Heart valve damage Primary pulmonary hypertension - narrowing of the blood vessels in the lungs, which leads to higher blood pressure and possible heart failure Neuropsychological damage Fen-Phen Settlement In response to the numerous lawsuits filed on behalf of people who were harmed by Fen-Phen, ...
Fen-Phen, Redux and Pondimin These diet drugs were removed from the market in 1997 but consumers are still suffering the health damage done by these products. The Fen Phen drugs caused heart valve damage and a frequently fatal condition known as Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) or Primary...
Heart-valvedamage was found in 80 fen-phen patients.Also in July, a medical examiner blamed fen-phen in part forthe July heart attack that killed 53-year-old Pat Mishcon, thewife of North Miami Beach's mayor.It was about that time the number of local doctors writingprescriptions for the...
Elsewhere, the FDA won't re-examine safety data from fen-phen, the recalled diet drug tied to heart damage, as they review a new generation of weight-loss pills led by Vivus Inc.'s (Mountain View CA) Qnexa that use some of the same ingredients. FDA roundup: VisionCare Inc * $3.75 ...
1.22.2.3 Fen-Phen In 1992, several published articles suggested that the combined use of phentermine and fenfluramine could result in significant weight loss when used over an extended period of time.16 While fenfluramine and phentermine were individually approved by the FDA as appetite suppressant...
Fenfluramine is a drug that was part of the Fen-Phen anti-obesity medication (the other drug being phentermine). Also known as Pondimin, fenfluramine was introduced on the U.S. market in 1973. It is the racemic mixture of two enantiomers, dexfenfluramine and levofenfluramine. It is ...
In search of a 'magic' pill to treat obesity: the rise and fall of 'Fen-Phen.' METHODS: We identified valvular heart disease in 24 women treated with fenfluramine-phentermine who had no history of cardiac disease. Journal abstracts: valvular heart disease associated with fenfluramine-phentermi...
Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM): A neurologic disease caused by severe damage of the myelin sheath of nerve cells in the brainstem, more precisely in the area termed the pons. The most common cause is the rapid correction of low blood sodium levels (hyponatremia). Frequently observed symptoms...