"i started taking adipex -phentermine35.7 august 6, 2015 weighing 195.7. i take half a pill in the morning and another half around 1. i am on my 9th day today and weighing in at 181.1. that is 14.6 lbs in 9 days. i drink a ton of water, which the dry mouth helps me with that. i follow a very strict atkins diet and i do not miss a meal. i have not given it a 10 because i want see what happens when i get to my weight goal and stop the medication. i was jittery for the first week, but that has passed."