Oh Colleen,

A FAMILY member indeed. when you have seen my pictures on expats.com you might inquire for me too.

Mike

I still cant find that pic mike ...you will have to P/M me it .....what i want to know is have you bought any slimming pills .......

Hi Colleen,

The subject of slimming tablets has appeared on Goa forum before. It was in a section about must buys in Goa.

The appetite suppressant 'Obestat' was mentioned. I think the UK equivalent is 'Reductil'. I didn't buy mine in Goa because I was too shy to ask but I bought them on the internet (the obestat that is). They don't make your pooh greasy like the some of the diet tablets do because they work in a different way.

I took them for a while and although they helped me to lose weight, they aggravated my migraines.

Sheila.

Mike I wouldnt say you need Slimming Pills after looking at your pictures.

Ellie

You found me then, Colleen go to britishexpats.com photo gallery on left, along top icons press search, on the right press search members name enter FUWID, then scroll down and execute search.

Oh and thanks Ellie but i have put a little weight on since wedding.

Mike

Enquired about slimming tablets when I was in Goa in April. I asked about a brand name you can get in the UK (on prescription and cant remember the name sorry!) but they were not available over the counter and I was offered a substitute, think it was the Obestat name, but cant remember, also I didnt buy them either.
Worked out at 200 rupees for a strip of 10 which is good cos I believe they are very expensive in the UK.
Will buy them this Novmeber tho

Reduce-15 [sibutramine hydrochloride] is what you usually get, on Pkt states 205 Rs for 10 capsules.

Reduce-15 is what United Chemist sold in Calungute. He had a poster on the wall advertising them. They cost approx £7.50 for 1 months supply (equivalent of which would cost you £50.00 at National Slimming Centres throughout the UK). He also sold water tablets at a few pence per strip which helps get rid of the excess water?!?!?

Be careful..I have bought obestat in the past..they were ok, but they are a short term fix.

Last time I went to the chemist in Calangute they sold me something else just in strips, I bought loads...they made me feel wierd and definitely had a high amphetimine content...not healthy me thought?, I still have hundreds!..No instructions or side effect warnings either. I am not knocking anyone that wants to buy these kind of tablets, ( I do want to myself)..But am giving them a wide berth as you are not sure what you are buying!!!

Ann

I bought Leptos - same as Reductil cost 150INR for a strip of 10. Still have some now, if you buy them watch the expiry date.

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PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE TABLETS, this is what happened to me in January 2006, I have copied my previous posting as I am not clued up on how to do a link, but what happened to me can very easily happen to any one.

Please be very careful with what they give you, this year in January, we had stayed in Goa for 7 weeks, and we left Goa for Mumbai, to spend another week before travelling home, as we were hiring the same villa for another holiday in November we left two suitcases, in the land lords house for our return.

It wasen't until we reached Mumbai that we realised we had left our medication in Goa, both my husband and I take very strong prescription pain killers, we wern't worried as I had a copy of our prescription, and we took this to a pharmacy in Mumbai, we were given the equivelent to our prescription so we thought. My pain killers are Tramodol, and are usually capsules in this country, I take between four and 8 capsules a day, I was given small white tablets, which I used as I normally do. I felt great.

On arriving back in this country, and arriving home, I got into the car to drive to the supermarket, to get some milk and bread, on the way to the supermarket, the engine stalled I started the car again, forgetting I was still in gear, I drove into the back of a 60,000 pound Jaguar, writing off his car, and also writing off my car, which was exactly 3 months old. The police were called, and I was breathalised, which I passed, but the police arrested me believing I was under the influence of drugs, they had asked me to walk a straight line, with out the aid of my crutch, and to do daft tests like standing on one foot, for the count of 50, well I couldn't do this any way as I have a damaged hip, at the police station I gave a urine sample, and this was sent away for testing, in the mean while I was bailed.

2 months later I returned to the police station as per the bail, expecting that there would be no charge, as the only drugs that I had taken were my prescription drugs, you can imagine my horror to find that the sample that I had given them revealed that I had been taking VALIUM what I thought was Tramadol was Valium and I had been taking up to 8 a day for the past week, I was charged with Driving under the influence of prescription drugs.

Besides losing my licence I was also under the threat of Prison because of the amount of Valium I had in my system, It took nearly 4 months, with the aid of a very good Solicitor to get this case dropped, we had to employ a laboratory to get the tablets I had remaining annalised, an orthapedic surgeon, to examine me to prove that I couldn't have passed the tests, Doctors letters were needed, It was four months of sheer hell.

In the end the Crown Prosecution decided not to go ahead with the case as they could not guarentee successful outcome of my being proved Guilty. I was damned lucky, because if I had been found guilty my insurance would not have covered me, I would have had to pay out more than 80,000 pounds for the cars, and also the injuries to the other driver.

Never again will I use my prescription abroad, so please be very very careful with what tablets you are given. There tablets are not the same as ours, so you wont know the difference, until it is too late.

tomitma that must have been terrifying for you. Im glad the outcome was ok but having to go through all that - jeez!!

Your experience certainly is enough to make us stop and think. As Elliebee said thank goodness it worked out alright in the end for you, but the fact that you were taking a substance you were not aware of doesn't bear thinking about.

Irish - if I were you I would stay away from those pills and stick to ya porridge

Sunseeker,

Have you forgot something they are not for Colleen they are for a family member MMMMMMMM!!!!!

Mike

Mike - Irish knows me by now!

I'm glad Tomitma has pointed everyone in the direction of her post.
In view of the potential dangers I really think that HT cannot allow recommendations and discussions on the forums. I'm going to have to lock this now.