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hlthe2b

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1. Active ingredient is Benfluorex, derivative of fenfluramine (which combined with phentermine

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Mon Sep 23, 2019, 09:22 AM

Sep 2019

caused our "fen-phen" heart issues about 15 or so years ago and banned (fenfluramine in 1997)

Given our similar episode, I'am really shocked it stayed on the market for so long (and no, I won't buy into any premise that our FDA and medical community somehow being so much better than that in Europe. It simply is not, especially in recent years).

Sadly, some lessons have to be learned more than once.

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Active ingredient is Benfluorex, derivative of fenfluramine (which combined with phentermine hlthe2b Sep 2019 #1

Wow, the same stuff, lasted this long & caused so many deaths.. appalachiablue Sep 2019 #2