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Article: RECALL OF 2 DIET PILLS BREAKS UP FEN-PHEN.(News)(Statistical Data Included)

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September 16, 1997
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Byline: Ben Sullivan Daily News Staff Writer

Two wildly popular diet pills were pulled from the market Monday after researchers found new evidence that the drugs could literally break patients' hearts.

The Food and Drug Administration recommended that anyone now using Redux, known chemically as dexfenfluramine, or Pondimin, known chemically as fenfluramine, stop taking the drugs and contact their doctors.

Fenfluramine is half of the popular diet drug combination called fen-phen. The other half, phentermine, is not affected by the withdrawal.

The FDA asked the makers of the two drugs to pull their products after finding that in a ...

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