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Fen-Phen & Redux were "the next miracle drugs" in the '90s, claiming to help people lose dramatic amounts of weight in just three months. But within a few short years, they'd been pulled from the market. They were just too effective! (Just kidding, they killed some people.)
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- Dispensing with the Truth by Alicia Mundy
- The New Miracle Drug (Time Magazine)
- How Fen-Phen, A Diet 'Miracle,' Rose and Fell (the New York Times)
- Blowing the Whistle on Fen-Phen (Journal of Business Communication)
- Purdue OxyContin settlement would rank among largest in pharma history (Reuters)
- National Trends in Antiobesity Medication Use (JAMA Network)
- The Fen-Phen Finale: A Study of Weight Loss and Valvular Heart Disease (Obesity Research)
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