"i love this it is my miracle on a bottle. i was extremely skeptical when my doctor brought it up. i had never in my 58 years used any weight loss med. there are challenges but i no longer think about food. i can turn down sweets and i no longer drink any soda. i eat way less and my body lets me know what it needs. i have lost 40 lbs in 5 months. i too suffered side effects especially when i went to 4 pills a day. so for a month i took the 4 pills but i broke them up 1 pill at a time. that was the only month i did not lose weight. but when i started back to the correct dosage no more side effects and the weight started coming off. hang in there. for me it works."