Types Of Diet Pills

There are such a large variety of diet pills available today that it can be challenging to tell one from another. While there are many different name brand pills, most of the diet pills today will fall within certain categories. Whether prescription or over the counter, most of them work in ways similar to others in their group.

Prescription diet pills are most often given to patients who are clinically obese, or who have a Body Mass Index of 30 or higher. The best selling of these pills is Phentermine, also known as Adipex. These diet pills are very effective because they kill the appetite and make it much easier to drastically reduce food intake. Other appetite suppressant diet pills work in the same way that this one does: They cause the brain’s neurotransmitters to stop sending hunger signals.
Another category of prescription diet pills are the fat absorption inhibitors, such as Meridia and Xenical. These type of diet pills work by limiting the amount of fat that can be absorbed by the body. Since excess fat consumption results in unpleasant side effects such as oily stools, most patients find it easier to reduce their fat intake rather than risk the side effects.

Other popular diet pills today are over the counter drugs that use natural herbal supplements such as green tea to accelerate weight loss. Long term studies on such drugs have not yet been conducted, but there area some patients who feel that these natural diet pills work just as well as the prescription ones, without the side effects of feeling jittery.

Every patient is different but one thing is certain: There is a diet pill that can work for everybody out there. It is just a matter of choosing what is best for you.