also showed that it had increased the levels of HDL cholesterol which is good for you.
Acomplia or Rimonabant works by reducing the appetite, blocking certain receptors in the brain. Those that take Acomplia can expect to lose 10% of their body weight in a year. All sounds good to me. I know that dieting isn’t the way to go, and Paul McKenna is right in what he says about changing the way we look at food, but to me if I wasn’t hungry then I wouldn’t eat, or if my appetite was surpressed I may eat less. Plus if all I have to do is remember to take a tablet everyday, and I already have to to balance my thyroid level, then am I onto a winner?
For more information on Acomplia try this website that helps you understand about buying Acomplia online
This is such great news for people like myself that suffer from obesity and find it so hard to lose weight. I have been reading up on Acomplia for the last few months and I am delighted that it will be available, even if at first privately only.
The exciting thing about this new drug is that it has the potential to help stop you smoking as well as losing weight.
I will be sure to be trying out Acomplia.
ive got an appointment next week 13th july with doc i saw him yesterday but he had not read up much about it so hopefully next week i will get a prescription for acomplia that i am willing to pay for till available on nhs and will let you know the outcome.
Hi Tara, how exciting. Let us know the outcome
I ordered some online, but be warned they are expensive! I have been taking them for five days now & so far so good. I don’t feel hungry & no side effects. Obviously you have to calorie count & not carry on old habits, but it is certainly making it easy. I don’t feel I am obsessed by food for the first time in years & am getting on with the rest of my life! I will keep you informed how it progresses!
pippa - am happy for you to hear its going well so far. Which website did you order from?! Am scared of being ripped off!!
Jo
Hi. I am hoping to be given the approval from the doctor to take Rimonabant. After struggling for years with my weight and using it as a mental crutch I am hoping that this will help. I am also going to Slimming World and eating healthily. I have such a low self-esteem that as well as my physical problems I hope that this medication will finally help me to be in control of food rather than being the other way round.
Does anyone have any mental health problems and have been prescribed this? I’m not being nosey but this may be the one reason why I shall be turned down from having this as I have very bad anxiety-depression with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, (the trigger for me to start over-eating).
Hi Joanna,
I bought my Acomplia from UK Medix online. I had no problems at all, they are UK based and they only sell genuine medications. I had a few queries about Acomplia before I bought it and their doctors helped me out. I have used UK Medix before for Reductil but I didn’t have a great deal of success with it, mainly because I couldn’t help eating the wrong foods! I have been taking Acomplia now for 6 days and I feel a new person.
Hi Everyone,
I also bought my Acomplia from UK Medix and have been taking it for nearly a week now. At first I didn’t think it was working but I have noticed over the last few days I am not hungry like I used to be and I have already lost a few pounds.
Hi
You’ll have to let me know how this taking of Acomplia goes for you guys, I’m interested to see if it really works.
I’ve been taking it for almost two weeks now (online clinic). I’m about 6lbs thinner, I have still had to diet and exercise (but it has helped me to stick to the diet!). Only side effect is some very vivid dreams (you know what I’m saying!).
I’ve just started taking it this am. Feel little sick but sticking with it. Has anyone else had any symptoms?
I’ve got mine on prescription. Boots were very good and ordered it from the warehouse for me. Took 4 days.
If your having trouble worth speaking to your local chemist.
Good luck everyone.
Hi Kris
Did you just get prescribed then by your doctor. Did you have to go privately?
What was your precription charge, was it the normal £6 or so.
Sorry for all the questions but I am looking to get on Acomplia but I’m not sure how to really go about it and what it will cost me. I have been classed as clinically obese for many years now and desperately want to lose weight.
Any advice would be much appreciated
Julian
I was on the drug trial for Rimonabant. I lost 20lbs in 3months but I found it made me nauseous and very depressed. Personally I would rather be fat than ever get that depressed again, it was dreadful. If you are prone to depression I would be VERY careful with this drug.
Hi Julian
I’ve been under Professor O’Rahilly at Cambridge and he prescribed. As I don’t have to pay for prescriptions so cannot help you on that one, but, I would think if you go through your Dr. then through NHS you should be able to get it providing they fund.
Kris
Hi Kris
Thanks for the information. I suppose what I need to do really is to get myself to the doctors and see what he has to say.
How are you feeling today by the way as you were saying that you felt a little sick the other day.
Julian
I have just been to my GP this afternoon asking for Acomplia. I am now waiting for the chemist to locate it!!
Unfortunately I have Diabetes and am obese so the good thing for me is that it is available on prescription. I am anxious to minimise the side effects (I am already on lots of other prescribed meds) and any help with regards to when to take the medicine etc would be gratefully received.
hi i am 250 lbs can i also try acomplia….and where did i get it…
I have just started taking acomplia. I got it from acompliaslim.com and till now not seeing any kind of difficulties using it..hope it helps me to get back in shape
I’ve been taking Acomplia for a month now on the NHS - prescribed by my GP.
He seemed quite unsympathetic to my inexorable increasing weight. I can’t stop eating or feeling ravenous. It takes 2 or 3 platefulls of food to quench my hunger compared to a half or 1 plateful for “normal” people.
I read that Acomplia would block the brain that makes you feel ravenous. May have worked for me a bit - but I still feel ravenous in the evening.
I’ve managed to lose 1 stone in 1 month. I got another 1 month supply from my GP after him doing a weigh-in and checking I wasn’t “wasting” it.
No side effects so far in respect of despression. Slight nausea in some circumstances - for example, at Alton Towers Splashlandings last week the water chute made my head feel very weird when going round the corners, had to stop using the chute. But nausea is okay for me because at least it helps to stop me eating!!
I found that to lose any pounds at all I needed to eat about 25% of my “normal” daily food intake. So it is still very difficult and needs lots of will power - which sometimes I don’t have but will keep trying.
Another key factor is exercise. This I do regularly anyway - so for me it is not a big deal. But it is essential to try to do 30 minutes exercise EVERY day. And by exercise I am talking about something that raises your heart rate to an aerobic traning rate for your age (ie. 140 bps for me at 50 yrs).
I’ll let you know further results next month.
My best wishes and good luck to everyone trying to lose weight.
Hi Dave
Thanks for telling us all about your experiences with Acomplia. I’m not medical or anything but has the doctor not suggested that there may be something else wrong with you if you are constantly hungry. That can’t be normal, can it? Isn’t that a symptom of diabetes?
It sounds like you are doing well though and dropping a stone in a month is good going. What does the doctor say about what will happen when you come off Acomplia… will you just go back to how you were at the beginning?
Let us know how you get on and keep motivated.
I have been taking Acomplia for 14 days now and have noticed that I am not obsessed with snacking in the evening - I can have my dinner and then decide “No more” and although it is not without a modicum of effort it is now possible for me to resist eating again. I am so happy. No side-effects as yet. It is very expensive on the internet - about 200 Euro per month - I got it on GetPharma who I’ve used for various things for over a year - the site is a nightmare but they are reliable. Would love to source a cheaper supply!
Hi Jojo
I have been using UkMedix to get my Acomplia from. I started taking Acomplia about 6 weeks now and finding that I am losing weight and it’s not too difficult either.
It terms of prices and service, They are a really good site selling genuine products. The 1 month supply of Acomplia is £129.99 about 192 Euros, but if you buy 3 month at once which I’m going to do next it works out at £90 a month so about 133 Euros. Give them a try and I think you’ll be impressed with them. Click on the link to get to the Acomplia page.
hi i have just been prescibed acomplia, i am on a lot of meds so i have been frightened of taking it.
i do have some depression issues i had a breakdown some 8 yrs ago
i,m also diabetic on insulin
i,m so glad to see it working for so many of you
i cannot excersise asi,m confined to wheelchair
will keep you posted on my taking the pill
cee
Hi Cee
Wishing you all the best with taking your Acomplia, let us know how it goes.
Hi guys
just to say that I have just been prescribed rimonabant by my GP. I asked for it over a month ago but he said that the practice hadnt discussed it yet. When I went back he said the rest of practice had decided not to prescribe it. He however would. My doctor is very open minded and excellent at his job. If anyone has problems being prescribed it you should take it further. It is availible on the NHS although as a last resort, in other words you have tried other treatmenst etc.
I would personally argue this, my doctor says I should be on blood presure pills and anti colestrol tablets most likely for life. But with a better diet, an end to smoking and plenty of excersize I believe I can avoid this. Taking rimonabant can very well help in achieving my goald and so avoiding a lifetime on other pils.
Remember guys you do have a say even if your NHS!
Hello Pippa and Joanna
Would like to know which website you are ordering from. Seems to be so many and I do wonder if the products are of reputable origin.
How are you both getting on with the new drug?
Hi,
I’ve battled with my weight for years now. I’ve recently changed doctors because my previous doctor wasn’t interested in helping me with my weight. The practice nurse at our new surgery has been really good (she’s big herself, so she understands). She is able to prescribe, but only with approval from a doctor in the practice. She has agreed to prescribe Acomplia to me on the NHS, but only after the practice doctors have received enough positive feedback from users. She has advised that this could take them approx. 4 - 6 months. I’m hoping that they decide to start prescribing it in the very near future. My weight does get me down and I desperately need help. I unfortunately cannot afford to purchase it privately at the moment. I have tried every diet under the sun, but with no success.
Have just been prescribed Acomplia today by my GP , wont pick them up till tomorrow.
Will let you all know how I get on with these. I need to lose just over a stone to start my IVF treatment and am having difficulty losing this last stone. Have been on Xenical for the past year and lost a stone and a half but am stuck now.
Hi
I have been taking acomplia now for 7 days, i had to buy them off the internet at £124.99 but i am fighting with my doctors about getting them on the nhs. My doctors did not know anything about the drugs and want to wait 2 years to see results. 2 years is a long time to wait when it is every persons right to have free nhs drugs. I have to wait till tuesday to find out if the district health auth will help. wish me luck.
can anyone let me know how they got them on the nhs
I have started taking acomplia today, prescribed by my very helpfull doctor, I was a bit apprehensive about some of the things I had read, but today has gone ok so far.Well i,m 58 and tried everything going,since 8yrs of age, if this works for me it can be classed as a true miracle
I picked up my prescription from the chemist for Acomplia today. I am so excited (but also apprehensive) to be starting it tomorrow. My doctor prescribed them for me as I have gained so much weight in the last 18 months or so as I have an underactive Thyroid. I have tried everything to try and stop gaining weight (even stopped eating altogether for a few days) nothing helped. I have so tried not to pin my hopes on this drug but I can’t help myself. The cost will be well worth it if it gives me my life back. Wish me luck.
Hello,
I started taking Acomplia on Sunday (yesterday) and was quite apprehensive (having read an article of a lady that developed psychosis and lost not only weight but also her partner…). I am doing OK, I guess, a bit nauseous and terrible insomnia. But I have only been on it for a day and a half, so it is early days. Can someone please tell me - how long does the side effects last? I can handle the nausea, but am not sure how long I can stand not being able to sleep.
