Americans spent an estimated $59 billion last year fighting fat that’s right the B word billion — on weight-loss. It’s know to everyone in the health industry as an avalanche of health problems coming in the near future if people do not get their weight under control.

A great new product emerged in Feb 2009 called phentemine375™ its main ingredient is in the original phentermine family, but they have added some interesting hormones that are dealing with obesity issues. You can see this product on their website www.phen375.com and check out the ingredients quite impressive. Most of us remember a product which also used phentermine called fen-phen which was pulled of the market years ago. A few other products are beginning to show up; another new and promising one is called Adiphene but not currently available. Adphene is scheduled to be released in the later part of 2010. I was not able to contact them directly but did see several press releases regarding this new pharmaceutical weight loss product.

What seems to work well is an appetite suppressant, gym or exercise program and adequate or appropriate dieting. Researchers have discovered many of the food additives being added to processed food actually make us addicted and often suffer withdraw from certain processed foods.

Have you ever had or noticed how you open a bag of chips and you cannot just eat one. You decide to get a bag of small chocolates but you eat one and all of a sudden you are stuffing your mouth with them. You no longer are enjoying the flavor is more of an addictive deep desire to eat as many as possible as quickly as possible to fill that strange desire . You seem to be compelled to eat the whole bag, well now you know why. The new buzz in the processed food industry is F.A.A (food additive addiction).

What did we spend 59 Billion on in 2009; here is a short list special foods, low-calorie soft drinks, appetite suppressants, gym memberships, diet books, exercise videos, even stomach-clamping surgery.

Less than 1 % of that sum, was estimated by the research firm Market-data Enterprises, was spent on prescription drugs. Despite years of research effort fen-phen fiasco law suit cost has not been forgotten from the 1990s — the pharmaceutical industry has not made meaningful progress in combating obesity, one of the nation’s biggest and costliest health problems. None prescription products have taken over the market. The FDA has effectively killed the prescription weight loss development by making it virtually impossible to get a product to market. Most products currently in the pipe line will never be seen or consumed by the public.

Now, there were a few other products that might come to market in 2010 or 2011 . You might actually see them in the new future. Phen375 is already out and pushing forward the other three small California companies hope to succeed where many bigger players have failed. The companies Arenza, Orexigein and Viveus plan to apply in the coming months for regulatory approval of anti-obesity drugs that could reach the market in late 2010 or in 2011 along with Adiphene a fourth promising new comer in 2010 or 2011.

Now about one-third of adult Americans are now considered to be obese, and another third overweight. If you look at this from a medical care issue its astonishing, all the problems associated with being overweight are simply mind boggling and not to mention the cost of health care that will be required. Successful drugs like phen375 could garner billions of dollars in sales, even as it potentially reduces the nation’s overall medical bill. Adiphene is promised to be the biggest breakthrough of all but again it’s not currently ready; this seems to be the next big real breakthrough that has substantial financial backing and real promise of successfully being produced in 2010.

In recent studies conducted partly by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated that treating obesity and diseases caused by it will cost as much as $192 billion in 2010, or 11 percent of all health care spending quite possibly much more. This expense is growing at an alarming rate and may become a national crisis in the near future.

Obesity or weight loss was quoted by a leading pharmaceutical head as our pot of gold “This is the biggest industry worldwide, said Jack, chief executive of Arenal Pharm, referring to cholesterol-lowering drugs like Lipitor, which by itself had $12.4 billion in global sales last year.

The companies we have looked at say they have tried especially to avoid side effects that have tripped up diet drugs in the past. Out of the list we have seen the only currently available diet product on the market already in 2010 is the phentemine375™ and can be purchased online at their web site www.phen375.com. The other products on the horizon are from Orexigetin and Viruis are combinations of two drugs, which some experts say might be more effective than a single medicine. But currently this product is not being provided to the public , we cannot send you to their web site to review since they simply are not ready and may never be.

Patients in clinical trials of these drugs lost an average of 3 to 10 percent of their weight. The question will be what happens 6 months from the end of the test. The trial data has shown phen375 product users to get an average of 3 to 5 pounds per week weight loss if use as directed. We did notice that they do require following a diet plan for a minimum of 30 days. From the articles published by phen375.com the reason is to build new eating habits for weight loose. Additionally diet, exercise and eating habits alterations should always be accompanied with any sensible diet product.

Most experts say the weight loss provided by the drugs alone are modest, and in some cases is no better than that of existing drugs. Still, if the new drugs prove safer they could nonetheless help millions of people. “I really believe that for the first time we already have a good option and possibly some new ones on the way providing real options,” said Dr. Gean GuRioka, director of the weight management center at Berkley Clinic in .

Safety is a biggest concern for obesity treatments because the drugs might be taken for many years, and by many people who might be otherwise healthy but for their weight. People who are not even obese might also want the drugs, a vanity issue that rarely comes into play for treatments aimed at, say, diabetes or hypertension. There are risk but the rewards are much greater.

While three or four drugs possible new products are getting closer to market, one is currently already available and marketed; Phen375 seems to be our best current option in the obesity fight. Adiphene is also a bright spot in the near future, but like the other three it has not yet been released and there is no guarantee any of them will actually be released. There are about three dozen other drugs that are currently in the development pipe line or in some stage of clinical trials.

Most experts say they have been impressed by the weight loss achieved by phen375s trials using a combination of two hormones. Another company following a similar rout is being developed by Amiline Pharm, a California bio company. This is an interesting development but not entirely new , phentemine375™ already markets a hormone enhanced diet pill that was released in 2009 and is showing remarkable success. Since they are already marketing phen375 diet pills which include hormones it seems as though Amiline will not be anything new or quite possibly may not even be comparable to what phen375 currently produced. Phen375.com is a step ahead of Amilines development. Only time will tell if Amiline can come through with a comparable product to compete with phen375.

“We have so few treatments available to help individuals manage their appetite control and weight,” said Dr. Robert F. Kushner, clinical director of the obesity center at Northwestern University, “that anything added to the toolbox is going to be helpful.” Remember weight loss is a four stage process, A. food consumption control, B. exercise even moderately, C. eating appropriately or habit changes, D. speeding up the metabolism artificially using stimulates or physically through diet and exercise.

I recommend that anyone searching for a diet product realize these are key and essential steps to losing weight for the long and short term. The only company that is addressing at least three of these four issues are being dealt with by phen375. It’s my believe that anyone looking for help losing weight needs to make sure these steps are addressed, four essential steps in the weight loss battle.

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