NEWARK, N.J. --- American Home Products Corp. resolved one of the biggest product liability cases ever yesterday by agreeing to pay up to $4.83 billion to settle claims that its fen-phen diet drug combination caused dangerous heart valve problems.U.S. NewspapersThe Florida Times Union...
NEW YORK —Today is the deadline for the 6 million people who took the fen-phen diet drug combination--which has been linked to serious heart problems--to drop out of a $3.75-billion national settlement with the pill’s maker. By opting out of the suit now, patients will retain the a...
The meaning of FEN-PHEN is a former diet drug combination of phentermine with either fenfluramine or dexfenfluramine —called also phen-fen. How to use fen-phen in a sentence.
摘要: NEWARK, N.J. --- American Home Products Corp. resolved one of the biggest product liability cases ever yesterday by agreeing to pay up to $4.83 billion to settle claims that its fen-phen diet drug combination caused dangerous heart valve problems....
Controversies include heart valve problems associated with the use of the diet drug combo Fen-Phen, or the increased suicide risk in anti-depressant usage, the heart attack and stroke risk caused by Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra, and the diabetic drug Avandia has been noted to have an increased ...
Reuters The parents of a young woman who died after using the popular diet drug cocktail fen-phen to lose a few pounds for her wedding have settled a civil lawsuit against American Home Products Corp., the two sides said. Although no dollar amount of the settlement was given, “a substanti...
Information about the health risks and the legal claims associated with diet drugs such as Fen-Phen, Redux and Pondimin.
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In the US alone, between 6 million and 7 million people took fen phen and in 1996 there were 18,000,000 prescriptions written for the diet drug. Approximately 50,000 lawsuits have been filed by Fen-Phen users against the drugs' manufacturers, and in 2002 the manufacturers of the drug sett...
Dispensing with the Truth: The Victims, the Drug Companies, and the Dramatic Story Behind the Battle over Fen-Phen. (Book Review) TITLE: Dispensing with the Truth: The Victims, the Drug Companies, and the Dramatic Story Behind the Battle over Fen-Phen AUTHOR: Alicia Mundy PUBLISHER: St. ...