Fat chance : diet mania, greed, and the infamous fen-phen swindle

Fat chance : diet mania, greed, and the infamous fen-phen swindle /

During the early 1990s, the diet drugs fen-phen and Redux achieved tremendous popularity. The chemical combination was discovered by chance, marketed with hyperbole, and prescribed to millions. But as the drugs' developer, pharmaceutical giant American Home Products, cashed in on the miracle we...

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Main Author: Christman, Rick (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : South Limestone, an imprint of the University Press of Kentucky, [2021]
Subjects:
Weight loss.
Appetite depressants.
Fenfluramine.
Phentermine.
Products liability > Drugs > United States.
Weight loss preparations industry > Law and legislation > United States.
Weight Loss
Appetite Depressants
Fenfluramine
Phentermine
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Appetite depressants
Products liability > Drugs
Weight loss
Weight loss preparations industry > Law and legislation
United States
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. A Prescription for Disaster
  • 2. Cashing In
  • 3. It Hits the Fan
  • 4. The Master
  • 5. The Troika
  • 6. Brothers in Arms
  • 7. A Very Strange Thing
  • 8. Lowering the Bar
  • 9. The Deal
  • 10. Judge Not
  • 11. Bad Times, Good Times
  • 12. The Alligator
  • 13. The Crucible
  • 14. The Second Bite
  • 15. Cornered
  • Epilogue
  • Timelines
  • Notes
  • Index

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