dexfenfluramine

American  

[deks-fen-floor-uh-meen] / ˌdɛks fɛnˈflʊər əˌmin /

noun

Pharmacology.

1. an adrenergic drug, a form of fenfluramine, formerly used in treating obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.

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Example Sentences

The other two drugs commonly used in the treatment, fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine, were withdrawn from the marke t.

From New York Times

It and a similar drug called dexfenfluramine were withdrawn from the market in 1997 after they were found to damage heart valves.

From New York Times

The company's other drug, Redux, also contained a related chemical dexfenfluramine and was also taken off the market in 1997.

From Reuters

Much of this legal furor is being vented against Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, a subsidiary of American Home Products, which makes fenfluramine and distributes dexfenfluramine, and Interneuron Pharmaceuticals, a small Lexington, Mass., firm founded by the M.I.T. neurologist who developed Redux.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wurtman separated fenfluramine into its two component chemicals, levofenfluramine and dexfenfluramine.

From Time Magazine Archive