I have also pinned my hopes on this, like some of you, as I have also tried it all and being overweight has really taken over my life - I am even embarrassed to go outside. I of course blame myself for looking like I do, so I guess it is only fair that I suffer to get rid of the weight…I am looking forward to hearing other people’s feedback and opinions - it is good to feel I am not alone!
Hi. Got Acomplia from GP today and going to start it tomorrow. I am also taking Prozac and Amitriptaline so we will see what side effects I get. I will let you know.
I have had some wierd experiences which I wonder if anyone else has had. I bought my first batch from GetPharma - terrible website but we have used it safely for over a year for Cialis. I was delighted with Acomplia - just a lovely feeling of being free of the slavery of my addiction to food. I was learning to eat to live - instead of the usual alternative. Then got a supply - cheaper from UK medics and the hunger was back, PLUS enormous, debilitating depression. in a quandry as am halfway theough the UK Medics batch - stopped 2 days ago. The first experience was so terrific but the depression is so bad.
I have been on the tablets now for just over a week,and I have found they have taken away the realy bad cravings for cake and biscuits, which has been my problem all my life, as Ive said for the past 50years of my life as I started with this when I was 8yrs old. I have not suffered any side effects that are a problem, apart from after about an hour from taking the tablet I get realy hot, but that could just be my age.
I would like to ask anyone else who is taking Acomplia if they get hungry towards the late evening. I take my tablet about 8am and by now, 9.30pm I am starving,although I dont want cake I do have to eat something does anyone else find they get hungry?
I have been taking Acomplia for a month now and I do find I get somewhat hungry later at night, but I don’t have the cravings for junk food that I used to. I can eat a banana and feel fine. My weakness is chocolate and I made my son a double layer chocolate fudge cake yesterday for his birthday. I couldn’t even stand to take a taste of it! I had absolutely no desire for it. I think this medication is going to be very popular. I also have no side effects at all. I have lost about six pounds, but I’m not exercising either. I’m sure it would be more if I could get off my lazy behind and get moving.
Sharon (USA)
HAS ANYONE TAKEN ACOMPLIA WITH PROZAC? ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
John, I have been taking Acomplia with Paxil for over a month now, which is a lot like Prozac, and have had absolutely no side effects from it.
Sharon
Sharon, thanks a lot for your help. I am very happy to know that you have not had side effects. I wish you all the best in this new adventure.
John (Spain)
Been on Acomplia for 2 weeks now, after having been on Xenical for a year I thought that this was going to be a miricle but for me I haven’t found this to be the case. I have had a bit of nausea but absolutely no insomnia , I have never missed a nights sleep but with the hours i work this is hardly surprising. No depression but again , I dont have a chance to think about it much as I am too busy.
I am still hungry and am not sure if it is all in my mind or not as I still eat breakfast lunch and dinner , I am in 2 minds whether or not to go back to my doctor and ask for the Xenical back as I had better results.
Does anyone know if this is normal to still be eating 3 meals a day and still feel hunger ????
Hi Friends,
I am on my fourth day taking acomplia and I feel great, no side effects at all. I also take prozac 20 mgs. Please keep us informed about your personal experiences with acomplia.
Best regards to everyone.
John
i have been taking acomplia for a month and its not easy to say the least, i feel sick all the time like i could eat a 20 course meal and then when i do eat, the food i eat wouldn’t fill my two year old son! so yu think whats the point. And to top it all after a months perscription i went to get weighed to find that id put on 2 pounds!!!!!!!!
Hi all,
have just started accomplia today but purchased on-line rather than G.P. as want it more to help quit smoking and not gain any weight as about 1 stone over as it is. I have a question though, as i’m a little doubtful if the tablets i have are cosher, as they cost just £59.99 and i was sent them with no information leaflet with them. Could somebody please reply and confirm that the tablets are round and white with no name on the tablet itself, and if there is an adviseable time when to take. Many Thanks.
Hi Bev! That is a great price. I’d like to know where you got them if they are the real thing because I’m paying at least double that.
My pills come in a horizontal shaped box and the pill itself has the number 20 on one side, I guess for the 20 mg. It is hard to see. You may need to get under a light.
Also, I did get a leaflet inside my box. The pills come in blister packs that you punch out. I hope you got the real thing.
Sharon
Hi everybody,
I have completed my first week on acomplia. I have lost four pounds. No adverse effects at all.
John
Hi Sharon,
mmmmm, maybe i’m not convinced. Mine came in a little plastic container, and the pills are loose. I can’t see anything written on the side of the pill. Could you let me know if there is a correct time to take them. How long have you been taking them and do you think they work? I am only taking one a day, and wondering if anyone else using to aid smoking cessation. I got mine from stacker-shop.com, but there is also an £8.00 delivery charge on top.
hi bev! that doesn’t sound too good, unless they just take them out of the blister packs. i would be suspicious if i were you.
also, you are supposed to take it in the morning before breakfast, once a day, at least that is what i was told.
they are definitely working for me. i have totally lost my cravings for junk food and i hardly find myself hungry enough to eat period, but i do. i’ve been on them for a little over a month now. if you want the website where i got them, let me know, but they are quite a bit more expensive. i’ve lost about 8 pounds so far with little or no effort and i’m not exercising, yet. i also can see how they would work for smoking cessation.
sharon
Bev, I just visited the web site where you ordered your acomplia and it looks like they were selling the generic version of it (rimonbant?) so that is probably why it doesn’t look the same.
Sharon
Hi Arlene, unlike yourself I didnt do very well on Zenical, but I have found Acomplia my miracle, I have lost 13lbs in 4 weeks.How ever you ask does anyone else get hungry,well I do, I am ready for my meals, I have 4 a day, but the tablets stop my cravings for sweet things.I also follow slimming world diet as you still need to de watching what you have to eat and with the eating plan I can still eat lots, get weighed reliably on the same scales and get group help.The thing that Acomplia helps me with, I can stick to the plan, which I have never been able to do 100%. Let me know how you get on Arlene
HAS ANYONE WHO LIVES IN THE US BOUGHT ACOMPLIA? WHERE IS THE BEST WEB SITE AND THE CHEAPEST? I DID LOOK AT STACKER-SHOP.COM AND SO FAR THEY ARE THE CHEAPEST WITH THE COST AT $128.00
just ordered some tablets of bevs website Stacker-shop.com hope that they r safe and real. how r u getting on with your supply Bev because the do seem really cheap compared to other site i have visited.Sharon how r u getting on too.
Hi guys,
I have been taking diet pills for a number of years and I have tried lots of different websites and medications including Reductil and Xenical. Everybody wants a bargain and to not pay over the odds for anything but I would never touch generic forms of medications as are being sold at Stacher Shop. For starters online pharmacies are selling prescribed drugs so I feel more confident if I know my personal medical history is being checked in an online consultation, rather than just to sell it to me as long as I have a credit card.
After all diet pills can be dangerous if given to the wrong person so I always go to a site I can trust. In the UK I use http://www.ukmedix.co.uk , they have been around for years and they always ship quickly and are the cheapest for genuine medication. I would stay well clear of sites selling generic medications.. after all you’re never quite sure what you are actually taking.
Hi,
I was given Acomplia by my Dr to try for a month and I lost nothing.I have tried everything,even having a lap band fitted, only for it to be removed a year after because it never worked.I thought these new tablets sounded great but I am upset that yet again I have failed.What are people like me to do?Nothing works yet we know we can’t carry on like this.I want to live but my weight is killing me.Has anyone got any suggestions of what I can try?Thanks.
to kay,
dont be disheartened i have been on them now for nearly two months the first month i found really hard but stuck with the sick feeling and lack of eating only to find that id put on 2 pounds. i recieved a repeate perscription from my doctor and in three weeks have lost a stone, with still giving myself the old treat. keep trying!!!
Hi there,
I read your comments as I was thinking about trying Accomplia. (I also have tried every slimming club, diet and pills (xenical, phentermine) and find that everything works for a little while when I’m in a positive frame of mind but once I get down it all goes out the window and I put the weight back on again - and more !)
and I’m looking for something that really works.
I got a month’s supply from Online Clinic and have just started taking them. I was expecting a miracle but I do still feel hungry but not half as much as I used to.
I am eating healthier and haven’t pigged out on crisps or chocolate the way I normally would at the weekend.
I’m going to join a slimming club so that I’m getting weighed regularly and following a plan but I’ll keep you informed.
So far so good and I’m feeling positive !
I have been on acomplia for 2 months and i have not lost any weight despite exercise and diet. I am about 40 lbs overweight.
Why is it so impossible to make everything?
Hi,
I left a message back in August and just thought I would leave an update.
Since August I’ve been asking my GP to prescribe Acomplia to me (last resort to losing weight - tried everything else!) but he wanted to receive more positive feedback about it first before prescribing it to me. Well, I’ve had a breakthrough at last! I went to see my Nurse Prac on Wednesday morning last week (she’s able to prescribe) and thankfully the doctor had given her the go ahead to give me Acomplia.
I started to take it last Thursday morning (4th day now) and I feel fantastic! On Thursday (first day) I never felt any different, I was still feeling hungry and like I could eat a little orse lol, but Friday I started feeling that I wasnt craving food or sweet things at all. Normally when I go to the shops, I have to buy a chocolate (my addiction) to eat in the car on the way home, well I’m pleased to say I don’t even feel like eating chocolate. I’m only eating now when I feel hungry and thankfully it’s not all day like it used to be.
If they continue to work like they are now, I’m hoping to start living my life again soon. I haven’t had any side effects at all and I’m feeling on top of the world to finally feel that I have the potential to lose the very many pounds that I have to lose (about 70), so yes I have a loooooong way to go.
I wish everyone else who is taking acomplia or is going to be starting it shortly, the very best of luck and hope you have every success in the world.
Regards,
Chez
Hi Chez
Thats great news that you have finally been prescribed Acomplia and that you feel that it will help you.
Keep us posted how it goes over the next few months and how mmuch weight you manage to lose.
I’ve been taking Acomplia prescribed by my GP. Still need to lose another 20 pounds.
To Diana,
Yes I get starving in the evenings too.. Any food will do - meat, cakes, cheese, toast and marmite - anything! It is hells own job to keep the food input low.
To Linsay,
Yep I agree, it is torture. I’m amazed at how little food the body actually needs each day - about half a plateful for the whole day for anyone who needs to lose weight. Yes I’m serious. I know it’s hardly anything, but that’s the simple truth.
I have found it extremely difficult to cut down on food such that I am losing any weight at all. And by the way, this is with me doing 1 hour of strenuous exercise 6 days a week.
What I found was that when I started to cut down on my eating the only thing that happened was I went to the toilet less. I still got very hungry, and didn’t lose any weight. It was only when I cut down even more - to half a plate of food a day - that I started to lose any weight at all.
Still very very difficult to do. And I can understand why me and so many people put on weight. Food is everywhere and we expect to be able to eat at least 3 meals a day. Not a chance. It we are skinny (like one of my brothers and one of my children) then they need to eat every couple of hours - just to stay the same weight. But anyone who is putting on weight is different - half a plate a day is plenty I’m afraid.
I love food and this is really hard for me to discover.
