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Article: Study concludes most who took diet pill Redux were not harmed by it
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- April 1, 1998
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DANIEL Q. HANEY AP Medical Editor
AP Online
04-01-1998
ATLANTA (AP) _ Most of the 2 million Americans who took the diet pill Redux were probably not harmed by it, despite the scare over possible heart valve damage that forced it to be pulled from the market last year.
The first carefully controlled study of Redux's effects on the heart found no sign that it caused leaky valves in those who took it for a couple of months. Three-quarters of users took it no longer than this.
``These results should be reassuring for the majority of patients who have been on Redux,'' said Dr. Neil J. Weissman, who directed the Georgetown University study released Tuesday.
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