Obesity Oddities
It now seems like an oddity that in the 1950s and '60s methamphetamine was prescribed to help people lose weight. More info from wikipedia: "History and culture of substituted amphetamines" In the 1950s, there was a rise in the legal prescription of methamphetamine to the American public. Methamphetamine constituted half of the amphetamine salts for the original formulation for the diet drug Obetrol. Methamphetamine was also marketed for sinus inflammation or non-medicinal purposes as "pep pills" or "bennies". California Medicine - June 1967 In the ad below, physicians are urged to prescribe dextro-amphetamine to patients who have gained 10 pounds since their last checkup. Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey - Aug 1967click to enlarge
It now seems like an oddity that in the 1950s and '60s methamphetamine was prescribed to help people lose weight. More info from wikipedia: "History and culture of substituted amphetamines"
In the 1950s, there was a rise in the legal prescription of methamphetamine to the American public. Methamphetamine constituted half of the amphetamine salts for the original formulation for the diet drug Obetrol. Methamphetamine was also marketed for sinus inflammation or non-medicinal purposes as "pep pills" or "bennies".
California Medicine - June 1967
In the ad below, physicians are urged to prescribe dextro-amphetamine to patients who have gained 10 pounds since their last checkup.
Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey - Aug 1967
click to enlarge
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