The only solution now is to change my life so that it does not include food. Very difficult when I need to prepare food for the family. I’m trying to fill free time with activities that are away from food - I think it is the only answer.
(Sad to say my wife who has been to weight watchers told me that they measure daily food allowance in points and it works out that you can eat most things but just very small quantities and they sell a very highly priced dinner plate which is especially small (it’s what we call a side plate in our house). So it seems they knew this for a long time, and I had to admit to my wife that she had been right all along.)
To Kay:
So the bottom line is that it has helped me, but it is still very very hard.
Hi Dave-hants
Good to here about your experiences with Acomplia, it really helps let people know what to expect and also whether it works or now.
Did you find it hard to get prescribed from the doctor, most people i have spoken to have had to buying Acomplia online.
just a quick update:
start weight - 13.8 todays weight 11.10
im on my 4th lot of tablets but seems like longer and its been really hard the weight has stopped dropping off and i am struggling with food more and more, the cravings are creeping up on me and i am finding it harder to stop myself from snacking, and i can’t work out if its me getting bored or the tablets are not working some days i get it into my head that the tablets are faulty! im trying to uptake my excersise and keeping myself busy but with christmas creeping up nearly as fast as my cravings this christmas doesn’t seem like its going to be so jolly!!!! help if someone can
Hi Lindsay
Great news that you have lost nearly 2 stone.
With regards to the tablets, when you say you reckon that they are faulty where are you getting them from. Are you getting them prescribed by your GP or are you buying them online?
they are from the doctor but some days i can manage and some other days i find really hard
Hi Lindsay
How have you managed with Christmas and Acomplia? … or anyone else for that matter?
put on 3lbs over christmas hopefully lose it again, just shows how easy it is to put back on. i just hope that i can carry on loseing in 07. family and friends have been complementing me on my weight loss which makes it seem worth while. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE
I have lost 1 stone in 3 months. I have put on half a pound over christmas. Has anyone experienced back pain? or memory loss?. Happy New Year to all.
Hi John.. good success on your weightloss. Is that right half a pound? that’s really good going over Chritmas. Even with Acomplia I ended up putting on 4lbs. Trying extra hard to get that off in the next few weeks.
With ref to back pain … i did get some in the first few weeks of taking Acomplia but haven’t had any for a while. Memory loss, nope don’t think so.
Hi everyone just thought I would give you an update as to how I,m doing,I have now lost 2stone 11.5 pounds trying for the 3stone when I go to my slimming class this next tuesday.For the people who struggle being hungry at night ,as I do I also follow slimming world diet, and you can eat loads of food, you cant say it doesnt work, I am the proof of eating loads and losing weight.the reason it didnt work before acomplia is because I couldnt control my desperate cravings for cake and sweets, well chocolate, but all that has stopped, I just get starving, and the slimming world eating plan allows you to eat loads check it out, the combination of the two things is working and Im losing ,and its given me a new lease of life, at 58, Ive just started Tai Chi classes,and thats amazing for me.I hope you are all doing well, and I pray it keeps working for me
Hi Diana, congratulations. How long have you been on acomplia?
Hi John I have been on accomplia about 18weeks, I did get my 3stone andhalf a pound at slimming on tuesday.I have a big problem I think winging its way,perhaps DIET TRIAL can answer it.I went for my tablets prescription today and was greeted by the doctor saying that the body that governs what tablets the doctor prescribes is trying to get people off accomplia,I asked was it cost but he could, or would not give me an answer, he said not to panic yet as it was still being looked into.I get on very well with it I have no side effects, and it does its job, I no longer crave for cake and sweet things,why then are they trying to stop it, I just got the feeling I wasnt going to get it for much longer.I am beside myself as this is the only thing that has worked for me in fifty years, its not fair and I know Im jumping the gun ,but I can see it coming.I will make it so publically known by any avenue I can because it just is not fair, has anyone got any ideas
to diana
if i was aloud to swear i would, im going to the doctors tomorrow for my prescription so i will mention it to mine and see what he says ive another stone to go and can’t come off them yet, can’t imagine why they would want to stop them apart from the cost. ( i will let you know)
while im on has anyone got any advice on how i can lose this last bit off weight i have started craving crisps but im not eating enough for them to make a difference, i walk just over 5 miles a day (school run) and i do a fitness dvd 3 - 4 times a week but still can not shift from the weight i am at. PLEASE HELP
to lyndsay
I will be curious to hear what your doctor has to say,I wish I could find out more, Im sure it cant be right that a doctor instigated me starting on acomplia, I hadn,t heard of it,and for it to work and then to to try to take me off it just doesnt seam fair.I know its not the doctor personaly who is saying this because he is as chaughed as I am at me losing this weight, but we willl see, let me know how you get on.Regarding the last bit of weight you have, I dont know what eating plan you have been following but at slimming world class we have what we call a speed week, which boosts the system, you eat what we call speed foods and it is used when you have small amount left or you have stood still, if you know anyone who has a book or you go to a class, it might help you shed that last bit.keep me informed thanks
To Diana
Congratulations again for reaching the 13 stone plus in such a short period. I’m afraid i can’t help you regarding why the doctors are thinking og getting people off accomplia because I get mine from Germany paying full price.
Could you please let us know what percentage of your total weight have you lost?.Thanks
Hi John, I have lost 3stone and that equates to about 16% of my body weight over exactly 19weeks now,in case I have to buy them, where do you get yours from and how much do you pay,I dont know about anyone else but the weight is very sensitive this week I put on one pound the first time ever a gain, and we have put it down to eating a load of grapes each night, there is no other reason, but I can see it will be very easy to put on the weight after it,s frightening,Regards Di
Hi Diana
I pay the official price. For a 28 tablets box I pay 80 Euro (53 GBP) and for a 98 tablets box 257 Euro (170 GBP). If you are interested I can give you the name and address of the pharmacy. Best regards.
Hi Diana
It seems I can’t leave a reply with prices for Acomplia, so please if you want more details let me have your email or fax number. Regards
Hi Diana
Prices for Acomplia: 28 tablets 53 GBP, 98 tablets 170 GBP p&p. Regards
Last time I checked these where the Uk Prices,, Unless you go for fake acomplia
Acomplia from Online Clinic
28 pills x 20mg Acomplia £124.95
56 pills x 20mg Acomplia £234.95
84 pills x 20mg Acomplia £344.95
168 pills x 20mg Acomplia £634.95
Acomplia from Health Express
28 pills x 20mg Acomplia £124.95
56 pills x 20mg Acomplia £234.95
84 pills x 20mg Acomplia £344.95
168 pills x 20mg Acomplia £634.95
Acomplia from Ukmedix
28 pills x 20mg Acomplia £129.99
56 pills x 20mg Acomplia £199.99
84 pills x 20mg Acomplia £269.99
168 pills x 20mg Acomplia £509.99
Replay to DIET TRIALS
The prices in my last message are for genuine SANOFI-AVENTIS Acomplia tablets. I buy them from a german pharmacy and you must send your doctor’s prescription in order to get them. Details available to anyone. If you check you will find out that these are SANOFI-AVENTIS official prices. Regards.
Hi John, I also buy them in Germany at the same price. NOT FAKE. You get original acomplia boxes and stamped invoices by the Chemist.
I cant think why you are not allowed to give me where you get them from but if you could text me my mobile is 07944 323683 I am concerned about giving my email, not bothered about mobile, as there is so much difference in price have yours got the genuine blister pack and the name on your packet,because you are paying less than the NHS does and thats £55 for 28 tabs,I dont know how else to get your info, Regards Diana
Hi Diana
Not only my tablets are in the genuine blister and the name is in the packet but I can give you the labs article number 6965833 (for 98 tablets)which is on the packet. Those suppliers that charge abusive prices they won’t ask you to provide a doctor’s prescription. That does not mean that they are not selling genuine product only that the are not bothered about prescriptions just interested in making much more money. In Germany no prescription (by post) no tablets and the price has been fixed by the government. I have no interest in convincing people to buy where I do, I’m only trying to help you save a lot of money. Regards John
I live in Germany. Yesterday I bought a paket of 98 tabletten and I paid 257.62 Euro. Obviously we are talking about the GENUINE drug, what else could you get in a German Aphoteke.
I buy mine froom ukmedix like some of you guys - this is because i had a really bad experience last year with reductil from 2 other sites - one euro one who sent me fake pills and so i wend for another one based here in uk where you had to fill in details then be sent a text then fill in another form and it was all so complicated and the service was appalling that i eventually came across the reductil forum on ukmedixplus.co.uk/forum where everyone seems to have had similar problems - i tried them and they have been so reliable and it comes next day - so you dont have to worry about waiting too long.
Anyway apart from all that - it is working well for me but the only problem i have is that it is much slower than reductil - i do however feel that may be because i have already lost the majority of my weight as everyone says that it slows down as you have less to loose..
Any pointers to speed it up are well appreciated!
M
John, I am looking to get these for my obese teenage daughter after getting a doctor’s prescription if possible in the U.k. Could send me the details of where to order them at a decent price, the best I have seen on the net is £98.00 for 28, but I don’t know whether these are the genuine article.
Thanks in advance
Keith
Hi John thanks for the info I,m going to look now and see if I can find the site you are talking about,but it would be easier if you text it to me, so when I go to the doctors next time if he refuses to give them me on NHS prescription I presume I have to ask him for a private prescription.I have done a bit of detective work and apparantley it is the Primary Care trust for our area that is looking into it, I have written to them putting my point,but I dont suppose I will make a difference,when it comes down to finances.I,m just a small fish in a big pool.Regards Diane
Hi Folks
Just saw all your mail and found it very interesting and encouraging. I had found my GP to be sympathetic and as a nurse and medical rep was well armed with the data to support my case to be prescribed Redcutil last year. I requested Reductil as Acomplia was not available at the time. I found they worked ok for a week or so - nice to feel slightly nauseous and not want food. However, the effect quickly wore off. My GP upped the dose and exactly the same happened. I came off them myself and felt too embarrassed to return to the GP with all lost weight gained of course.
I have tried hypnosis and found this to be less than satisfactory - hypnotherpaists advertise hynosis then use anything but!! They try regression therapy - which is intersting but did not work for me and now NLP and Eye Movement Dissociation stuff - all interesting but not what I asked for!!! And at £65 to £85 a session I reckon online durgs are cheaper! Why does no one do good old fashioned hypnotic suggestion anymore to tell me I will only want to eat healthily and no more grazing all day on bad stuff?!?!
I want to try Acomplia and have just ordered my first month’s supply from an online supplier but find the prices they charge (around £125 ) atrocious for an online consultation. The actual cost of this medicine is less than half. If the meds work I will either ask my GP for an NHS script or failing this then a private one and buy at pharmacy2u which will fulfill private scripts much as John’s pharmacist does in Germany. The prices are closer to the drug cost to the NHS with an acceptable price for dispensing them.
I should receive and start my Acomplia tomorrow and have about 3 stone to lose.
