Used for short periods as part of a diet plan to help you lose weight
Brand Names:
Tenuate, Tenuate Dospan
Contraindications:
You should not use this medicine if you have had an allergic reaction to diethylpropion, other diet pills such as Fastin®, or amphetamines such as Dexedrine®. You should not use this medicine if you have problems with drug abuse, high blood pressure, heart disease, overactive thyroid, severe anxiety, or glaucoma
Uses:
Tablet, Long Acting Tablet
Your doctor will tell you how much to take and how often.
Take the tablet 1 hour before meals. To avoid trouble sleeping, take your last dose of the day about 4 to 6 hours before bedtime (unless your doctor tells you differently).
Swallow the extended-release tablet whole - do not break, chew, or crush. To avoid trouble sleeping, take the extended-release tablet dose in the morning (unless your doctor tells you differently).
If a dose is missed:
If you take 1 dose a day, take the missed dose as soon as possible. If you do not remember until the next day, skip the missed dose and just take your one tablet for that day.
If you take more than 1 dose a day, take the missed dose as soon as possible. If it is almost time for your next usual dose, wait until then to take your medicine and skip the missed dose.
You should not use two doses at the same time.
Storage:
Store at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light.
Keep all medicine out of the reach of children.
Special precautions:
Before taking, tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to any medications. tell your doctor and pharmacist what prescription and nonprescription medications, vitamins, nutritional supplements, and herbal products you are taking. tell your doctor if you have or have ever had heart failure or liver disease. tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding. If you become pregnant while taking, call your doctor
Make sure your doctor knows if you are taking amantadine, amphetamines (Dexedrine®), cocaine, (Cylert®), methylphenidate (Ritalin®), other diet pills, medicine for asthma, allergies, or colds, or blood pressure medicine.
Tell your doctor if you have taken an MAO inhibitor such as Marplan® or Parnate® within the past 14 days.
Avoid alcohol and caffeine while taking this medicine.
Warnings:
Check with your doctor before taking this medicine if you have Tourette's syndrome, depression, epilepsy (seizures), kidney disease, diabetes, or drug or alcohol abuse problems.
Diethylpropion may be habit-forming. You may have withdrawal symptoms such as stomach pain, trembling, depressed mood, tiredness, or anxiety after you stop taking the medicine.
If you have taken this medicine for a long time, do not suddenly stop taking it. Talk to your doctor first.
If the medicine does not seem to work as well after a few weeks, talk to your doctor. You should not use more of it than your doctor prescribed.
This medicine may make you dizzy or feel "high." Be careful if you are driving a car or using machinery.
For patients with diabetes, this medicine may change the level of sugar in your blood or urine. Tell your doctor if your tests for sugar in blood or urine change.
Talk with your doctor before use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Tell your doctor or dentist that you are taking diethylpropion before having any kind of surgery.
Side Effects:
Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
