Unbelievable (Ephedra banning?)...

[Vortex]

ephedra is safe when used as the FDA claims.. "...no more than 100mg. in a 24 hour period for not more than 12 weeks..."

"A report in the New England Journal of Medicine last November said that at least 54 deaths and about 1,000 reports of complications have been linked to the popular bodybuilding supplement since the mid-1990s. " -CNN

okay, what about the painkillers? some take it with alcohol, some takes too much, and some comit sucide with it.. and the numbers of deaths linked to painkillers are WAY highter than the ephedra!

allso, many supplements that cause serious sideeffects, can be because it's not so pure.. some stupid crap in it somewhat.. or the claimed facts are not right (many countrys laws it is an 10% precision limit), and many breaks that law..

to be safe, use popular known brands.. not some cheap crap, eg; "Creatine super hyper power" woha gatta have that,... and it's 90% pure maby.. wtf is the rest 10% then?

I blame FDA for the bad quality 'n stuff in different thingys..

just think before u buy

btw, I preffer to use Xenadrine.. quality

 

[Valdez]

The FDA is all about politics. I don't think they have much to benefit if thy ban it. The FDA loves a grey area drug that they can point to and say "that's bad" they love scapegoats. Hell they illegalized L-tryptophan because it was competing with newly created anti-depressant pharmecueticals like prozac etc. They used the japanese contaminated product as an excuse. All politics.

 

[FitFossil]

I wish the laws would constitute more toward increasing personal responsibility, instead of constantly blaming others

AMEN!!!!

People are just getting MORE stupid, because they're always expecting somebody else (e.g. the government) to look after them, whether it's on matters of money, health, raising children, or just about anything. I could go on, but I won't This is one of my biggest all time peeves.

Chillin, if you ever run for office, you've got my vote!

 

[Bozzo]

There have been less then 100 deaths from ephidrine. Out of the millions of people that use the supplement. You give anything to millions of people a few will misuse, or have a bad reaction to it. Yet things like alcohol and cigarettes which kill many thousands of people a year the FDA is not going to ban. The reason for this is a very simple one. If you use ephidrine you can lose weight with out going to a doctor, getting a scrip, and buying a drug from some huge pham company. Where as with alcohol and other legal substances you will destroy you health and end up in the hospital taking all kinds of drugs. The FDA does whatever the AMA, and phama industy wants them to do. This country is run by big business and that's the bottom line!

 

[X-Plode]

Speaking of all this talk of banning things, I'm sure some of u hv already read this at T-Mag. If you havn't, check it out.

http://www.t-mag.com/articles/172tc.html

Not a big T-Mag fan, but I thought this nailed it right on the head.

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[Pityocamptes]

X-Plode

That article says it all.

 

[Neon Jungle]

Banning Ephedra...Uh, No

Anytime you ever hear of someone dying or having health problems relating to ephedra products, its always the same thing: They shouldn't have been taking it in the 1st place. Ephedrine HCl is a different story, but ephedra will never be banned because it is all natural. Granted, if someone does have any type of a heart condition, high blood pressure, thyroid problems, etc. then ephedra can complicate those conditions. But, ephedra doesn't cause any problems on it own, it only complicates existing ones.

 

[TraxZBT]

Re: Banning Ephedra...Uh, No

Anytime you ever hear of someone dying or having health problems relating to ephedra products, its always the same thing: They shouldn't have been taking it in the 1st place. Ephedrine HCl is a different story, but ephedra will never be banned because it is all natural. Granted, if someone does have any type of a heart condition, high blood pressure, thyroid problems, etc. then ephedra can complicate those conditions. But, ephedra doesn't cause any problems on it own, it only complicates existing ones.

weed is all natural.... shroomz are all natural... yet they're illegal..

 

[the_paradise_garage]

Re: They are right .........

I think that stuff works great for some people.But........it should be banned.

I'm sorry bud, but why should ephedra be banned? why should any substance be banned? i mean, so we can get it illegally at super high prices?
substance prohibition goes againts people's freedon... but that's my view...

 

[HumanShell]

With the sales of ephedrine containing products, I think users are likely to fight to keep this stuff on the shelf just as bad as dedicated somkers would fight to keep cigs on the shelf.