Fen-phen and Redux: a tale of three drugs.

From: Trial | Date: January 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

How fen-phen and Redux came to be used by approximately 6 mil Americans reflects dangerous practices among the manufacturing, medical and weight loss industries. Both had FDA approval as short-term die aids, but were never supposed to be used together as a diet-drug concoction. Demand for Fen-phen surged in 1992 after one article in an obscure medical journal. In 1995, the FDA was asked to approve Redux, and there were concerns about the drug's safety because of reports of primary pulmonary hypertension which had been linked to its use, and heart valve damage was also a possibility. After a ...

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