Pulmonary hypertension and fenfluramine.
Fenfluramine is a widely prescribed anorectic drug as adjuvant therapy for obesity. Pulmonary vascular hypertension after use of fenfluramine is rarely reported. We present a patient with pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure after treatment with fenfluramine. Pulmonary hypertension resolved after withdrawal of the drug.
Pouwels
H M
HM
Dept of Pulmonary Diseases, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Smeets
J L
JL
Cheriex
E C
EC
Wouters
E F
EF
D005260:Female; D005277:Fenfluramine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000188:drug therapy
D005277:Fenfluramine