When posing the question "Are prescription diet pills safe?", it probably depends on your situation.  If you are in a health crisis due to obesity and you have a good relationship with your doctor, then go for it. Otherwise, I feel about prescription diet pills the same way I do about any other over the counter cheap diet pills, the side affects are not worth the small amount of weight loss you are going to realize.  They do not curb your cravings for sugar , salts and bad fats and they do not last long term. What is going to beat the best diet pills out there is a good meal replacement program that takes care of the toxins in your body.  I talk about it all the time but I will talk about it again; detoxification is the key to healthy rapid weight loss, not prescription diet pills or the cheap diet pills from over the counter.  ,You want to use a method that is safe and as far as I know, the FDA-approved prescription drugs are not without side affects and may cause other problems for your body.  And, you do not want to be skinny and sick any more than you want to be a couple of pounds overweight.  Check into the natural market and look into a good healthy diet plan that you can live with for the rest of your life..