Fat Chance: Diet Mania, Greed, and the Infamous Fen-Phen Swindle

by Rick Christman

Book Overview

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 weight-loss pills, medical researchers revealed that the drugs caused heart valve disease. This scandal was, incredibly, only the beginning of an unbelievable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1949669300
• ISBN13: 9781949669305
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: South Limestone
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up