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The loss of two wildly popular weight-loss pills has left many physicians, patients and drugmakers scrambling to find safe and effective alternatives
MARGE FRIEL HAS NEVER had much luck with diets. "I can lose weight," she says, "but keeping it off is more difficult. I lose my motivation." Fen-phen changed that. The 48-year-old secretary started taking the popular drug combination two years ago as part of a University of Pennsylvania weight-loss program that also included counseling. The weight on her 5-foot-7-inch frame fell from 230 pounds to 160--and as long as she…
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After Fen-Phen. (weight loss drug therapy)
...motivation." Fen-phen changed that...taking the popular drug combination two...of Pennsylvania weight-loss program that also...fenfluramine (the "fen" in fen-phen) to heart-valve...only recently, after researchers found... |
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Dieters trying 'natural' alternatives to fen/phen.
...as well as fen/phen, but are...effective, a drug which induces weight loss has to be a permanent therapy and none of...Even with fen/phen, everybody...gained the weight back." The...using the drug for more than... |
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Fen/Phen Product Liability Claims.
...sale of Fen/Phen on behalf...doctors, drug makers and weight loss clinics for...prescribe this weight loss therapy. It is clear...effects of Fen/Phen, especially...morbidly obese after linking 20...year to the drug, and Tennessee... |
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Health-Wise! Manufacturer of Fen/Phen Being Sued
...alleges that the fen/phen therapy, which was prescribed...by the Food and Drug Administration...medically significant" weight loss problems and not...against the makers of fen/phen. The state of Tennessee...taking the pills after 24 days because... |
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Mayo Clinic research saying fen-phen may damage heart valves under much...
...The Food and Drug Administration...adverse effects of fen-phen therapy, received dozens...of the office of drug evaluation...the right route to weight loss. ``I used amphetamines...come to light that fen-phen is dangerous... |
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In search of a 'magic' pill to treat obesity: the rise and fall of 'Fen-Phen.'
...then attempt weight maintenance...aspect of weight control for...the use of drug therapy . The Rise of `Fen-Phen' The appetite...successful for weight control when...initial weight loss as well as...on placebo after 34 weeks and... |
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Doctors say fen-phen damage may be reversible 8 of 13 patients here have shown...
...of fen-phen problems...Glicklich said. Fen-phen is a combination...appetite. Each drug had been...combination after studies suggested...significant weight loss. In mid...another diet drug, dexfenfluramine...half of the fen-phen combination... |
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OBESITY PATIENTS MAY FIND FEN-PHEN RISKS WORTH IT.(FRONT)
...used the drug combination...discovered after doctors at...prescribed fen-phen to some patients...over ideal weight. About 85...weight-loss drugs, said...weight-loss and nutrition...continue drug therapy, she said...was gaining weight,'' ... |
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What Happened After Patients Stopped Taking Fen-Phen?(some heart valve...
...studies have found that after patients stopped taking...that at least 100 days after therapy ended, the diseased valves...months found that one year after stopping the diet drugs...about use of prescription weight loss medication also were published... |
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Researchers optimistic on weight-loss drugs
...divided about the drug's safety...or another drug called phenteramine...to prescribe weight-loss drugs more...including a therapy called "fen/phen" -- the combination...said, the drug seems to be...appetite, it acts after meals to block... |
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