15 mg is actually a pretty low dose of phentermine. I took it for years, at a much higher dose, and never had a physical or psychological addiction to it. The side effects can be bad -- joint pain, muscular pain, dilated pupils, sweating, dry mouth, weird taste in your mouth, inability to sleep, headaches, nervousness, moodiness, short term memory loss, increased heart rate and blood pressure. The longer you take phentermine, the higher your tolerance will be and you may not have any side effects at all. The thing I loved about phentermine was that I could go a whole day without even thinking about food. It completely shut down my appetite, both in my stomach and my head. But it certainly is not a long term solution to weight management. I would only use it again for a week or two if I was going through a particularly hard time controlling myself.

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Weight: 218/137/118 Height: 5'0"
Banded 1/17/2007 - Dr. Spivak, Houston, TX - 4 cc band
1st fill - saline 1.5 ccs on 2/15/07 (.7 absorbed, .8 removed)
2nd fill - omnipaque 2 ccs on 3/8/07
3rd fill - omnipaque .3 ccs on 3/15/07
4th fill - omnipaque 1.2 ccs on 5/9/07
5th fill - omnipaque .3 ccs on 6/14/07
Total Fill of 3.8 ccs