Non Prescription Diet Pills

Non Prescription Diet Pills

Non-prescription or over-the-counter diet pills, on the other hand, are normally classified as weight loss supplements. They are not drugs and are not made up of chemicals, but are actually a concoction of one or more natural derivatives found in plants and herbs. As such, you do not have to worry about matters such as tolerance and addiction to these supplements. This type of diet pills can be bought without a doctor’s prescription and are manufactured in lower dosages.

Non prescription diet pills generally contain caffeine, which increases heart rate and basal metabolism and gives you more energy in work outs, which can be quite effective in weight loss. Once these pills contained ephedra, which strengthened the effect on the heart rate and metabolism, but the FDA banned it in 2003 after proof that ephedra occasionally caused arrhythmia and sudden death. Now most non prescription diet pills use green tea, which seems to have an effect on the metabolism and also slows fat production, or bitter orange, which is a chemical isolated from citrus fruit. Other common ingredients include ''herbal ephedra'' which is often a plant called hoodia, and chitosan, which is produced from shellfish and is a mild fat blocker.

Herbal Ephedra

They are generally suited for people who are not yet seriously obese but would still like to shed of a few pounds. Examples of non-prescription or over-the-counter diet supplements include Ephedra diet pills, slimming and herbal teas, Hoodia, Proactol, ProShapeRX, and Dietrine.