weight loss
"First of all, I have tried phentermine/topiramate and contrave. My FNP ordered the phentermine 15mg and topiramate 50mg separately and it is super cheap! About $20-25 a month cost. She was well aware of the cost for the combination drug so she started me on the drugs separately on lower doses and increased me and it worked just the same!
Next, I stopped those two drugs for awhile because I hit the plateau and went on Contrave (expensive) and as soon as I built up to the required dose I developed hives and a horrible uncontrolled itching that required benadryl. So it was not effective to say the least. I went back to Phentermine and Topiramate and had great effects again after. Wt 167 down to 145 in 5 months (22lbs)"