The national settlement covers all illness claims except for patients who say they suffer from primary pulmonary hypertension, a rare but serious lung disorder.
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The study links yet another danger to the combination treatment, which has already been associated with primary pulmonary hypertension, a possibly fatal lung condition.
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Cynthia Cappel-Coffey, 41, died last year after being diagnosed with primary pulmonary hypertension, which her attorneys blamed on Pondimin, the brand name of fenfluramine.
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It does not cover the 100 claims the company's faces from people who contend fen-phen gave them primary pulmonary hypertension, an often fatal lung illness.
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A 1996 European study said long-term users of prescription diet drugs had a 23-fold greater risk than the general public of incurring primary pulmonary hypertension.
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Too much serotonin damages heart valves and blood vessels in the lung, which can lead to a potentially fatal disorder known as primary pulmonary hypertension.
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The researchers checked lung tissue from 16 patients with primary pulmonary hypertension and 14 with a so-called secondary form caused by other heart and lung conditions.
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The study links yet another danger to the combination treatment, which has already been associated with primary pulmonary hypertension, a rare and possibly fatal lung condition.
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In both primary pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary embolism, and acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD ), right ventricular strain with increased wall tension and ischemia.
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That rare but potentially serious side effect _ primary pulmonary hypertension, or abnormally high blood pressure in the lungs _ has already been identified in earlier research.
