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Does taking phentermine alone cause pulmonary hypertension?
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Phentermine: While it is uncertain, a prospective surveillance study1 of 579 patients—205 with primary pulmonary hypertension and 374 with secondary pulmonary hypertension—showed no relation between primary pulmonary hypertension and Phentermine (odds ratio 0·6, 95% ci 0·2—2·2).
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