Re: Sibutramine in pregnancy
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Tue Apr 2 19:50:00 2002
you thought lawsuits were about truth?
art
At Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Anna Meenan, MD wrote:
>
>It's amazing. On March 20 I heard the first reports on the news of a
>possible link between Meridia and 25 deaths, and today I read a
>quarter-page ad in our local paper implying the link is definitely
>proven and anyone who has ever taken Meridia should call the lawyers who
>placed the ad immediately. They're not wasting any time, certainly not
>the time it would take to actually PROVE a link.
>
>Thank goodness i never prescribed the stuff to anyone.
>
>--
> Anna Meenan, MD
>
>At Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Anna Meenan, MD wrote:
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>>Probably millions, but so far, no one has found a way to collect money
>>from a drug company or a doc for death due to their own obesity. At
>>least no one that i know of, and I'm sure someone is out there working
>>on it.
>>
>>--
>> Anna Meenan, MD
>>
>>At Thu, 21 Mar 2002, art fougner, md wrote:
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>>>wonder how many deaths from obesity-related illness?
>>>
>>>art
>>>
>>>At Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Anna Meenan, MD wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Maybe not so safe, pregnant or not. I'm hearing news reports today of
>>>>25 deaths associated with Meridia. Nothing conclusive yet, but I
>>>>wouldn't give it to a pregnant woman.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>> Anna Meenan, MD
>>>>
>>>>At Tue, 19 Mar 2002, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>In a message dated 3/19/02 10:01:06 PM, savaris@orion.ufrgs.br writes:
>>>>>
>>>>><< I tried to find some data on this subject, but I did not. Any help? >>
>>>>>
>>>>>Is this Meridia? It's related to fluoxetine, which has been found to be
>>>>>relatively harmless (so far) in pregnancy. However, I would VERY seriously
>>>>>question the use of a diet drug in pregnancy, especially one with unknown
>>>>>effects.
>>>>>
>>>>>Joe P.
>>>>
>>>--
>>>art fougner, md
>>>ich bin ein New Yorker
>>>
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art fougner, md
ich bin ein New Yorker
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