Maintenance Phase

Fen Phen & Redux


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Fen-Phen & Redux were "the next miracle drugs" in the '90s, claiming to help people lose dramatic amounts of weight in just three months.  But within a few short years, they'd been pulled from the market.  They were just too effective! (Just kidding, they killed some people.)

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Links! 

  • Dispensing with the Truth by Alicia Mundy
  • The New Miracle Drug (Time Magazine)
  • How Fen-Phen, A Diet 'Miracle,' Rose and Fell (the New York Times)
  • Blowing the Whistle on Fen-Phen (Journal of Business Communication)
  • Purdue OxyContin settlement would rank among largest in pharma history (Reuters)
  • National Trends in Antiobesity Medication Use (JAMA Network)
  • The Fen-Phen Finale: A Study of Weight Loss and Valvular Heart Disease (Obesity Research)

Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!

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