In December 2003, the
FDA incorporated an
ephedra ban making it illegal to sell
any products containing
ephedra. The
ephedra ban was put in place after
investigation of several allegations that
ephedra caused serious
health problems, including death.
On April 13, 2005, a District
Court of Utah judge threw out the part of the sweeping
ephedra ban that prohibited the sale
of products yielding less than 10mg of
ephedra per day. The judge ruled that
the full-scale
ephedra ban was not necessary because
the FDA failed to prove any danger from 10mg or less of
ephedra daily.
Many felt the initial
ephedra ban was harsh. After the
ephedra ban, some media quoted the
number of deaths due to
ephedra at 155. However, an
FDA commissioned report related to the
2003
ephedra ban stated that five deaths
could be attributed directly to
ephedra. In addition,
it was not completely disclosed that of the 5 related deaths,
some already had pre-existing conditions that contributed to the
death. Compared to the number of deaths from Ibuprofen, for
example, it’s pale in comparison.
The initial
ephedra ban did not affect the sale of
over the counter allergy and decongestant medications that can
contain
ephedrine in synthetic form. With the
ephedra ban lift, we have found only
one company, Ephedra Energy, which sells the pure form of
ephedra to the public.
For more information on
recommended
diet pill
sources, visit
www.DietWeightLossNews.org.
For public
availability information on
Ephedra,
you can visit
www.EphedraEnergy.com.
The information in these articles is not to be
used as medical advice. As always, you should seek the advice of
a physician before consuming any diet pill(s) and starting a
diet.
