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Re: Cleft Palate and Fen-Phen From: dagriff@pacbell.net Fri Nov 21 23:07:12 1997 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Bernard Cristalli: "Re: Obstetrical paracervical block" Previous message: D.Crowther: "Obstetrical paracervical block" >At 18.20 1997-11-20 -0600, you wrote: >>In the span of a couple months,we have seen 2 babies born with cleft >>palates whose mothers took Fen-Phen in the beginning of their pregnancy. >>Does anyone have any info on this? > >What is Fen-Phen? A Popular Diet Drug combination of fenfluramine and phenteramine. > >***************************************************************** >The-Hung Bui, M.D. >Associate Head Physician >Department of Molecular Medicine >Clinical Genetics Unit >Karolinska Hospital >S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden > > phone: +46 8 517 74989 or 517 72472 (secretary) > fax: +46 8 32 77 34 > E-mail: bui@gen.ks.se or The-Hung.Bui@molmed.ki.se >****************************************************************** > See Ob/Gyn News November 15, 1997 Page 5. So far there have been 3 reports to the FDA of heart defects in babies born to women who took "fen-phen". But these are not similar to the valvular defects that have been identified in the users of "fen-phen". The FDA is studying these cases, but so far there has been no evidence to link these defects to fen-phen. Of the 74 women registered with the California Teratogen Information and Clinical Research Program, 27 have delivered and report that "they are normal, with no evidence of heart or any other birth defects. No mention of cleft palates. Daniel R. Hersh, M.D. Private Practice Next message: Bernard Cristalli: "Re: Obstetrical paracervical block" Previous message: D.Crowther: "Obstetrical paracervical block"

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