Dangerous Prescription

Part of the action in Dangerous Prescription (which airs Thursday night on most PBS stations) takes place in Fargo, ND, but this is no Coen Brothers production.

That is where doctors sounded the alert that the diet drug Phen-Phen was causing damage to people's heart valve. The drug company already knew this, but didn't notify the FDA.

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