Guest guest Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 have any of you had success using ephedra? i think my adrenals can take it. please share what you know. thanks, peg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 I thought that it was pulled off the market due to heart attack issues? Doesn't sound good Peg ) Re: ephedra > have any of you had success using ephedra? i think my adrenals can take it. > please share what you know. thanks, peg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 I thought that it was pulled off the market due to heart attack issues? Doesn't sound good Peg ) Re: ephedra > have any of you had success using ephedra? i think my adrenals can take it. > please share what you know. thanks, peg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 Hi Peg, I used ephedra for years. It definitely gave me the energy to compensate for the hypp T. They took it off the market in May due to some people abusing it, and having heart attacks. I have a stash though, although I'm not taking it now.It worries me that herbs and things can be taken away from us so easily. Like the tryptophan years ago. Prozac came our just after that..was it a coincidence? I doubt it. nne _____ From: melmoop@... Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 11:45 PM To: NaturalThyroidHormones Subject: Re: ephedra have any of you had success using ephedra? i think my adrenals can take it. please share what you know. thanks, peg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 Many of us that have Hashi have put our hearts through some strain just through being hypo and ing to live. If I were you, I would not take it. I used to use it everyday. >From: melmoop@... >Reply-To: NaturalThyroidHormones >To: NaturalThyroidHormones >Subject: Re: ephedra >Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 23:45:08 EDT > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 Many of us that have Hashi have put our hearts through some strain just through being hypo and ing to live. If I were you, I would not take it. I used to use it everyday. >From: melmoop@... >Reply-To: NaturalThyroidHormones >To: NaturalThyroidHormones >Subject: Re: ephedra >Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 23:45:08 EDT > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 I do not recommend ephedra in any form - Ephedra, also called Ma huang " What evidence is there that ephedra may be harmful? A RAND Corporation study commissioned by NIH concluded ephedra is associated with higher risks of mild to moderate side effects such as heart palpitations, psychiatric and upper gastrointestinal effects, and symptoms of autonomic hyperactivity such as tremor and insomnia, especially when taken with other stimulants. The RAND review of 16,000 adverse event reports revealed two deaths, four heart attacks, nine strokes, one seizure, and five psychiatric cases involving ephedra in which the records appeared thorough and no other contributing factors were identified. RAND called such cases " sentinel events, " because they may indicate a safety problem but do not prove that ephedra caused the adverse event. A study published this month in the ls of Internal Medicine found that although ephedra products make up less than 1 percent of all dietary supplement sales, these products account for 64 percent of adverse events associated with dietary supplements. A study published in the journal Neurology concluded that the rate of hemorrhagic (bleeding) strokes among ephedra users was statistically significantly higher than among non-users, for people who take doses above 32 milligrams a day. Many ephedra dietary supplement labels recommend that users take up to approximately 100 mg of ephedra daily. " This is from: http://nccam.nih.gov/health/alerts/ephedra/022803.htm Jen R. Be Safe!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 I know. What about the ingredient in Dimetapp. Something like 20 people had died after taking it and they took it off the market. I'm thinking ok how many people have had severe allergic reactions to all medications and yet they don't those off the market. And how many people took it with no problems! Benadryl just doesn't have the same effect on me. Louise > Hi Peg, > > I used ephedra for years. It definitely gave me the energy to compensate > for the hypp T. They took it off the market in May due to some people > abusing it, and having heart attacks. I have a stash though, although I'm > not taking it now.It worries me that herbs and things can be taken away from > us so easily. Like the tryptophan years ago. Prozac came our just after > that..was it a coincidence? I doubt it. > > nne > > > > > > _____ > > From: melmoop@a... [mailto:melmoop@a...] > Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 11:45 PM > To: NaturalThyroidHormones > Subject: Re: ephedra > > > > have any of you had success using ephedra? i think my adrenals can take it. > please share what you know. thanks, peg > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 <<I thought that it was pulled off the market due to heart attack issues? Doesn't sound good Peg )>> lol! good point! thanks for reminding me... the absent-minded pegster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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