I will post an update if that’s ok and of interest - Diane.
just started acomplia yesterday i feel fine, i dont quite know what is was expecting but i am relieved to feel fine. can anyone give me a rough idea how much weight i should lose approx in first month . starting weight 15 st. and do i still eat breakfast and tea? wasn’t hungery at all but it felt strange not to eat
Hi have looked into Acomplia as my consultant offered it to me today (on NHS) but I know I WILL NOT take it because from the studies it confirms what I already knew: you come off it and the weight comes all back on! so what’s the point? Unless this will be the first pill on earth you can take forever? (not likely).
Still, all the best to everyone who is using it or will use it, I’d love to see the above theory proven wrong and feel sorry I never took it.
Jo
HI John and Xavi, please could you also let me know where you get these at those prices !! I can get a private prescription form mny Doctor, but not an NHS one. Does it have to be a german Doctor ? My number is 07909905369. THank you, Jane
Hi, I’ve been on acomplia for a month on Tuesday. I haven’t lost any weight, no side affects I thought until now. My memory is terrible it was going before but has gone now and I’m only 31. I didn’t realise either but I haven’t been sleeping well. I keep waking up through the night. I don’t crave for food anymore. Don’t find the tablets difficult at all and the doctor gave them to me. I was on Xenical for two weeks before these and lost 6 pounds so got worried these weren’t working and phoned the help line for more information. They said it dosen’t usually start until the second month and it’s mainly inch loss. So here’s hoping. 15st 12 to start.
Hello
I have been on Acomplia for a week and not had any side effects. Completely lost my appetite and if I wasn’t diabetic would not miss food. I know that it is early days and I so want it to work/help me. I have many other health issues and take many prescribed drugs. My G.P. was really supportive and prescribed them with no hassle. I am very overweight and want to lose abour 10 stone, so way to go.
Pleased to have found this site and someone to talk to.
I have been reading all you comments and find it amazing that some people are losing a lot of weight in a short period and others are not losing any weight at all! I realise thatAcomplia is only an aid to help fight cravings but isnt it all about what you put in your mouth. I have been big for years now since I had my kids and I know I eat the wrong things at the wrong times. I am active and thank God I do not have High Blood pressure, Diabeties, High colestoral etc. But I am aware that I am at high risk as I get older(I am in my mid 30’s).I do not think my GP would perscribe Acomplia for me as she always refers me to the dietician who always states the obvious! But I do need to loose at least 5 stone! My problem is no will power! do you think Acomplia will help me shift the weight and is it really worth all that money buying it online?
Genuine advice needed please.
nicky, be patient i didnt lose first week and found my eating very strange, so i started to use the principals of the food doctor diet as you eat small amount all day, and everything is healthy unprocessed food and i have just finished my first month and lost 11lb, i’m thrilled i am on thyroid meds and havent been able to lose weight since the removal of my gland! but this is great
Hi gang,
just a word of caution to all of you out there.I was involved in the drug trial study being conducted through the va hospital in loma linda, california . I had been on the pills for 3 month. I was losing weight and doing well. I woke up one morning and noticed that my right hip felt odd, like I had bruised it or something. I ignored it for about a week and finally asked my wife to take look-see. She saw no bruise, so I checked it out more thoroughly, and found that I had lost sensation from my groin area, around the right bottock all the way to my left buttock, including my rectal area. A few days later I developed numbness in my left arm , my right thigh and both feet and lower legs. I stopped taking the meds on feb 8, 07 and the symptoms abated, somewhat. at first it felt like walking on pins and needles -0- you know what it feels like when your foot falls asleep, right? anyway, it only feels like walking on peagravel now, and my right leg is feeling better, sortta. My left arm, including the hand , is still almost totally numb.
I have been told that this sort of thing has affected others, also.No mention of this side effect is mentioned in any articles i have found so far. BE CAREFUL WITH THIS DRUG.
What an interesting site, it’a so good to read other peoples experiences. I have spent the last few months looking into surgery and have now ordered Acomplia onlind as a last resort before surgery, willing to try anything!!
I will post my results on here, Please Please Please God let it work for me!!!
Claire
I am on my 4th day taking Acomplia, and do you know what? Even if I don’t lose weight it will have been worth it just to stop smoking. I have smoked for over 30 years and I have had only 3 in the last 4 days - just dont want one - simple as that.
Did anyone ordered from http://www.4rx.com ? They have 30 pills for 80$
I think that I will try them even though they are made in India…
hi everyone its been a while i know my computers been down honest, just been looking at my last note and that my weight was 11.10 im now 10.10 and only have a few pounds to go woo oohhh didn’t think id done as well as that so the people that are knocking it or finding it hard keep going, i still have treats just excerise harder to burn it off. KEEP GOING
On my 13th day and I have lost 6lb so far. I am following a healthy diet, but the difference this time with Acomplia is that I don’t want to eat between meals. I have had no side effects at all except not wanting to smoke which for me is a brilliant side effect!
I bought mine direct from the suppliers at a cost of £124 for 1 months supply. I wouldn’t have felt comfortable taking anything I was not sure was genuine.
Hi
I have just been prescribed Acomplia by my very understanding GP. I go to Slimming World and have lost 2 stone in the last 5 months (I am currently 20 stone) but am struggling at the moment to stop eating the “bad things”. Luckily for me, prescription charges have been abolished in Wales for everyone so I don’t have to pay anything for it. Sorry for anyone else in other parts of the uk that have to pay nhs charges or pay privatly. I’m on my second day and feel ok - no cravings, but still eating as I was before (quite healthily)will keep you posted.
Hi again
Don’t know if anyone actually reads this but in the last 2 weeks I have lost 7lbs. bearing in mind that I started losing weight in November last year and was struggling after losing 2 stone. I am following the Slimming World plan and sticking to it very easily - its like I take a little pill of will power every morning!
Feel a little nausious at times but no other obvious side effects.
Polly
Hello Marina I’m hoping you and others will be able to help me.I’ve only been on the tablets for a week,haven’t had any side effects but haven’t lost any weight either.I identify with Marina and thought that she was a few weeks ahead of me maybe she could give me some encouragment.I need to lose about 7 stones on medical grounds, i have other medical problems one being diabetes and i take lots of medication.
Dianne.
I have been given acomplia for the first time from my doctor. I have hoped that I would loose weight quickly. I have been on this for 4 weeks now and have only lost 2 pounds. I did, as previous person ‘Polly’ go to slimming world, so I might try going back and still taking tablet. I do get the feeling of sickness, although I do feel a little low, not sure if this is due to tablets or work orientated. However, I do know what Polly means when she says a little pill of will power as I have started feeling that I can say no to some things that normally I would not. Still get cravings, but if I eat chocolate or potato’s I seem to feel fuller and dont need to eat either the whole bar or whole packet of biscuits as I normally did. Hope this is going to work so I shall certainly give it a try.
It’s me again, I have been reading other notes and it seems to work on a controlled diet. When I spoke to my Doctor I advised, I have tried all diets, tried the nutritionist, tried weight weightwatchers, slimming world (which I did loose on). The problem lies in being unable to control the eating when I start. I think we all know what we should or should not eat, its being able to control these bouts. When I started binge eating, then I would feel sick, depressed that I had eaten, so it was a viscious circle. In the end I was desperate and felt the only thing that would work would to ask for a staple in my stomach. My Doctor said try these tablets, it does state that you need to be on a diet for them to work, I advised my doctor ‘if thats the case then anyone will loose weight if you have to be on diet’ but I think I am understanding now how they work, its ‘the will power point’ it does not make it so that you never eat something you should not, but gives you that little extra to say ‘no’ so I shall try this avenue and come back in one month to let you know the results. good luck to all those who are trying, hope we all find a way to achieve our goals. Sheila
Hi Sheila
There is no miracle (if only there was) anyone can follow slimming world and lose weight - its having the power to say no to the usual cravings - I am in my 5th week on acomplia now and have lost 13lbs on top of the 2 stone I had already lost at slimming world. I feel great and am looking a lot better and feeling a lot fitter - I have about 7 stone still to lose and for once in my life I am not dreading trying to lose it. I hope acomplia continues to have the same effect on me.
Good luck to you Sheila
Polly
Hi,
I’m on day 2 of Acomplia (via GP) obviously no weight loss yet :-), but I am using it in conjunction with good old fashioned calorie counting. I’m using an online food diary through http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk which is fab, you put in all your details, height, weight, age, sex, activity level etc and it gives you a daily allowance, you then fill in your diary and it had a massive database of food and it works it all out for you, you just need to stick to your allowance (I’m hoping the acomplia will stop the snacking.
I would like to say to those on slimming world, I used to do it but I found it stopped working after a bit (lost 2 stone to begin with then it just stopped working and I still have 4 stone to go)
I entered a “Syn Free” green day into the database on the new website and it came back as nearly 3000 calories for 1 day, which was rather shocking seeing as my new limit to loose 2lb a week is 1750 (no wonder it wasn’t going anywhere)
Anyway enough of the essay, just glad to have found an other people on acomplia I don’t think there are many of us yet. I’ll let you know how I go on
chloe
Thanks Polly
I am finding at present that I am suffering from a sickness feeling and sometimes feel like vomiting! I also find that my memory is not as good as it used to be, or it may be that I have read the side effects and I am thinking that it associated. My sleep patterns have never been great, but I also have a little trouble sleeping, as I am typing this in the middle hours of the morning. It is great to talk to people on this website and discuss the drugs progress in our normal everyday lives. I am so please for you that the tablets are working for you, which gives me hope. I have around 4 stone to loose, but I would be happy with a loss of two. I am going back to slimming world so I will let you know how I get on. Keep it up and I am sure the way things are giong you will reach your goal! marvellous. Many thanks Sheila
Hi All,
I’ve just spent the last half hour reading through all your messages.
I was about to order my Reductil and recommit myself to losing weight but then i saw that this pill was available and wanted to know more.
I want something that will have an immediate effect in losing the pounds as i need to lose 3 stone in less than 3 months and set in place a healthier lifestyle. The only thing is, i’m nervous about the side effects that some of you have spoken about.
I already have trouble sleeping and have bouts of depression so i don’t want to make these worse. I’m desperate to lose weight but i’m not sure what to do!
Hi Natasha
I hope you find acomplia works for you - but you need to be realistic about your goals - to lose 3 stone in 3 months is achievable but most people that lose weight that quickly put it back on even quicker - I know I have been there several times!
I tried R
Hi Natasha
I hope you find acomplia works for you - but you need to be realistic about your goals - to lose 3 stone in 3 months is achievable but most people that lose weight that quickly put it back on even quicker - I know I have been there several times!
I tried Reductil a few years ago but found it only affective for a few weeks. You really do have to keep to a weight loss plan for acomplia to work - it just gives you the edge to stick to whatever plan you are following.
Chloe - I know what you mean about the green days on Slimming World - they are absolutely no good for me - I stick to the Red (original) days which limits carbs - and find this works well for me - we are all so very different!
The side effects that I experienced at the beginning were mild and have no disappeared.
Polly
Hi Polly,
Thanks for the advice. I’m always one to aim high, but i know that 3 stone is alot to lose in the timeframe.
Your comments were helpful for me to sort out in my head exactly what i want to achieve.
