"hello. i&#039;m a 28 year old female standing 5&#039;3&quot;. i went to my doctor on 7/31/14 and was prescribed phentermine 37.5. at the office i weighed in at 275 lbs.! i started taking the medication on 8/1/14 (half a pill to see how it would effect my heart rate. i have hypertension). on 8/2/14 i weighed myself and the scale read 269.6. i only took half a pill that day, too. this morning, 8/3/14, i weighed in at 265 on the nose! i&#039;ve been overweight since the age of three and remember being on diet pills at the age of nine. i&#039;ve tried it ali. as an emotional eater who needed a miracle, all i can say is thank god."