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<b>Semi-finalist for the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Award</b><br /><br />In 1996, a terrible epidemic began killing young American women. Some died quickly, literally dropping in their steps. Others took more time, from a few months to a few years. Those who weren't killed suffered damage to their lungs and hearts, much of it permanent and reparable only with major surgery. Doctors suspected what the killer was. So did the Food and Drug Administration. The culprits were the two most popular diet drugs in the United States, Pondimin, one-half of the popular drug combination Fen-Phen, and Redux, a stronger version of Pondimin. They were also two of the most profitable drugs on the market, and both were produced and sold by a powerful pharmaceutical company, Wyeth-Ayerst, a division of American Home Products. <br /><br /><i>Dispensing the Truth</i> is the gripping storry of what the drug really knew about its drugs, the ways it kept this information from the public, doctors, and FDA,