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 ...

Should this be addressed, or am I needlessly worrying? -- K.T. ANSWER: Dexfenfluramine, aka Redux (also called “fen-phen” in combination with phentermine), was sold in the 1990s until it was ...

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 ...

Opioid prescriptions have fallen, asbestos has been phased out, and dangerous drugs like fen-phen have been pulled largely because of mass-tort lawsuits. Johnson & Johnson is making its baby ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...