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After taking a diet drug, Fen-phen, for a short period of time, long ago, Carolyn W. forgot all about it.  As a flight attendant, inactivity on long plane rides occurred frequently.  Weight gain was a side effect of the job and Carolyn heard about a simple solution from a coworker.  After taking the drugs for a limited time, she stopped using them.

Years later, Carolyn found herself lacking breath, often.  Her heart would pound after climbing a few stairs.  Her ankles swelled as well.  When a trip to the emergency room and a battery of tests revealed an enlarged heart, she was terrified.  Carolyn ate well and exercised so the heart problems did not make sense.  After a second trip to the emergency room, with excessive bloating and low blood pressure, Carolyn was diagnosed with primary pulmonary hypertension, as a result of her minimal use of diet drugs.

If you have diagnosed with primary pulmonary hypertension, contact the experienced PPH lawyers of Williams Kherkher today at 866.950.9000 to schedule an initial consultation.