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Diet Drug, Fen Phen & Heart Valve Regurgitation

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Diet Drug, Fen Phen & Heart Valve Regurgitation: A recent case in the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit ruled on an appeal denying claim benefits.

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FEN PHEN PRESCRIPTION DRUG INJURY

The Diet Drug, Fen Phen & Heart Valve Regurgitation case documents what many victims who took the diet drug and weight loss pill FEN PHEN (redux) may face today – Heart Valve Regurgitation, mitral valve regurgitation, potential primary pulmonary hypertension (pph) or primary arterial hypertension (pah).   The court: Affirmed the ruling.

A brief summary of case includes:

  • Venetz’s appeal arises from the multi-district class action litigation regarding the diet drugs Pondimin® (fenfluramine) and Redux® (dexfenfluramine), previously sold by American Home Products (“AHP”).
  • AHP settled the litigation, placed funds in a trust for claim payments, and established the “Settlement Trust” (the “Trust”) to review and administer benefit claims by Pondimin® and Redux® users who suffer from “severe heart-valve regurgitation” or other “less severe heart-valve conditions that progress to the more serious levels” during the fifteen-year period following execution of the Settlement Agreement.

To find out more on the case, see Case No. 14-3082 – February 10, 2015.

Diet Drug Fen Phen

Fen Phen may be linked to Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) or Primary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) or Idiopathic Primary Arterial Hypertension (IPAH) (hereinafter “PPH”, “IPAH” or “PAH”) is an increase in blood pressure in the lung vasculature which comprises the pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein or pulmonary capillaries. It is a rare lung disorder in which the blood pressure in the pulmonary artery rises far above normal levels for no apparent reason. PPH or PAH can be one of five different types:

  • arterial
  • venous
  • hypoxic
  • thromboembolic

In addition, fen phen has been linked to heart valve damage too – severe heart-valve regurgitation, less severe heart-valve conditions that progress to the more serious levels and Mitral regurgitation.  

Mitral regurgitation involves the backward or reverse flow of blood through a defective mitral valve which separates the left atrium of the heart from the left ventricle.  Mitral regurgitation occurs during the systolic phase as the left ventricle contracts and pushes blood into the aorta. Because the leaflets comprising the mitral valve have failed to shut properly, blood leaks backward, or regurgitates, into the left atrium.  As a result of this reverse flow, the heart must work harder to pump the needed blood throughout the heart and into the body.

Unfortunately, an estimated 500 to 1,000 new cases of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) or Primary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) are diagnosed each year, and many doctors and experts believe that Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) or Primary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) is linked to the diet drug Fen-Phen.

And, the diagnosis of these problems is happening many years (10, 15 plus years) after the drug Fen Phen was stopped and pulled off the market.

For more information on FEN PHEN, click here.

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