Fen-Phen

Someone who lacked insurance over the past few decades might have missed taking their Lipitor, but also their Vioxx or Fen-Phen.

Myth Diagnosis 2010

Someone who lacked insurance over the past few decades might have missed taking their Lipitor, but also their Vioxx or Fen-Phen.

Myth Diagnosis 2010

Success bred success, and Angelos then represented the State of Maryland in more class action cases against the nicotine pushers at Philip Morris and the Big Pharm company of Wyeth, makers of the dastardly diet pill Fen-Phen.

Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

Success bred success, and Angelos then represented the State of Maryland in more class action cases against the nicotine pushers at Philip Morris and the Big Pharm company of Wyeth, makers of the dastardly diet pill Fen-Phen.

Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

Success bred success, and Angelos then represented the State of Maryland in more class action cases against the nicotine pushers at Philip Morris and the Big Pharm company of Wyeth, makers of the dastardly diet pill Fen-Phen.

Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

From the infamous demise of Fen-Phen, a combination antidepressant and stimulant that caused heart valve damage (due, most now concur, to the 'Fen,' or fenfluramine, not the 'Phen,' or phentermine which has reappeared in Qnexa), to the 2007 decision by the FDA to deny approval for rimonabant, the most promising weight loss drug to come down the pike in some time.

David Katz, M.D.: Weight Loss and Wonder Drugs: Something Is Fishy 2010

Success bred success, and Angelos then represented the State of Maryland in more class action cases against the nicotine pushers at Philip Morris and the Big Pharm company of Wyeth, makers of the dastardly diet pill Fen-Phen.

Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

Not surprisingly, over the next decade the industry was hit by a series of high profile recalls: Fen-Phen, Seldane, Rezulin, and, finally, Vioxx, where an estimated 40,000 to 100,000 people died from unnecessary heart attacks because they took a pricey arthritis painkiller no more effective than proven over-the-counter medications like ibuprofen or acetaminophen.

Merrill Goozner: Big Pharma has Lured Dems Into a Faustian Bargain 2009

Too, some of the questions at the end indicated a degree of interest and credulity, though I thought the comment about Fen-Phen being an “off label use” during the intro was distasteful.

Snake oil comes in all kinds of bottles | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

In the high-volume, big-money diet biz, however, health claims can be monumental, as the pharmaceutical company American Home Products, maker of the prescription cocktail Fen-Phen, found last week.

Heavy Meddling 2008