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dexfenfluramine

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dexfenfluramine
Redux® Clinical pharmacology An appetite suppressing amphetamine analogue that acts centrally–ie CNS as an appetite suppressant to ↓ hunger sensation. See Obesity.


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A study published in the International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders (18(2): 99-103,1994) showed the combination of ephedrine and caffeine to outperform dexfenfluramine in the treatment of obesity.
A study published in the International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders (18(2): 99-103,1994) showed the combination of ephedrine and caffeine to outperform dexfenfluramine in the treatment of obesity.
In 1997, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates medicines in the US, ordered the withdrawal of fenfluramine, one of the components of the diet pill Fen-phen, and of dexfenfluramine, known as Redux, because they caused heart-valve disease.
 
 
 
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