Ephedrine kill brain cells?

[scott825]

Me & a couple of guys were talking about this at the gym tonight one of the guys who is really always up on things was saying that there were recent studies that say that Ephedrine kills brain cells like other drugs & that the long term use irreversable.This concerns me cause I use alot of this stuff for training.Would like to hear anyone else's thoughts on the matter..

 

[ProteinFiend]

Me & a couple of guys were talking about this at the gym tonight one of the guys who is really always up on things was saying that there were recent studies that say that Ephedrine kills brain cells like other drugs & that the long term use irreversable.This concerns me cause I use alot of this stuff for training.Would like to hear anyone else's thoughts on the matter..

i guess its possible since ephedrine products constrict capillaries and therefore decreses bloodflow to body parts such as the brain - causing cell loss... though i doubt any significant amount of brain cells would be lost... also brain cells can be regrown...

 

[anthrax]

at wise dosage ephedrine will rather "kill" fat than your brain cells

 

[satchboogie]

at wise dosage ephedrine will rather "kill" fat than your brain cells

damn straight!

 

[Wolfie 45]

I feel stupid for using it with EQ/Winny....does that count?
-Howl

 

[OMEGA]

in the back of a pharmiscists' desk reference 10 mgs of ephedrine in 24 hour period poses no health risks

personally it bakes my noodle, but if I have about that amount I am ready to boot for the gym minus sides

more than that an my body shuts down on many levels.


I only use it in my afternoon workouts when I run three miles in the AM

it helps me get charged for the workout after a run earlier in the day


aslo never have ephedrine before runs.....not good

 

[scott825]

Damn I need way more than 10mgs to get any feeling.Sometimes when im not taking it I feel very lathargic & this is another problem im having with it.

 

[HULKSTER]

A couple of times I became light-headed from using it, but then again, that was last year around allergy season (April-May) for me, and the combination of ephedrine, along with my Claritin 24-D tablets probably didn't help----although I never took them during the same day. I would take the Claritin before the ephedrine hands down....but if my allergies weren't acting up, then I would use the ephedrine. I think my light-headedness had more to do with my allergies and/or the Claritin, then the ephedrine though.

 

[rsnoble]

Du Bu Bu Chomp, Me Bad?

 

[Enock]

Don't know about it killing brain cells. I hope not.

I've been upto 500mg HCL a day of ephedrine

(yes I know overkill stupid)

I don't believe the ephedrive causes brain damage long term as the body begins to regulate it quite well and unlike many amphetemines when coming off the addiction is not very hard to over come, so not too much adaption is taking place mentally.


However, It can really shortchance your sleep you may feel alert and like you've had plenty of sleep but over the course of many months it catches upto you even if you don't realize it.