One firefighter suffered minor injuries from exposure to a fire suppressant, he added.

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Redux, its appetite-suppressant, was pulled from the pharmacy shelves last year after tests suggested that it might cause fatal heart defects.

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He has 8, 500 lawsuits pending against Wyeth claiming that the appetite suppressant fen-phen, a combination of Wyeth's Redux (dexfenfluramine) and generic phentermine, caused heart problems.

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In one case, the extract of a plant traditionally given to control thirst is to be marketed by a pharmaceutical company as an appetite suppressant.

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The Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve have also sent six C-130 aircraft specially set up to drop water and fire suppressant on the fires.

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Qsymia's other ingredient is phentermine, an appetite suppressant.

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Two Turkish chemists prescribed penicillin antibiotics without inquiring about any history of allergy, and one Egyptian pharmacy sold a cough suppressant containing oxeladine, a substance banned in many countries over fears that it might cause cancer.

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