I didn't know it was permitted.
Years ago during the Phen-phen thing, my doctor prescribed a different cocktail - instead of fenfluramine/dexfenfluramine, he prescribe phendimetrazine/phentermine in addition to a high-fiber/low fat diet, monthly visits and very close oversight of my intake. It worked great for me - lost about 40-50 pounds (which I eventually gained back anyway, after I was done with the drugs), but phentermine ALWAYS makes me jittery, depressed and moody.
I was somehow under the impression that phendimetrazine was no longer permitted by law. Of course, the last time I asked for a prescription, my doctor at the time was against any kind of medical intervention for obesity or weight loss.
I'm for anything that works, although even as a beneificiary of gastric bypass surgery, I can assure you, nothing is foolproof, and without some long term change, you'll never keep weight off.
I hate the fact that there are some who insist the only acceptable means of weight loss is simply diet and exercise. Many people who are obese have turned a corner where suffiicient exercise is too much strain on an already overstrained body. For some of us, that answer means it will take longer than we might have left to live.
