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Possible Association of Ischemic Stroke with Phentermine
Stroke 24:310-313, Kokkinos,J.&Levine,S.R., 1993
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Article Abstract
Two patients using phentermine(one was also using phendimetrazine) developed ischemic cerebrovascular disease.One suffered a cerebral infarct with angiographic evidence of disturbance of 7 days'duration.Phentermine, and possibly phendimetrazine,should be considered an anorexiant and sympathomimetic drug that can be associated with ischemic cerebrovascular disease.
 
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