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Example sentences for: fen-phen
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But doctors continued to prescribe it to millions, arguing that the health risks associated with obesity justified fen-phen's wide use.
The first warning that these drugs could pose health risks came a year ago, when the New England Journal of Medicine published an article by French researchers linking fen-phen to a deadly cardiac disease called primary pulmonary hypertension.
(See Slate's take on fen-phen.)
(At my hospital, a young woman died from it after taking fen-phen for 24 days to lose weight for her wedding.)
Since the initial report by Connolly, et al [ 1 ] of valvulopathy in women taking the combination of fenfluramine and phentermine (fen-phen), controversy has surrounded the issue of associated risk.