I was in a car accident and need to have an operation (before i get married next April) but they won’t do it unless i lose 3 stone and give up smoking so accomplia was an obvious choice considering the recovery time i’ll need aswell. I want to live healthier and can’t do that while i’m so heavy and tired all the time. A weight loss boost just seems the all round solution to get me going and get my op even though i have to buy it myself.
As for my weight loss plan this week is the start week for both the GI Plan (it seems a really balanced way of eating) and a new gym which has a pool so i can save my joints and swim a little as well as all the other gym stuff.
I wanna get started with something that’s gonna work quickly and i know that it will be up to me to change my life habits to keep it off. I’m just feeling a bit down and need a drastic change.
Thanks
N
Hi Everyone!
I stumbled across Acomplia by accident. I am diabetic, insulin resistent,PCOS with tons of fertility problems!! At the moment i am living in france and i went to see a diabetic specialist here and i broke down about my weight and how bad i feel about myself, the doctor mentioned these tablets and so i have been on them for 8 days now. I do feel sick with them but im hoping that will fade with time. The one thing that concerns me is that i am also on prozac and it mentions about depression being a side affect of the tablets and that if your on medication for depression then dont take the tablet as no clinical trials have been done with people in this situation. My dislike of the way i look and feel outweighs the worry of what will happen with the side affects. I have been overweight all my life and have been trying all my life to lose weight. I have decieded to have my stomach stapled and so in france you have a to have a year of tests and trials etc before they will consider you. I’m not sure if i have lost any weight in the last 8 days as i keep weighing myself daily and it changes slightly!!! I know i shouldn’t but i’m excited and feeling positive! Like everyone else has said, im no longer thinking about food 24/7 i can get on with my day and then realise that several hours have gone by without me snacking or even thinking of food. If i could lose this weight it would help with all my medical probelms and hopefully i might even concieve after trying for 19 years!!
Dee
Hello Dianne
Just read your message and hope all is going well. It is so hard when other conditions (mine being.. ME, Undreactive thyroid, Parathyroidism,Diabetes, Arthritis) and meds confuse/hamper our efforts. I have been taking Acomplia for 11 weeks and have lost 14kgs!!!!. I have been ill for 10 years and the weight has crept on as I became less mobile. I still cannot exercise but hope to as the weight goes.I think Acomplia does give you will power and it does stop physical hunger pangs. I still dream of food. A well balanced diet has to be followed, it is no wonder cure. I still have bad days but find it impossible to eat the quantities that i ate before. I continue to be hopeful so I will post a message next month. Good luck.
Hiya Marina,thank-you for replying to my email,when I read your latest it was like hearing my own story,I have diabetes,arthritis,vertigo,high bp @cholesterol and I had an overactive thyroid although my luck wasn’t in with that,I never lost any weight and was very lethargic just like an underactive thyroid.Over the last twelve months my thyroid has righted itself and so I am not on any medication for that anymore,thank goodness !
I am now in to my third week of taking Acomplia and apart from sometimes feeling “sickly” almost like hunger pains,i’m finding the pills really helpful,I don’t seem to have the sweety craving I used to have and so far I have lost 11pounds in weight.I know I must exercise more,but like you I need to lose more weight to be able to get motivated,I love swimming,but wouldn’t put on a swimming costume until I lose some more weight.If only our local pool had a time block for ladies with a curvier figure ! I am seriously thinking of joining “Rosemary Connelly’s classes as they do exercise there.
My weight piled on over five years and I know it’s not going to go overnight so i’m trying to set myself realistic goals,I think being able to talk to other people in the same situation is fantastic and I look foreward to your next email.thanks.
Has anyone thought about ordering from here http://www.inhousedrugstore.co.uk/
I am about to order some generic redcutil but I have ordered genuine xencial and a generic version of another drug (not weight loss related).
I have nothing to do with the site, just thought I would make you aware that’s all.
hi please can anyone help have been given acomlia by my doctor, have been on it for one week now no side affects but when should i see a diffrence in my weight,
thankyou mary
Hi Mary,Don’t despair,it’s very early days yet.I was asking the same question after my first week.I’ve found that anything worthwhile is worth not only waiting for but working for! I fully expected to lose loads of weight on my first couple of weeks,and for some that is the case,but not for me.I have been using it now for a month and I have only lost 11pounds.I say “only” But that for me is brilliant and it is two bags of spuds(in old weight)! I don’t mean to sound patronising,but you cannot eat the same as you did before and expect the pills to do all the work,they just don’t work like that.Different people do different things like “Slimming world” or other slimming clubs,I’m on a limited income so at the moment I am using calorie counting and have found that my portion sizes before were too large.I am now thinking of joining Rosemary Conelly as they do exercise there.Take care and keep taking the pills,they do work.
hi dianna.
thankyou for getting back to me. please to say i have lost just over 4and a half pounds since i started on them on the 5 june. i am really pleased. like you i have put on the pounds due to a lot of illness. but now i feel that with the help of theses pills things are ging to look up for me. thankyou for your advice please keep it touch,
mary
HELP!! Has anyone any idea just how many calories per day you are supposed to work off. I am now 16st 6lbs and according to a calorie book I have,it says 1500 cals to lose weight.That seems an awful lot to me.I have been working on between 700 and 1000 per day but I do feel like “snacking”in the evening.Has anyone any ideas please?
Well done Mary,you are now on the right track,keep it up.
Hi to All
Just caught up with the latest messages and wanted to leave an update and answer a few questions.
I think 1500 calories is the right amount as lower amounts are unsustainable long term and that is what this is all about
14 weeks on accomplia and still losing.Now lost 16kgs. I am losing about 1kg a week. It does seem slow but in the past I have found it impossible to lose any weight so I am thrilled. I have a vast amount to lose so i am trying to be patient and set little goals.
Hi, Like many of you I have tried and had some success with diets in the past but just after christmas I was told that my weitht was a serious health risk so decided to do something about it. I visited my GP who couldn’t have been more helpfull, First I tried xynicol well I think it was called that (the one where the fat is passed through) and although lost over a stone in the one month I couldn’t leave the house .. no need to try and guess why!! Then I was put on Reductol and have lost another stone on them but came to a stand still so yesterday my GP perscribed Acomplia. So today is day one i’m not expecting a miricle just a slight helping hand as I am following the GI diet. Good luck to you all
Angie
Hi All,
Well its been a week now since I have been taking the tablets and was weighed this morning and have lost 1 1/2 killos so am very pleased. This week has not been a bed of roses though, I’ve suffered with feeling sick all day although today it seems to have stopped sleepless nights but luckily my GP has given me sleeping tablets and deffinatly depression, but to lose the weight its worth it all.. Keep with it all out there xx
Hi - I have just been prescribed Acomplia 20 mg with my great doctor this morning. I live in Wales and am fortunate not to have to pay for any prescriptions, which is just as well as I could not afford to pay the prices that have been listed. I hope to lose about 3 1/2 stone which may not sound too great compared to some but I am very short. I am hopeful after reading all your comments and having found this site I know I will have all your support.
Regards
I have been prescribed Acomplia by my GP and and on my 2nd day of taking them. I definitely feel different and my stomach feels less bloated.
I was 99 kilos in the GP’s surgery and have to go back for a weigh in two weeks time at the same time.
I have terrible cravings for “HIGH SUGAR” foods and had been on a nasty drug called Zoladex for 9 months last years and this piled the weight on me.
I really hope this works gonna try and stick to non chemical calories and go for fresh meat chicken fish veg and fruit.
Wish me luck i’ll keep you posted.
XX
I have just been prescirbed this drug by my GP after gaining 4 stones with a nasty drug called Zoladex. I am so hopeful as i cannot stop eating the bad foods high sugar high fat. I am on day two and must admit i feel gr8. I am 99 kilos so have loads to lose but am determind to do well on these. I have never taken a slimming drug before as have been able to control my cravings and diet quite easily.
Wish me luck i will keep you all posted after my weigh in with the GP in two weeks.
Hi everyone, i have been taking acomplia 20mg for the past 28 days as prescribed by my doctor. well, I think i must be a little out of the ordinary. The first two weeks i took Acomplia i was so hungry in the evenings, even my husband commented that he thought the tablets were supposed to kerb my appetite. I have not lost an ounce!! I have been lucky because i haven’t had any side effects at all. So i suppose that’s one good thing!!! I have been back to my GP and he says i must be a slow starter. My eating habits have’t really changed except that over the last week i havn’t had a compulsion to eat sweet things etc. My GP has given me two month supply of Accomplia so i will see how it goes. If anything drastic happens i’ll let you all know.
Elaine
Have just read through all of your replies, my doctor had never heard of Acomplia and refused to do anything to help me even though I am now 5 stones overweight and counting.
My doc is blonde and thin and just sneered at me and told me to exercise more and restrict my food intake, as if that was something I didn’t know. Bint.
They won’t help me until I’m actually ill from this.
I am only 24 and have had a weight problem my entire life but never this bad, I feel like I’m losing my youth because I can’t wear young clothes and I don’t go out anymore because I’m ashamed that I might bump into old friends at the weight I’m at now.
Acomplia sounded like a godsend, I do have a history of depression but I think it’s worth the risk if I keep an eye on myself. I know I will have to change my eating habits but I just need that extra kick of will power to help me.
There was no way that I could afford the prices quoted on some of the websites though so I bought generic Rimonabant from United Phramacies, I got 4 strips of 10 tablets for about £39 (because it sells in dollars and so the exchange rate is just ridiculous now).
I do have a sneaking worry that they might not be real because they were so cheap (Indian generics) but they came in an authetic looking Rimonabant stamped foil strip, the tablets were white, round and unmarked.
I am on day 2 now and I am not dieting but I have gone from my normal vegi to vegan and am cutting out all processed foods and diet drinks (which are Liquid Satan according to ‘The Skinny Bitch Diet’).
I will keep you posted.
HI I WAS PRESCRIBED ACOMPLIA 2 DAYS AGO AND OH MY GOD I FEEL THE EFFECTS ALREADY I’M 4 STONE OVERWEIGHT AND TRIED EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE!!
I’M NO WHERE NEAR CRAVING FOOD LIKE I WAS NO SIDE EFFECTS AS OF YET!!
I’VE BEEN GIVING A MONTHS SUPPLY SO I’M EAGER TO SEE IF THEY WORK!
I’LL KEEP YOU ALL POSTED.
P.S MESSAGE FOR ELLE WHERE IN WALES YOU FROM I TO LIVE IN WALES!!!
I have tried without success to get Acomplia perscribed by my GP, I am just told that they are not perscribing it as advised by there PCT? I have been on xenical but think that acomplia is more appropriate to me. does anyone know any offical websites i can buy accomplia from or even any advice how to get it off my GP?
