Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chem., a prefix which shows that the substance designated is derived from benzene: as, 1,2-phendiol or pyrocatechol, and phenbutyldiol acid or phenyldihydroxybutyric acid.
- noun Abbreviations of Phenician.
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The "phen" in fen-phen refers to a drug called phentermine, which wasn't banned.
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The "phen" in fen-phen refers to a drug called phentermine, which wasn't banned.
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The "phen" in fen-phen refers to a drug called phentermine, which wasn't banned.
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The "phen" in fen-phen refers to a drug called phentermine, which wasn't banned.
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Past failures — including the fen-phen combination of the 1990s that led to heart-valve problems in some patients — continue to weigh heavily at the agency.
FDA Rejects Orexigen-Takeda Diet Drug Thomas Gryta 2011
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Heart side effects have been an issue with diet drugs, most notably with Wyeth's diet drug combination fen-phen, which was pulled off the market in 1997.
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Heart side effects have been an issue with diet drugs, most notably with Wyeth's diet drug combination fen-phen, which was pulled off the market in 1997.
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The FDA has shown a high bar for weight-loss drugs that would be taken indefinitely by millions of patients and the shadow of past failures — including the fen-phen combination that led to heart-valve problems in some patients — serves as a reminder that safety is the primary concern.
New Concerns Emerge About Arena Pharma's Diet Drug Thomas Gryta 2011
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The issue of heart-valve safety is notable for lorcaserin because the mechanism of the drug is similar to that of fenfluramine, which was pulled from the market in 1997 and was used with the stimulant phentermine in the fen-phen combination that caused similar problems.
New Concerns Emerge About Arena Pharma's Diet Drug Thomas Gryta 2011
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