Did anyone else take Fen-Phen?
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Mygetaway | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 04:24 pm     I was wondering if anyone else took Fen-Phen and is part of the settlement? I took it for about 6 months in 96. I haven't had an electrocardiogram yet, and keep seeing the messages that you need to do it by Jan 3rd. I haven't had any problems, but I do suffer from some short term memory loss, etc, and wonder if that could be from the drugs instead of related to my NF. I know I should really get that test done, but it is so hard for me to get out of the house, and the nearest place for me to go is about 50 miles. I keep putting it off, and now I may be out of time. I just wondered if anyone else is going through this process. If there is/was a thread on this before I didn't see it. Thanks in Advance... for any responses. |
Mygetaway | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 06:15 pm     I guess I should say that the test is an echocardiogram.... not an electrocardiogram. I made the call, and have an appt for next week. |
Sherbabe | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 08:36 pm     Do you know what that number is for the class action? |
Whit4you | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 08:50 pm     http://www.fen-phen-legal-resources.com/ |
Mygetaway | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 08:51 pm     1-800-386-2070 Whit beat me to the link.. |
Mygetaway | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 09:07 pm     You can also try: http://www.settlementdietdrugs.com/ (mods could you fix the link.. I guess I don't know how to do it to make the address show... Thanks!) |
Sia | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 10:19 pm     Mygetaway, I didn't take that prescription, but I did take Meridia and at another time Xenical. Come to think of it, Meridia has been said to cause some bad side effects, and since Thanksgiving-eve I've been having chest pain like I've never experienced before. Wonder if it could be related? I have heard nothing good about the diet drugs AFTER they were tested, approved, and then marketed ruthlessly to thousands of people! |
Sia | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 10:51 pm     The link from Mygetaway should work now: www.settlementdietdrugs.com  |
Mygetaway | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 11:31 pm     Sia.. Sorry to hear about your pains.. You should definitely check it out. That doesn't sound good. It might be something simple or it might be something a little more complicated. Don't put it off for too long. I think you're probably like me and wait until the last minute to take care of yourself, huh? Thanks for the fix on my link.. I totally spaced on that. I wanted the www. info to show, but didn't think about pasting it again after a comma.. DUH..LOL. I've been plagued with an awful headache all day today. Hope you feel better soon.. |
Sia | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 11:33 pm     Thanks, Mygetaway! I wish I could have my whole bed to myself; my son is in there, and I know I won't sleep well. His bed is a twin, so that would be worse for me. I long ago gave up carrying him to his bed!! No prob on the link. It's easy to overlook that! Hope your headache goes away. Try this:
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Twiggyish | Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 02:49 pm     I took it, but I'm not part of any class action suit. I already have a prolapsed valve in my heart. It would be hard to prove any damage. The Fen-Phen was hard for me to take. The Dr. had to keep changing my dosage, because it was too strong. Anyway, I was only on it a few months. |
Uhoh | Friday, December 06, 2002 - 09:55 pm     there is nothing wrong with phentermine - it has been on the market for decades and decades. fenfluramine was implicated in a miniscule number of PHP cases. the -combination- was implicated in more, but that was never marketed by any drug company. still, one had a better chance of being hit by lightning than getting PHP while taking fen-phen. this is a case of a lot of attorneys getting rich on a class-action suit, and lots of people trying to chase money to get in on it. |
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