Hi everyone have been on them for 28days went to get weighed everyone has said what a difference in me,I must havbe lost a lot, my appetite never big to begin with has halved,,first weigh in have not gone near scales and guess what not an ouce have I lost so am very disheartened
I am about to start taking acomplia tomorrow, my doctor has prescribed it for me, I have 51lbs to lose and nothing else has worked and I’m at my wits end now. I have spent most of the day reading up on it and I am feeling apprehensive, I never really wanted to go down the slimming pill route but right now, desperation and feeling really hopeless means that I am more than willing to do so. I get the feeling that you can’t just rely on the pills doing the work so I have spent the evening trawling health parks and have committed to joining one tomorrow which looks like the kind of place that I could go to for years to come - I think that the pills will be the crutch that I need to help me lose it but I will need real long term no medical solutions in place once I’ve actually managed to lose the weight. It feels like I am stood at the foot of Everest and I can’t even see base station. I hope it works for me and that the side effects don’t screw me up too much. I will come back and update.
WOW just had chance to update i got weighed on monday and lost 4.5kg or 9lbs in two weeks. I am so pleased side affects just a little nausea thats it. i am so pleased.
Lisa J
hi all,
i have 7 stone to loose and have just ordered some acomplia online, how quick does it take to see a difference? i took tenuate in the 80’s and it was brilliant 3 stone in 5 months and i kept it off for quite a few years now its on again, also i want to give up smoking but if i do i know i will pile more weight on its a vicious circle so anybody who has not only lost weight but stopped smoking let me know.
its also very encouraging to see all the success stories, good luck to us all xx
Hiya Joanna,I too have 7stones to lose and started my Acomplia on 16/5/97 and I have now lost 1stone 4lbs,I know that doesn’t seem a lot to some people,but I am still losing and I don’t mind how long it takes.It took me 5years to put this weight on so I’m not expecting miracles.Two years ago I gave up the ciggies and I reckon I put on about a stone,but I’m so glad I gave up the weed now,no tickly cough,no smelly hair or clothes and no having to stand outside a public building in the pouring rain to satisfy my addiction !! I’m now free from all that and I hope you take-up the challenge,it really is worth the effort.Set yourself realistic goals and there is no reason why you shouldn’t succeed,good luck.
hi everyone just to let you know we ordered our acomplia from 4xr.com for 79 dollars and shipping it was 91dollars total.I feel they are ok.My son is the one taken the pill which he just started today 08/01/07 I hope they work and that he has no problems. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE. THE USA
Ok I’ve been on the tablets 6 weeks now and apart from the first kilo and half no weight change, starting to feel the diet tablet thing is not for me, don’t know quite what to do now as I’ve tried qall the other tablets with varying effects,
I have already lost 3 stone with really only another couple to go even though I have got down to the dress size that I origianly wanted to get to.
I have had many of the side effects but the WORSE by far is the mood swings, my temper has been terrible, my husband and kids are staying well out of my way and I wonder if its all worth while.
Still I’ll talk it over with my GP on my next weigh in and let you all know.
Good luck out there
Angie
Hi, its been along time since I updated you all, I was allowed to stay on the accomplia, and will have been on it twelve months august. I have now lost five stones, and it is getting harder, I am realy hungry at night, and my weight was standing still, so I have started taking the tablet later in the morning , and then having brekfast,so as I make it last longer into the evening. I was having it early 7.03ish so it is a bit better leaving my first meal later. as you can imagine 5stone has made such a difference, I have now started Gym Heaven, where there are machines that use air pressure, ordinary gyms are of no interest.I am trying to do something about the hanging skin, I know it wont get rid of it but at least it is toning me a bit. I have got to see my GP on monday, so I am going to ask to see specialist , to see how I will go on abount this , I hope he is helpfull with this.
GUTTED!!! FIRST WEEK WENT REALLY WELL THEN I HAD MY PERIOD AND EVERYTHINGS GONE WRONG!!!I WANT TO EAT EVERYTHING INSIGHT!! MY 1ST WEEK I LOST 7LBS AND WAS OVER THE MOON NOW IT’S BACK ON!!! JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE ELSE HAS NOTICE THIS!! OR AM I THE ONLY ONE OUT THERE WHO SUFFER’S PRE-MENSTRALY!!!!!
I’M SO DISSAPOINTED!!!
Hello, today I’ve received my firts tablets of acomplia. I orded 3 packs because I could save more money in case I would need some more. I am really glad to found a site like this because I feel more confident now to start with my tablets. today is my first day I need to loose almost 4 stones to get in my normal weight, and I hope this will work for me because I had tryed too many diets and nothing works for me. I’ll keep everybody upadate about the effects and the results. bye!!
Hello
An update, I have been on acomplia since the end of march,just over 4 months. I am managing to keep reasonably on track and continue to lose approx 1kg a week. Total loss now 22kgs.I had 100kgs to lose so still a long way to go. At 1kg a week it will take me nearly two years. i would like to have lost 50kgs by the end of the year.
Watching my calories and trying to stick at1500-2000 a day. Iknow these figures are only meaningful to me but I have never lost weight on other diets. Hang on in there and keep trying.No hunger pangs but I miss food and have to try hard as I think about food all the time.
It is good to read all your stortes. I will be back with further updates.
Bye Marina x
Hi all
Well I am 6 weeks in and have not weighed myself since my last when so upset at not loosing,, I have no appetite but am finding it really hard to eat especially breakfast anyone any ideas ,if I dont get my metabolism moving i am not going to loose so feeling very disheartened ,good luck to those of you loosing keep up the good work, great news
Update for everyone, my doctor has been allowed to continue presacribing my acomplia , and I have now been on them for 12 months, and to datwe have lost 5stones 4lbs, and everything is going great, although I came to a bit of a standstill, so I have just cut down my food intake again, and it has started to move agian, so I am looking like a different person, and people who havent senn me for a while dont recognise me, so lets hope I keep going .
hello everyone just updated.. I started complia on tuesday and my weight was 75.5Kg and today I am 73.4Kg so I lost 2 kg in less than a week what sounds really good for me…but my target is to lose about 4kg per week. I want ask someone how difficulti is been on acomplia because sometimes I feel hungry it’s like doesn’t make any effects like I was expecting. I had to eat an healthly plate whithout fat and make some exercicies. there is anibody who feel like me.. and sometimes I am so anxious… hust thinking on food. I don’t now but I’ll carry on and let’s see whats happen(sorry for my english I am portuguese ,and I don’t know to write really weel)!!
bye XX
Hi
I have been taking this for around 2 months now and have lost just over a stone, a bit slow compared to some of you but I am just hoping if it takes longer to come off it might stay off!!
Has anyone missed any periods since they started on the drug?
I haven’t had one since I started taking it, not that I’m complaining !
Good luck everyone.
Angie
I have now tried in vein for 2 months to get acomplia perscribed by my doctor. He is not having any of it? My doctor states that they have been advised by the PCT not to perscribe it? However the receptionist states they can perscrib it? not sure what is going on so I have bought some off the internet and an going to give it a try. I have lost 1.2 stone with zenical, but hate the side effects. getting married in 8 weeks and want at least another stone off! so acomplia and low carb here i come. will let you know.
HEllo, I was wondering how Polly was doing, if you are still on the accomplia, I read where you started, and I could relate to you, because I was 22stone 4yrs ago, lost 2stone with slimming world.I ten messed about up and down, till august 28th2006, when I was prescribed accomplia, and at Tuesday evenings Slimming World class acheived my 5stone 7lbs award, so Polly , how are you doing?
Hi Diana
Still doing really well - have lost 4stone 11lbs so far - I feel accomplia isn’t working as well as it was in the first couple of months - I’m having to rely on my own will power more and more, but I really want to lose more weight so I’ll keep taking it as long as my gp is happy to prescribe it for me.
hope you are ok
Polly
Hi everyone,
I love reading all your posts to this site and it’s great to see all the success stories with Acomplia.
I also have a big weight problem and I have lost 5stone 4lb when I did the Slimming World diet over 11 months but I packed up smoking and put it all back on plus another 2 stones. I have been back to SW several times but I always end up the same, loose some but put more back on.
I have tried Xenical and Reductil but not with much success. I really do not want to go back to my Drs and ask him for Acomplia as I feel such a failure.
Could anyone out there PLEASE tell me a good - trustworthy internet site that sells Acomplia at a reasonable price. I really would appreciate any help you can give me on this. Many thanks and good luck to everyone.
Chrissy
Hi, I just realised there is another Chrissy who posts on this site so I will call myself Chrissy 2 from now on. Apologies to Chrissy.
Hi Polly, I,m glad you are doing well. you have lost a lot. I dont know about you, but I found taking the tablet first thing, I was struggling by night time, so off my own, I have started taking it late afternoon.I have my 1oz porridge and banana in the morning, I have had to start missing lunch time meal to start weight shifting again, and I drink lots, and I have fruit in day , then take accomplia about 3 -4pm. I then get through the evening after my main meal better.I am not saying for anyone to do this, as Im sure thats not how it was intended, but its getting me through, and my weight has started to move again, I stopped about the 4 stone mark, so I cant stand still so I did this. I dont feel bad doing it this way and as long as it works, thats what matters, please keep me updated .
I have had a 3 week review with my doctor after starting acomplia and I have lost 3lbs. Doesn’t sound like a lot but I have done this in conjunction with joining a gym and I am doing 4 very heavy cardio and weight sessions a week. My doctor thought I might put on weight with the muscle gain so was very happy with this loss. Coupled with this, I am not on a diet at all. I deny myself nothing, I just seem to have a lot less. So, at this stage, not exactly setting the world on fire, but in a years time, if I carry on like this, I will have completed the ‘losing weight’ part of my journey and will be looking at the maintenance part. I am pleased with progress. I will update after my next doctor’s assessment in 5 weeks.
Has anyone lost weight with the diet pill Acomplia Rimonbant? If so, how long did it take?
I Need to lose 3 stones.
What the best site to buy the from?
Hi there
Having looked through the comments posted here, It appears that some people are paying a LOT of money for Rimonabant. I’ve just been prescribed in on the NHS by my GP, who advises it costs their practice £55 per month per patient to provide.
It might be worth asking your GP if there is a way you can purchase it from them or their source, as it would be considerably cheaper than some of the prices I’ve seen posted here. Not sure if this is do-able or not, but worth a try.
Hello All,
I’m conducting research for a BBC Radio Program and would very much like to talk to someone who is using Acomplia to lose weight for their wedding.
If you are interested in speaking with us, please contact me at kristine_allington@wgbh.org. If you prefer, we can guarantee your privacy and not use your name.
Thanks so much,
Kristine
Hi everyone
I have found all your postings very interesting to read.
I was prscribed today on NHS so looking forward to outcome.
I had zenical but wasnt keen. I kept forgetting to take at lunch time.
I am slightly worried by contraindicatons as i have some issues, but GP didnt seem so worried.
Hello everyone i have been really lucky went to my doctors last week and he suggested the tablets i had not even heard of them before, i started taking them on monday the only difference that i feel so far is that when i’am eating i feel full before finishing my meal so that can only be a good thing has i will not be eating has much. I will keep you all posted with my results and good luck to anyone who is taking them
Hi
Very interested to read about all your experiences on Rimonabant, been to my Drs today and he has prescribed this. Have like lots of you tried all the different slimming clubs, weight watchers, slimming world, rosemary conley all good to a point and have lost some weight on all but always struggled after a time. Done healthy eating and been monitored by the nurse. last year tried Orlistat but just gave me wind and left me feeling really hungry (which didn’t help). I hope this is the start of the new me. Good luck to everyone.
