Weight-loss drug was discontinued after it was linked to valve diseases of the heart in some patients
Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a 71-year-old healthy female who has struggled with my weight all my life. In the ’90s, I thought I had finally found the solution in fen-phen. It was like a miracle! It took all the nagging thoughts of food out of my brain.
Also, I talked to many of the other patients at the doctor’s office where I was receiving it. Everyone was overjoyed with the results. I had no temptations, no constant yammering in my brain to eat something. As I said, it was a miracle. I felt like a normal person. So, why are all of these drug companies allowed to advertise, but one drug that truly worked had to get snatched away from us?Fen-phen was a combination of fenfluramine and phentermine, which was approved for use in 1986.
The U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration determined that the risk of valve disease was too high, and the FDA asked the manufacturers to remove these drugs from the market.
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