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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.
Two medications, Ofev and Esbriet, were recently fast-tracked for approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive lung disease typically caused by occupational and environmental factors, a response from medications, autoimmune disorders, infections, genetics and other unknown factors.