Appetite-Suppressant Drugs and the Risk of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension

Abenhaim, Lucien; Moride, Yola; Brenot, François; Rich, Stuart; Bénichou, Jacques; Kurz, Xavier; Higenbottam, Tim; M. Oakley, Celia; F.M. Wouters, Emil; Aubier, Michel; Simonneau, Gérald; Bégaud, Bernard

doi:10.1056/nejm199608293350901

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Appetite-Suppressant Drugs and the Risk of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Aug 29, 1996

Authors:

Lucien Abenhaim

Yola Moride

François Brenot

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Recently, a cluster of patients was observed in France in whom primary pulmonary hypertension developed in patients exposed to derivatives of fenfluramine in appetite suppressants (anorexic agents), which are used for weight control. We investigated the potential role of anorexic agents ...

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Medicine

Fenfluramine

Pulmonary hypertension

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