'Fen-phen' derived drug responsible for thousands of hospitalizations and deaths in France

Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 05:40 in Health & Medicine

A new study published in the journal Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety reveals that benfluorex, a fenfluramine derivative drug used in France under the name Mediator, is likely responsible for thousands of hospitalizations and deaths over a 30 year period.

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