Well after no success getting acomplia off my GP I bought acomplia off an internet sight and in other contries it is obviously marketed under different names. The one i have is called Slimona and is exceptionally cheaper than acomplia. $62 for 56 tablets! Slimons is being sold in canada and india were it is made. Going to try it for first time today so will let you know in a week if its worked.
Hi
I had my tablets sent over from Goa where my sister lives, they cost 88rupees for 2 weeks supply whick is i pound a strip, so 3 months supply 6 pound not bad at all, and i have lost 6lb in just over 2 weeks so very happy with them In Goa they are called Slimona
Patsy
Are you taking Acomplia/Rimonabant?
I am talking to people about their experiences and would be interested to get your feedback. I work for an established market research company, Fieldwork International, that specialises in healthcare research and I am currently looking for people taking or who have taken Acomplia to share their views in a telephone interview.
We would be happy to provide an incentive as a thank you for your time.
If you could get in touch on the following email address
nicola.lewis@fieldworkinternational.com
or phone on 0207 098 3470
I would be pleased to give you further details. We are bound by the Market Research code of conduct and the Data Protection Act and I would not pass on your details to anyone else. I am purely interested in hearing your experiences with this medication.
Ideally I am looking to speak to people this week so please do get in touch.
Many thanks
Nicola
Taking acomplia (slimona) for a week and lost 2lb. I have used an internet site called http://www.alldaychemist.com and bought 60 tablets for $52 including postage.
After being on Rimonabant since June2006, I have lost in total nearly 3 stone.
There were occasions when I felt extremely low, however I did not attribute this to the Rimonabant. In fact I was unaware of this side effect until reading this webpage.
it passed anyway. I seem to have hit a plateau weight loss wise, however I am not gaining. I feel I need to perhaps up the exercise.
As far as the anti smoking benefits go, I hardly smoke at all now ( one or two in the evening) so I feel it has helped as well.
MY GPs have expressed concerns about its cost against results, however both my Diabetic and Lipid consultants are extremely pleased with the results so far and have recommended continuing the Rimonabant.
I myself feel it has been a tremendous help.
Hi to everyone taking acomplia, was prescribed by doc last monday 3/9. They were suggested to me because i have excess hair and this is apparently due to my weight. i am 5-7 and weigh 14.10 would like to lose about 2 stone, goton scales this morn and had lost 3lbs. i think just beginners luck, not very optamistic, will keep you posted.
Hi again every1 i have been on Acomplia since 10th July and now 10th September and i have lost a total of 9kg nearly 20 pounds in 2 months. I have been fine apart from the odd retching episodes and having a really weak stomach at nasty smells and sights now. I can live with that if this continues i still have around 25 kilos to lose or 56 pounds but i’m almost a third of the way there now.
Don’t give up on these tablets they really really work. just make sure you have breakfast and only eat as much as your body will let you. If you crave something have a little of it and the craving goes away.
Good Luck every1
Lisa XXX
I have been on Accomplia for two months now. Its being prescribed to address my low HDL levels as well as my weight.
I have lost 15 pounds so far but I am not making any effort to lose weight, yet.
Don’t just buy it as the potential side effects are very bad and you need someone who knows to watch out for them. I only get 30 days supply before I have to have a check up ATM. If your GP won’t prescribe it you probably shouldn’t take it IMO.
hi pls can you tell me what are the best if reductil o acompila
they’ll have you suicidal suicida. Essa Morty.
Hello.
6 weeks have passed since I updated my efforts.
Been on Acomplia since end of March and still losing. Now lost a total of 30 kgs. Hare and tortoise…. I am that tortoise.
Good Luck to all. Marina xx
Hello,
I’ve taken my first pill this morning. I intend to give up smoking, lose about 3 stone and cut back on alcohol. So far I feel OK, no side effects - mind you I still feel like eating and smoking. How long does it take before I feel different about food?
Hi, have just got some accomplia tablets - am apprehensive about taking them as I also take Citalopram but am assured that this should not pose any problems. Will let you know how it goes.
Hi,
I wrote last week after my first pill. One week in and I don’t feel any different. Did anyone feel the same at first? I’m still thinking about food all the time, not to mention cigarettes. Don’t think I’ve lost any weight. Last week 12st 8lbs and today - hang on - the same!
Got the pills from All Day Chemists after reading about them on this site. I hope they’re genuine. It has been quite hectic recently though and I’ve been drinking wine nearly every night. Next week I’ll be really good, do lots of exercise and keep you posted.
I’ve been on Acomplia for about 2 weeks or so and am finding it quite good. I have noticed that I’m lethargic a lot, but no problems with sleeping at night or night sweats (which I got on Reductil & Xenical). I have been slightly nauseous in the morning but not extremely.
My appetite is curbed to the point where I forget to eat for most of the day and end up getting tremors, and eating the first thing that’s to hand so I need to tackle that by sensible eating but at least I know that the pill is working.
My only problem is that I have noticed my mood getting very low, which is the main reason I came off Reductil. I suffer from depression off and on but have been level for a long time until I started with the diet pills this year.
I don’t want to come off these so I’ll try and stick with these for a while in the hope that I’ll level out again because all considered, these are the best pills I’ve ever taken.
Hi have been on Accomplia for 2 weeks feeling ok got lots of weight to loose doing SW solo and walking feeling good. Get hungry by 1pm have bran and fruit in the morning untill Then the hunger pangs kick in . You know the one I need food and I need it now! most days stick to plan but some days don’t. lost about 4lbs in 2 weeks .
Update - been on tabs for a month, have lost 7lb’s. I’m really glad but having to try hard. Feeling a bit low at the moment and not sleeping great, but will keep on with them.
Hi,
I have been on Acomplia since 20 Nov 06 and have lost 23 kilos. I do cut down on all fatty and sweet foods. I hate exercising but feel that I must start (have just bought an exercise bike). No noticeable side effects, although each time I have alcohol (normally 2/3 glasses of wine on Friday night) I sleep badly and when I do manage to sleep have horrendous dreams (dont know if there is a connection - will see next Friday!.
I have tried every other diet on the planet, this one is the one that works for me. Get weighed by dr every month. Her policy is no weight loss - no tablets, so that is an incentive.
I still smoke, but dr advises to address one problem at a time - what an understanding dr I have.
Good luck to all.
Chrissie
Hi,
I am trying to get Acomlpia from UK Medix, but they have never got back to me dispite 3 mails to them, this was about blood pressure, as mine is fairly high.
Anyone recomend another site that will supply them to me?
I have four stone to loose, my blood pressure is highish due to my weight! I know my G P will be against them , they always are against anything to assist with weight loss, so I want to do it alone.
Regards Jilly
I posted back in July when i started on the Pills. I have lost 35lbs to date and i am so pleased. PPL i really starting to notice now. My Doc is really chuffed too. I don’t diet as such i have what i want but find i don’t want the bad stuff in quantity and just little bits. I eat no processed food that def helps. Will keep you up to date. I do get nausea most mornings to the point of retching but it lasts all of 5 mins and then is forgotten. Keep going everyone
xx
hello to you all im new to this but i just wanted to let you all know ive been prescribed acomplia from my doctor at the weight loss clinic ive attended for two years..ive been on it for 2 days but i will keep in touch and let you all know how im doing..ive been overweight most of my life im now 44 .. this is my last chance before having a gastric bypass so a lot depends on this working.
regards mel
Hello All
Just a progress report. Last posted 23/09/07, I had lost 33kgs. Now total loss is 40kgs. Not tough going but good food choices are not very exciting.
Still have a long way to go but havn’t been this hopeful…..ever.
How is everyone else doing? Have all the earlier people found it works or what.
To new people I say try it.. it can work.
[total loss 40kgs since start april 07].
Good Luck, Marina
Hi all,
I am new and have been reading posts and would like to say congrats to everyone that is losing with acomplia!
I just bought a 2 weeks supply to try out from magicpharma.com and hopefully they are real and I can start losing weight before my birthday! I didn’t pay more then $20 so if I can’t get my money back I won’t feel so bad, but the site was very helpful and the checkout was secure and professional, so i’m just excited to get my pills!
Can anyone tell me a little about the drug, I can’t seem to find a description of what the pills look like, and it would be very helpful before I decide to try it!
Thanks
Katie
HI all,
I’m new and first of all, congrats to everyone that has lost with acomplia.
I have just bought a 2 weeks supply for $20 at magicpharma.com and I am so excited to get my pills! Hopefully I get them, if not I’m only out $20. I can’t get them by dr. because I am in the US.
Would someone please let me know what they look like though, I can’t seem to find a description and I want to make sure I have the right thing when I get it.
Ive just started taking Acomplia today after having them prescribed by the Consultant in the Diabetes Clinic.
He told me they would take at least a month to start having any effect and even then hes not convinced they will be of much help to me. I will give them a good go though cos Im ever the optamist!
Consultant did tell me however, if Acomplia doesent work there is now an injection for weight loss that works more effectively….has anyone heard about this and does anyone know how I can find out more? I havent a clue what this injection is called.
Last week I saw my GP as I have gained more than 3 stones in the last 18 months and requested a prescription for Accomplia. I have a relative who has recently been prescribed Accomplia and is doing remarkably well so far. However, I was told that my practice - Waterfoot Group of Doctors - in Rossendale, Lancashire BB4 - has had an NHS directive not to prescribe this drug. I know my relative obtained these via her NHS GP. Has anyone else had this problem?
hello everyone
today is my first day of taking rimonabant, i got 60 pills for £35 including postage.
my pills do not have the brand name of acomplia as they are generic but they seem ok they have a lot of info sent with them and each blister pack is stamped with batch number and exp date,they look very professional i hope that they are the real thing! im 27 and have been over weight for as long as i can remember although i lost 5st 3years ago with phentermine but as soon as i stopped them the weight returned. im hoping taking rimonabant will help give me the willpower i need to get into good habits with food.
good luck to everyone trying to loose weight
Rachel
Hi everyone, noticed there hasn’t been a post on here for a while but hope it’s still going. I just got my order today - I put on weight after I was ill and inactive, then it was a vicious circle.
I used to love sport but now I’m embarrassed to go to the gym or pool. I do a lot of walking and bike riding; this was slowly having an effect but I just couldn’t get the handle on portion control. I’m hoping that this will help me ‘learn’ what the right portions are for my body and thyen be more confident to go back out there and do sport/get in a swimming costume.
hiya jsut found these posts and was very interested to here about this treatment, i have previously had xenical and all i can say is yuk side effects. was on reductil for 6 months and lost a stone but after that my weight just stuck so gp took me off them and then weight crept back on. 3 years ago i weighed 8 stone. i had my first daughter and 6 months later still weighed 8 stone, i then had a second daughter and now i weigh 13½ stone, no change to eating habits or activity, infact i eat les now and do more running around than i did before, had all the usual tests throid function etc and cannot find a way of getting rid of the weight. I’ve now refused to go out of the house and started ahving panic attacks if i do cos i’m paranoid about how i look , i’m only 5ft 1 so i look about as wide as i do tall. I’m fed up basically. Is there andone in the uk county durham area who’s had these prescribed? i’m gonna see my doc on monday bless her shes prob fed up of me but she’s tried everthing for me. just wondedred if there was anyone else in my area who’d got them from doc and how hard wwas it to get them. thanks
Hi all,
I was so pleased to have read all about your story to do with the tablets Acomplia. I will be starting mine today and I am hoping these pills will work.
