Side effects

Medicines and their possible side effects can affect individual people in different ways. The following are some of the side effects that are known to be associated with this medicine. Because a side effect is stated here, it does not mean that all people using this medicine will experience that or any side effect.

Headache

Rash

Dizziness or loss of balance

Constipation

Faster than normal heart beat (tachycardia)

Dry mouth

Difficulty in sleeping (insomnia)

High blood pressure (hypertension)

Depression

Vomiting

Nausea

Addiction to the medicine (dependence)

Agitation

Restlessness

Awareness of your heart beat (heart palpitations)

Seizures (convulsions)

Loss of contact with reality (psychosis)

Balance problems involving the inner ear (vertigo)

Difficulty performing voluntary movements, resulting in jerky or involuntary movements or muscle twitches (dyskinesia)

False perceptions of things that are not really there (hallucinations)

A state of well-being, optimism and cheerfulness (euphoria)

Increased need to pass urine

Swelling of the face due to excessive retention of fluid (oedema)

Chest pain

Raised blood pressure in the blood vessels supplying the lungs (pulmonary hypertension)

The side effects listed above may not include all of the side effects reported by the drug's manufacturer. For more information about any other possible risks associated with this medicine, please read the information provided with the medicine or consult your doctor or pharmacist.

How can this medicine affect other medicines?

When taken together with mono-amine oxidase inhibitor antidepressants (or within two weeks of stopping treatment), there may be a large increase in blood pressure. This medicine should not be taken with other appetite suppressants e.g. fenfluramine, dexfenfluramine as dangerous increases in blood pressure may result. There may be an interaction between phentermine and alcohol.

Other medicines containing the same active ingredients

Ionamin

Phentermine

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