So, I declined to use it, figuring the risk was too great. The drug in question was also very new to the market. This leads ...

A short-lived weight loss medication emerged in the 1990s with the introduction of fen-phen—the combination of fenfluramine with phentermine. Evidence linking fen-phen to valvular heart disease ...

Stephen Windorski Sr., 43, of Pine River, Minn., is suing the makers of the diet drug combination “fen-phen” for $24 million because he says the medication fueled the rage that led him to shoot his ...

Researchers anticipate that leptin will have fewer side effects than current controversial weight-loss drugs such as Redux (dexfenfluramine) or fen/phen (fenfluramine and phentermine). Since the ...

and the Dramatic Story behind the Battle over Fen-Phen, and, coming in September, Crystal Mesh: How Addiction to Money turned Medical Device Makers and Doctors into Street Dealers.Prior to her ...

The Kentucky Bar Association wants top plaintiff attorney Stan Chesley disbarred for life for his role in fen-phen diet-drug cases. Attorneys William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. defrauded ...

Screening off-patent and off-market medications also led to the discovery of the molecular target responsible for the serious side-effects of the 'Fen/Phen' appetite suppressant combination and to ...