Amended Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4/a)

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Amos John P.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VIVUS INC [ VVUS ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __ X __ Director                      _____ 10% Owner __ X __ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O VIVUS, INC., 900 E. HAMILTON AVE., SUITE 550	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 3/1/2019
(Street) CAMPBELL, CA 95008 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY) 3/4/2019	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	3/1/2019		P		11000	A	$4.8531   (1)	181850   (2)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	This is the weighted average purchase price. Shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices from $4.76 to $4.86. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in footnote (1) to this Form 4. The amount reflected has been rounded to 4 decimal points.
(2)	On September 10, 2018, VIVUS, Inc. effected a 1-for-10 reverse stock split (the "Reverse Split"). The number of shares in the original Form 4 was not adjusted to reflect the Reverse Split. 1,708,500 shares of common stock on a pre-Reverse Split basis were adjusted to 170,850 shares following the Reverse Split (with fractional shares rounded up to the next whole number). The number of shares beneficially owned following the reported transaction has been adjusted to reflect the Reverse Spit.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Amos John P. C/O VIVUS, INC. 900 E. HAMILTON AVE., SUITE 550 CAMPBELL, CA 95008	X		Chief Executive Officer

Signatures
/s/ Julie Hollenback, Attorney-in-Fact		4/10/2019
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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