Fenfluramine hydrochloride: A drug that suppresses appetite by altering brain levels of serotonin, formerly used in the management of obesity. On January 8, A result of monitoring shows that the use of slimming drugs fenfluramine hydrochloride can cause heart valve damage and other serious adverse reactions, the State Food and Drug Authority on the 8th emergently suspend the production, sale and use of fenfluramine hydrochloride raw material and preparation and said that the patients who purchase fenfluramine hydrochloride can return to the original purchase hospitals or pharmacies.
It is learned that as a chemical for slimming, fenfluramine hydrochloride mainly used for obesity and diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease simply, which is one kind of appetite inhibitors. Fenfluramine hydrochloride in China at present there is only one species, that is, hydrochloride fenfluramine tablets. However, there are more than 30 enterprises holding the authorized certificate of this medicine