I use to be on reductil and I lost 3 stone in 7 months but, I did get problem i.e. periods at wrong times/sickness. And some heart problem which stop after I stopped taking them
. I did have rest for 7 weeks after finishing reductil and gained 5 lbs which isn’t to bad for no diet pill or dieting for 7 weeks. He has now put me on these tablets (Acomplia). Which I got on the NHS. I just hoping that these are as good for me as they are for most of you
I keep in touch to let you all know how I am doing on these.
Hi Julie, I’m 5′3” and 13stone- so I see where you’re coming from!
I went privately for my prescription, it’s pricey but I was too embarrassed to go to my usual GP, I’ve just found people so generally unaccepting in the past. Particularly my family- I get little digs all the time…my cousins are all gorgeous and skinny. They just don’t understand that to loose weight through exercise is possible but I already do an hour per day and more just won’t fit into my working life.
I have done the dtrict calorie counting but have found that unless combined with 2hrs exercise a day, there is no significant weight loss. I’ve only been on these tablets a few days but I’m definitely less hungry! Fingers crossed that it will work- I’ve found this board really encouraging.
HI
I am 28 and now 16 and half stone.
What UK based sites are good to buy acomplia from without having to go to your doctor as I do not think He will prescribe this to me?
I am off work as well and putting the pounds on is there any way I can get this free or cheaper?
In summary which british companies are best to buy from?
In summary, does this work on men and what is realistic to achieve per month in weight loss as well as calorie controlled diet?
Mark
mec980@yahoo.co.uk
HI
I am 28 and now 16 and half stone.
What UK based sites are good to buy acomplia from without having to go to your doctor as I do not think He will prescribe this to me?
I am off work as well and putting the pounds on is there any way I can get this free or cheaper?
In summary which british companies are best to buy from?
In summary, does this work on men and what is realistic to achieve per month in weight loss as well as calorie controlled diet?
Mark
mec980@yahoo.co.uk
I would like to talk to my fellow UK dieters:
1. Slimming World: I highly recommend going to slimming world, I have lost 2 1/2 pounds in a week and the support I am getting is great. This is a must I feel.
2. Inconjunction: Accomplia I bought from http://www.pcpdirect.co.uk/ at a cost of £55 which includes free delivery and a £2 perscription charge.
The company is based in Tamworth in West Midlands, the product comes in the original packaging and you have to sign when the product arrives, they have a UK Landline, email to which they respond to and UK registered company.
I am not a sales person for them but feel this is value for money and hope to see the results in 3 weeks time but I have lost weight on slimming world and if with a prescribed weight loss drug surely I cannot loose if I encompass a little excersise.
I recommend people try this company and post back to how they get on.
Mark Crossley - mec980@yahoo.co.uk
Hi everyone, its been a long time since I posted my details, I have now lost 6stones, and have now stood still for two months, I have been taking acomplia for 18 months, and my two year deadline is august. I have been to see my doctor and if my weight does not start to mve agian I can no longer have the medication, so I am in panic mode. I have followed my doctors suggestion, joined a gym, which I go to 3 times a ,week, and now because I have lost it I am walking 2- 3 times a week. Brilliant improvement from my wheelchair, because I was so big, 23stones, but is anyone in my position, nearly out of time, what happens next, do all my serious cravings come back, I cannot put this weight back on. Also because of my pacemaker and the warfarin I have been to private hospital, and I cannot have all my loose skin took off, so that weighs as well, has anyone come off this, what happens, I would appreciate any help, my doctor ,no one ,can advise because its new drug and my own GP doesnt know, there should realy be some back up, I shouldn,t be left unsure like this.
Hello,
like Diana I haven t posted for a while. I have been on acomplia for 10 months and have lost 48kgs… Very big to start with and a similar amount to go. they do work but you do have to try. I haven t thought about coming of them yet but hope for my GP’s support in continuing to supply them until I am much nearer my target.
Try not to be so tough on yourselves these pills have been my lifesafer but it is still hard.
Just hang in there.
Marina
Hi,
I have left my post a few months ago, but it did not appear in the forum. How can I add my comments?
Thanks,
Sveta.
HI, GP HAS PRESCRIBED ACOMPLIA TODAY..WAS A STRUGLE TO GET THEM..
CHESHIRE PCT…SAID SHE WOULD CONTINUE PRESCRIPTION IF SHE SEES A
GOOD WEIGHT LOSS. WILL POP FIRST ONE 2MORROW..YAAHOOO..
6STONE TO GO..
I am feeling good. Head feels a bit different. Managed to eat ok and
seem to be able to say no to chocolate even when ive touched it.
Early days !!weigh in at 16st 2lbs.
Not sure if anyone bothers with this site will go on again soon..
emily
I’ve also got a supply of Acomplia from my GP. He was very reluctant to give them to me and has said he will only let me have them for 3 months for some reason!
Going to start tomorrow and will update on how it’s going.
Good luck to everyone else who is just starting on them.
Going good so far. Side effects are wearing off. Back ache has gone and head feels ok. Not that bothered to eat at all and have to force myself but im sure that will subside. Hopefully will have a weight loss on saturday as i weigh myself once a week.
GOOD LUCK MARIE…
Hi Everyone,
Day one nearly over with and I have to say I haven’t noticed much difference so far. I have had really bad backache all day, thought it was just me, but now I am wondering if it’s a side effect, thanks for that Emily. I didn’t get a leaflet in my prescription, a bit odd as they came from my GP, so I’m not too sure of what side effects I can expect.
I’m going to take it one day at a time and see how I go. Got weighed this morning at 13 stone 12lb and I’m going to weigh in every Monday morning so I can keep a check on my progress. Will pop on daily and report if I feel any different throughout the week. Expecting internet to be down from Friday as I am moving house, but hopefully it won’t be too long before it’s up and running again. Before I forget, I haven’t felt the normal desire to smoke as much as I normally do so that has to be a big plus as I have tried everything under the sun to quit!
Marie
Hi, everything seems to be going great. It is a bit of a concern that marie has backache as well, but mine only lasted a day. A bit worrying what the long term effects could be. Cravings have gone and still able to resist the naughty foods.
Good luck Marie…
Hi everyone
Have now lost 6 stones and 4 lbs. But my doctor is retiring in March and I will no longer be able to get my accomplia tablets as the other doctors in the practice do not prescribe them, so from next month I will be on my own - which should be interesting. Have been on the tablets now for 15 months, the only side effects I have found is backache and also very brittle and flaky fingernails (or could this be because I no longer eat dairy products).
My weight has gone from 18 stone 10lbs to 12 stone 6 lbs, I would like to lost another stone but have been advised not to as my skin is beginning to ‘hang’!!! and there is no way I would go for surgery, I think that exercising is the next challenge.
I hope that you are all having as much success with these tablets as I am.
Regards
Chrissie
So far so good!! side effects have dissapeared and lost 7lbs..15st 9lbs..Just hope
the effects last. Well done chrissie..will post weight loss next week.
Do you have experience taking Acomplia? If so, I’m hoping you might be willing to speak with me (confidentially).
I am a sociologist at the London School of Economics, in the UK, and am investigating the thoughts and experiences of individuals on Acomplia / rimonabant. There is a lot of debate and talk about Acomplia in the media, but the voices of people who use the medication are rarely heard.
I would be greatful to anyone reading this who might be willing to share their stories and thoughts about Acomplia with me (either by telephone, or in person, if you prefer and if you are in or around London). Once again, the interviews would be COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL, I would not require or use any information that might identify you.
If you are willing to consider being interviewed, please do not hesitate to contact me on e-mail (s.vrecko@lse.ac.uk), or by phone (02071075233).
Thank-you very much,
Dr. Scott Vrecko
Hi, Have now been using Acomplia for 2 weeks and all side effects have now gone
apart from being able to resist the temptation to eat anything bad. Its really working well for me as i have tried Reductil and Xenical and side effects were awfull. I feel completely normal mentally and physically. I hope anyone out there that has a weight problem gets to give Acomplia a go. My weight today is 15st 5lbs. Actually i find myself forgetting to eat!! Which is so not like me and also do not feel that raging hunger as before. If it continues i will be a healthy B.M.I soon..I also do lots of exercise to shift the weight example:- 1 spinning class,1 aerobics class,i have a road bike and ride at least 20 miles in one go.I run there and back to all classes. Takes me about 10 mins…all the best..emily
Hi,
I have been taking Acomplia for3.5 months. My weight was 68kg and now 62kg. I want to go down to 60. Prior to that I could not lose any weight as I have no will power and love eating and drinking. Here my tips:
The less you need to lose the harder it becomes, but it still works slowly.
I use ‘vibrating plate’ from argos as I hate exercising. It works excellent.
I only have fruit for brunch and nothing for breakfast.
I am also taking in anti-depressants, so no side effects.
When I have a big takeaway, I take in orlistat too.
Hi Everyone
Well that’s it - no more acomplia for me as my doctor has retired and the other doctors do not believe in this treatment.
I started at 118.4 kilos and this morning I am 82 kilos. I was on the tablets for 17 months. I am delighted with the weight loss - I shall soldier on till I get to 80 kilos. Am slightly worried as to what might happen now that I am no longer on the tablets but will wait and see.
How are you doing Emily?
Good luck to everyone who is (seriously!!) using these tablets.
Chrissie
Hi All…
M GP is about to perscribe Acomplia for me next week… after my blood tests come back for thyroid etc…. I’ve had them done before so i’m quietly confident they will be fine & if they are he will perscribe for me acomplia.
I have actually paid for a gastric band & have lost 2 stone almost since july 08. thie has been so slow & I can still crave sweet stuff which I can eat!!
Has anyone else used Acomplia in conjunction with a gastric band?
The ability to only eat small meals is already there but the band doesnt stop thecraving & lets you eat choc & crisps with no probs… therefore I’m hoping both can work together to speed up my weight loss….
I still need to loose about 70lbs….
Can anyone share with me their experience of gastric bands & Acomplia?
thanks
now acomplia , rimonbant has been banned, does anyone know where you can gt it from, I have done realy well, 7 stones lost, but can nolonger get from my GP can anyone help.
Hi
I have quite a few Slimona (Rimonabant) which i brought while in Goa, although they have now been banned there also if any one is interested in them. They worked for me and i never had any side effects,
Let me know if anyone is interested, but you buy knowing the problems they say that they are causing.
Patsy
Hi Patsy, I’m really interested in buying Slimona (Rimonabant). Can you sell me some ? or the address where you can buy it?
Thanks
Xavi
Hi Patsy, if you want to contact me my email is xavi@37.com I’m interested in buying Slimona.
Regards
Xavi
Hi
Have sent you an e.mail
Patsy