Phen-Pro, the combination of phentermine plus Prozac (fluoxetine), caused a similar amount of weight loss as Phen-Fen, the combination of phentermine plus fenfluramine, but the dropout rate was twice as high according to a study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. 

Paul Rivas, M.D. is an internist in the Baltimore area who is using the combination of phentermine and Effexor (venlafaxine) with good success. Larry Hobbs interviewed Dr. Rivas by phone.

In his interview, William Wilson, M.D., discussed a condition he has named Hypothalamic Pituitary Dysfunction, or HPD for short. In this article he provides an outline for diagnosis, treatment and examples of patients he has treated.

“Presenting symptoms and excess body fat should be the determining factor for treating obesity, not body mass index,” says William L. Wilson, M.D. of Chisholm, Minn. “We have found that Body Mass Index (BMI) does not consistently correlate with percent body fat until BMI exceeds 35.2.

Psychiatrist Dr. Dennis Padla 5-HTP may help patients who have plateaued, but may also increase the incidence of some side effects.

The author of a study on the combination of Phentermine and Prozac discusses his findings.

The combination of phentermine and Prozac may be as effective as Fen-Phen like Michael Anchors, M.D. suggests, or may be even more effective. This according to preliminary results from a retrospective study performed by Dennis Padla, M.D. and J. Spoke, P.A. of St. Joseph, Mich. 

Dr. Michael Anchors notes that adding 5-HTP to Phentermine-Proac helps about half of plauteaed patients to lose more weight.

Michael Anchors, M.D., Ph.D. was the first to describe the use of phentermine combined with Prozac (fluoxetine) and other SSRIs in his best-seller Safer Than Phen-Fen (Prima Publishing, 1997). He is a clinical professor of medicine at Georgetown University and has a family practice in Gaithersburg, Maryland. A little over a year ago he started adding 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) in some of his patients taking Phen-Prozac.

Larry Hobbs interviewed Dr. Anchors by email to find out what effect, if any, it has had.

Michael Anchors, M.D., Ph.D., the author of “Safer Than Phen-Fen” dicusses the use of combining phentermine with Prozac and other SSRIs to help patients lose weight.

Psychiatrist Dr. Dennis Padla 5-HTP may help patients who have plateaued but may also increase the incidence of some side effects.

Dr. Michael Anchors says that adding 5-HTP to Phentermine-Proac helps about half of plauteaed patients to lose more weight.

Michael Anchors, M.D., Ph.D. is the author of the book titled Safer Than Phen-Fen. He is a clinical professor of medicine at Georgetown University and operates a family practice in Maryland. 

This is an update to the interview with Michael Anchors, M.D., Ph.D. about the use of Phen-Pro, the combination of phentermine and Prozac or certain other SSRIs.

“We wouldn’t be in business without 5-HTP,” says Richard B. Rothman, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Director of BE-LITE Medical Centers located in Virginia and Maryland.

“We’re getting seventy-eight percent greater weight loss than we got with Fen-Phen,” says Martin Hinz, M.D., from Morgan Park Clinic of Duluth, Minn. “This is since we made some additional changes to our program in January of this year.”