What's funny is that the media has convinced all these people that ephedrine will kill you when the relative number of adverse reactions/deaths is tiny in comparison to other OTC items. Let's take a 10 second look at Tylenol,
A study found tylenol to be the number one cause of liver failure in the United States, ahead of alcohol. There are approximately 70,000 cases of acetaminophen toxicity reported each year. A December 1994 study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that a daily tablet of acetaminophen for a year or 1,000 pills over a lifetime doubled the odds of kidney failure.
Let's look at the safety of prescription drugs,
A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that in one year over two million hospitalized patients suffered serious drug reactions, resulting in 106,000 deaths. People in a hospital setting receiving drugs from trained professionals under supervision resulted in 106,000 deaths from adverse drug reactions.
Now Ephedrine,
Ephedrine is a widely sold, over-the-counter medication for bronchodilation at doses of up to 25 mg every four hours, not to exceed 150 mg per day for adults and children over the age of 12. There are no limitations on the length of time these ephedrine products can be used.
More than 20 publications describe the effects of ephedrine in over 500 subjects given doses of 60 mg to 150 mg per day, for periods of up to 26 months, usually taken together with caffeine. Ephedrine, whether alone or in combination with caffeine, did not cause increases in blood pressure or heart rate. No clinically significant side effects were seen in these studies
Since 1994, the FDA has collected reports of over 100 deaths among ephedra users. An OTC drug/supplement self administered by lay people accounts for approximately 100 reported deaths in almost ten years. Twenty seperate studies have found it to be safe? An independent review of 600 AER's over the same period found that those reporting adverse reactions generally had a pre-existing condition or external contributing factors.
Is there another reason for the propaganda campaign?
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