What drugs cause heart valve damage?
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Reports from the 1990s linked the popular diet drug 'fen-phen' to valvular heart disease, bringing to light the critical question: what drugs cause heart valve damage?. This phenomenon, known as drug-induced valvular heart disease (DIVHD), can result from both prescribed and illicit substances that trigger fibrotic changes or infection in the heart valves.
