Jury Finds Diet Drug Did Not Cause Nurse's Heart Problems

ATLANTA - A Georgia Superior Court jury has decided in favor of Wyeth, finding that a woman failed to show that her use of the weight loss drug Pondomin (fenfluramine) caused her to develop valvular heart disease. Linda Eichmiller v. American Home Products, Inc., et al., No. n/a (Ga. Super. Ct., Fulton Cty.).

The jury's unanimous Nov. 26 decision awarded Wyeth its second victory in the seven cases that have gone before a jury alleging cardiac injuries stemming from the use of the weight loss drugs Pondomin or Redux (dexfenfluramine), half of the combination weight loss therapy known as fen-phen, …