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Fenfluramine

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A weight loss drug, in a class of drugs called anorectics which decrease appetite.

This drug, sold in the US under the brand name Pondimin, was withdrawn from the US market in 1997, and has since been withdrawn worldwide and is no longer available because of its association with abnormal heart valve findings, primarily aortic regurgitation

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