Diet aids have been around for a very long time, the fight to lose weight has taken people into some pretty dangerous places with some even losing their lives in the constant struggle to be slim. Some drugs safer than others, diet aids such as generic Adipex have been around for a long time and while the science and the products have come a long ways, they all share one thing in common the desire to shed unwanted pounds. Before there were diet pills there were a number of desperate measures taken by those who wished to keep their shapely figures, including ingesting tape worms in the early 20th century and taking a chemical called dinitrophenol in the 1930's that was extremely toxic and could cause blindness and death. With no clear science on why people were gaining weight and what could be done to stop it, people willingly tried just about anything.

The 1950's saw the first real diet pills being prescribed by doctors, these diet pills were amphetamines that when used on soldiers during World War II not only kept them awake and alert but were seen to suppress appetite. It was soon found though that these same pills used as a daily diet pill, resulted in a substance abuse problem so these drugs fell into disfavor and eventually doctors stopped prescribing them for anything more than short term weight loss. By 1959 a new diet drug the precursor to generic Adipex came on the scene in the form of phentermine. By the early 70's this pill was being prescribed by doctors under name of Fastin, although later it would also be available as Ionamin, Adipex and a generic.

This drug was quite effective at suppressing the appetite and thus weight loss unfortunately it lost its effectiveness after a few weeks, and was addictive giving it limited potential as a diet drug. By 1992 a new diet drug combination emerged that promised positive results. A combination of Fenfluramine and phentermine this drug was dubbed fen-phen and it was an overnight success. As patients and doctors heard of its success rate millions of prescriptions were written. On the heels of fen-phen came dexfenfluramine, also combined with phentermine to create dexfen-phen. Less than two years later both drugs were pulled from the market on reports of it causing heart valve problems. Right on its heels King Pharmaceuticals stopped making Fastin, leaving only Ionamin, Adipex and its generic.

Following the failure of Fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine, natural supplements for weight loss became popular, while many are safe there are others such as ephedra that the FDA banned because of reports of deaths caused by this supplement. Ionamin, Adipex and its generic are still being sold but many people are now looking for safer natural alternatives for weight loss, that are just as effective as the prescription diet drugs of years gone by. Wholesale Health Direct is in the business of selling Fastin and other top quality natural diet aids at wholesale prices.