Fenfluramine (Fen-Phen) was an effective anti-obesity drug but was withdrawn due to cardiovascular effects. — Whalespan
Fenfluramine (Fen-Phen) was an effective anti-obesity drug but was withdrawn due to cardiovascular effects.
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“There was also the big Fen-Phen craze. That was a drug that was released fenfluramine which actually was quite effective as an anti obesity drug, a treatment for obesity that had to be outlawed as well. It was FDA approval was removed because again people were dying because of cardiovascular effects.”
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