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Why were fen-phen complications initially overlooked?

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Why were fen-phen complications initially overlooked?

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The FDA thinks that fen-phen leads to an unusual type of drug reaction that results in valve disease. Valve disease and drug use is not too common so it is thought that fen-phen and valvular heart disease was not screened in the clinical trials.

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