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...members of LoHo live no longer without FroYo. We have waited too long for our lowfat pistachio/banana combo...
...followed last week's abrupt withdrawal of two of the country's favorite diet pills looked like a multiple-choice law-school torts exam, the similarity was hardly coincidental. Even before the FDA urged the recall of Redux (dexfenfluramine)--and Pondimin (fenfluramine), the front half of the fat-pill combo known as fen/phen--scores of lawyers across the nation had already started filing lawsuits. After the recall, the legal assault turned into a stampede. "Everyone saw money," says Jacoby & Meyers' Gail Koff...
...fenfluramine was taken with a kindred drug, phentermine, the euphonious fen/phen duo would help dieters shed pounds not only faster but with few side effects. Although the drugs were never approved for combined use, doctors exercised their right to prescribe them "off label"--and that usually meant together. The combo quickly became one of the drug industry's hottest sellers...
DANGER IN DIET PILLS The weight-loss combo fen/phen is responsible for 82 cases of a rare heart-valve problem. Also, studies find that Redux, thought to be a safer choice, depletes animal brains of serotonin, the neurotransmitter that controls mood...
PROSTATE-CANCER COMBO Patients who undergo a combination of short-term radiation and three years of hormone therapy have a better five-year-survival rate than those treated by radiation alone...