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Article: Aspartame-induced dyspnea and pulmonary hypertension.
- Article from:
- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
- Author:
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Abstract
Unexplained shortness of breath represents an increasing clinical challenge. The frequency and severity of dyspnea in patients with reactions to widely-used aspartame products, coupled with a pertinent fatal case of pulmonary hypertension, appear to provide new insights concerning treatment and causation.
Data Base
Significant dyspnea was a primary complaint in 110 of 1200 persons (9 percent) with reactions to aspartame products; it could not be attributed to known lung or heart disorders. The majority were weight-conscious women in their 20s to 40s. Most experienced gratifying improvement after avoiding aspartame. Another woman who ...