# In which I give the fad diet pills a try.

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**Created:** [January 6, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-give-the-fad-diet-pills-a-try/338685 "2006-01-06T02:29:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-give-the-fad-diet-pills-a-try/338685/21 "2006-01-20T17:14:23Z")

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> [@Aesiron](#):
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> I’ve never had any kind of side-effect taking the pills (and have taken three at once on a few occasions) except for unpleasant aftertastes but I know at least two friends that couldn’t use them because they made them too twitchy. I’d suggest buying one of the small boxes instead of the large bottles to give them a try.

Thanks! I’m going to give it a shot. I’ve pretty much quit drinking except for the rare cocktail so worrying about combining diet pills and booze won’t be a problem. I’m going to hoof it to the pharmacy now.

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**Author:** ![Amaranta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-give-the-fad-diet-pills-a-try/338685/22 "2006-01-20T22:49:41Z")

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I like HoodiaTrim by Flora. It’s got Hoodia, an appetite supressant, and other stuff like green tea extract, green coffee extract, yerba mate, and so on. It’s not overeating at meals I had a problem with, as I rarely find time for a sit down meal. It’s the constant grazing I did during the day, and the weird hours I keep that were the problem. The one thing I’ve noticed with this stuff is that I do have to remind myself to eat, I can easily go a day or two without food and not feel hungry. And after about 100 calories or so, I’m full to the brim. Plus, it doesn’t give me that wired shaky feeling that Ephedra did.

Great stuff.

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