Windorski said in court papers filed last week that after he started taking the drugs Pondimin and Ionamin in June 1995, he suffered memory loss, severe anxiety, emotional distress and violent moods.

One of my first attempts at journalism was an investigative piece for my news writing class on the misuse of phentermine (sold as Ionamin) among college girls. The drug is an appetite suppressant ...

Ionamin (Phentermine): This appetite suppressant was widely combined with fenfluramine (fen-phen) in the 1990s until the latter was withdrawn in 1997 after it was linked to heart-valve damage.