Do Adipex And Adderall Contain The Same Ingredient?

Posted on Tue, 16 Feb 2016

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Question : hello. My wife has bin put on addie pack. Its 4 loosing weight, and I'm on adderal. does it have the same meds in it. She seems to get a lot of energy from them.. She is out of hers can she take a couple of mine? and if she has a pee test done, will she pass? Thank You.

Answered by Dr. Alexander H. Sheppe (26 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello, and thanks for your question.

Adipex contains phentermine, a stimulant, which leads to appetite suppression. Adderall contains mixed amphetamine salts in much, much higher doses. It would be highly, highly dangerous for your wife to take Adderall that was not prescribed to her in a monitored way. She would also fail any urine test, as this would show up positive as amphetamine. Therefore, I do not recommend your wife take Adderall.

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