Pills? Help Please!? TrimSpa?
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at
4:19 am
i was thinking about trying Trimspa, my cousin went onto it and she lost 110 lbs. so wat do u say?
if u been on dem tell me if they worked for you
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Some pills carry a risk. Pills used to (not sure if the still do, but it is possible) have tape worms and other parasites that would eat the food you ingest so you’d loose weight fast. The problem was that you couldn’t stop loosing the weight, and eventually got sick. And it wasn’t until it was too late that you’d realize that you’d been fooled by some company out to make some money.
If you’re looking to loose weight, I’d stick to eating healthy and exercising regularly. Better safe than sick.
Anna Nicole Smith reportedly took six pills a day, which according to the label is the maximum recommended dose of Trimspa. But that wasn’t all she took. She also told the press that she took a "colon cleanser" laxative that keep her "on the pot all the time" and modified her diet, basically admitting that it wasn’t just the Trimspa diet pills that made her lose weight.
Trimspa is expensive. If you take the recommended amount of four pills a day, one bottle will last 22 days. The retail price of a bottle of Trimspa is $34.95, which adds up to more than $48 per month.
Trimspa side effects may include anxiety and insomnia. Most people’s cravings occur in the late afternoon and evening, however taking Trimspa in the late afternoon and evening may be too stimulating for some people and may lead to insomnia, anxiety, palpitations, and restlessness.
Although Trimspa no longer lists ingredients and their amounts individually, previously, each pill contained 125 mg of green tea extract. The total daily intake of four pills a day would provide 500 milligrams of green tea extract and 200 mg of caffeine, which is roughly equivalent to two 8-ounce cups of coffee. The cocoa extract can also be stimulating.
Trimspa contains Hoodia gordonii. Hoodia is a plant native to South Africa. Hoodia has a long history of use as an appetite suppressant by the San indigenous peoples of South Africa. Although it is a tremendously popular diet pill ingredient, there are some concerns about liver toxicity and whether it’s even possible to obtain pure versus fake hoodia in commercial products.Trimspa may trigger migraines. The cocoa extract in Trimspa contains tyramine, which may trigger migraines in susceptible people, especially if taken in large amounts.
Trimspa shouldn’t be taken with Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor (MAOI) antidepressant drugs. MAOI drugs include phenelzine (Nardil), tranylcypromine (Parnate), selegiline (Eldepryl), and isocarboxazid (Marplan). These drugs react with foods containing tyramine, such as cocoa, and may lead to a dangerous rise in blood pressure, as well as headache, nausea, vomiting, rapid heartbeat, possible confusion, psychotic symptoms, seizures, stroke and coma when combined with MAOI antidepressants.
Trimspa contains naringin, the compound in grapefruit that can interfere with the metabolism of many common prescription drugs. Naringin can increase blood levels of drugs that are metabolized by the intestinal cytochrome P450 3A4 system, raising the risk of toxicity. The label on the Trimspa bottle doesn’t properly caution about potential drug interactions. Some of the drugs that interact with naringin include:
Antiarrhythmics – Amiodarone (Cordarone), disopyramide (Norpace), quinidine
Anticoagulants, e.g. Warfarin (Coumadin)
Calcium channel blockers – Felodipine (Plendil), nicardipine (Cardene), nifedipine (Procardia), nimodipine (Nimotop), nisoldipine (Sular)
Statins – Atorvastatin (Lipitor), lovastatin (Mevacor), simvastatin (Zocor)
Immunosuppressants – Cyclosporine (Sandimmune, Neoral), tacrolimus (Prograf)
Protease inhibitors – Saquinavir (Fortovase)
Trimspa shouldn’t be taken by people with shellfish allergies. Trimspa contains glucosamine. The glucosamine in supplements is derived from shellfish shells.
Trimspa contains food dyes and additives. Trimspa contains the food dyes FD&C Red #40, and Aluminum lake (blue dye) and other additives. This isn’t specific to Trimpsa – food dyes and additives are found in many prescription drugs and foods.