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The following are some known causes of pulmonary hypertension: 1  The diet drug fen-phen.. Although the appetite suppressant fen-phen (dexfenfluramine and phentermine) has been taken off the market, former fen-phen users have a 23-fold increase risk of developing pulmonary hypertension, possibly years later.
Though in those cases the disease is classified as idiopathic, pulmonary fibrosis (PF) disease remains one of the common causes of pulmonary hypertension. Interstitial lung disease, a group that includes pulmonary fibrosis, is one of the most common causes for pulmonary hypertension because of the damage it does to the vessels and lungs. Pulmonary fibrosis scar the lung tissue and makes it difficult for the organ to properly work.