Everyone wants to feel and look fit, but some people want a little extra help getting there. Diet drugs are the fast solution, often dangerous as well, to getting slim. Many don't work, and those that do come with powerful side effects or consequences. This guidebook discusses what diet drugs are, the difference between prescription and other diet drugs, alternatives to such drugs, and the history of dieting. Readers will learn about Fen-Phen, Ephedra, and other 'fad solutions' to our ever-present desires to be thin.
