Label Omits Drug’s Danger, Scientists Say
From Times Wire Reports
Outdated labeling hides a popular diet drug’s dangerous side effects when combined with antidepressants such as Prozac or cold remedies like Sudafed, researchers said. The diet drug phentermine--the “phen” in the now banned combination fen-phen--has been used in the United States since 1961 and remains on the market. It is widely prescribed to treat obesity. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has never updated the drug’s warning label to include crucial information, according to researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy.
