FDA Bans Ephedra

Once upon a time, our fellow Levelwave© rambled on about "FDA Bans Ephedra." Our champion De-
Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ...

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So what does this mean for Advil Cold and Sinus that sports a whopping 60mg of pure Ephedrine HCL?

Illegal products!!!

Take them back to the store where purchased and get a full refund.

"Or what about the Two-Ways that are so popular with the trucker crowd?..."

guess they'll have to go back to coke.

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"We all walk the long road, can not stay. There's no need to say goodbye."
E.V.

"Levelwave©" <[email hidden]> wrote in message -"]news:[email hidden]-
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Quoted message said:

I just heard the news... So what does this mean for Advil Cold and Sinus that sports a whopping
60mg of pure Ephedrine HCL?... Or what about the Two-Ways that are so popular with the trucker
crowd?...

~john!

Daniel Witt said:

"We all walk the long road, can not stay. There's no need to say goodbye."
E.V.

"And the wind keeps rollin' And the sky keeps turning grey And the sun is set - The sun will rise
another day."

...words of a musical genius.

~john!

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I just heard the news... So what does this mean for Advil Cold and Sinus that sports a whopping
60mg of pure Ephedrine HCL?... Or what about the Two-Ways that are so popular with the trucker
crowd?...

I think the biggest worry is with the large quantities of ephedra contained in those powders. As a
"natural" herbal supplement, it just wasn't regulated for dosage. I'm just wondering why the DEA
didn't crack down on ephedra like they did psuedoephedrine based cold/allergy remedies. Couldn't it
theoretically be used to make methamphetamines?

The Advil product has 60 mg of **pseudoephedrine** HCl. I think those supplements are the equivalent
of several (two-tablet) doses of Sudafed. I remember reading stories about hockey players popping
Sudafed tablets as stimulants. I'm just wondering when Sudafed popping will be the big thing with
athletes or dieters.