Fen-Phen-Noumenon: A mass tort ligigation and settlement about to come and go

Journal of the National Medical Association | August 1, 2002| | Copyright

LAW IN MEDICINE

On July 8, 1997, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Public Health Advisory entitled: Reports of Valvular Heart Disease in Patients Receiving Concomitant Fenfluramine and Phentermine. These agents were approved some 25 years ago for the medical management of obesity. At that time, the use of these products concomitantly had not been approved in the Untied States. However, as time passed, this combination came to be used "off label" by many practitioners in the management of obesity. At the time of this initial report, there was no conclusive evidence ...

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