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dexfenfluramine

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 an adrenergic drug, a form of fenfluramine, formerly used in treating obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.


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Last December 22 neuroscientists, including Seiden and Dr. George Ricaurte of Johns Hopkins, asked the FDA to "forgo a final decision on dexfenfluramine until more information is available on its serotonin-neurotoxic potential in humans."

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Twenty-two neurologists petitioned the FDA last winter to delay approval of dexfenfluramine, citing studies that show it causes brain damage in laboratory animals ranging from mice to baboons.

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Meanwhile, Servier had finally figured out how to produce pure dexfenfluramine, without its mirror-image molecule.

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Still, even dexfenfluramine supporters do not believe that it--or any other pill--will ever be a dieter's dream come true.

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Proponents point out that dexfenfluramine has been used abroad by millions of people over the past decade with no major problems.

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