Gary... Congrats to you and Donny, also MrEd. If you can achieve results with diet, exercise, and life style, you're WAAAAAAAAY better off than using medication. There is no pharmacidical without side effects, some of which become serious enough to require additional drugs... a situation which, unfortunately, many adults, especially seniors, are in.

Eat more fruits, vegatables, whole grains, (and nothing white), exercise properly, and be healthy.