Posted by wireless on March 8, 2006, at 19:52:13 [reposted on March 8, 2006, at 20:39:06 | original URL]
In reply to Can anyone offer advice on Ephedrine???, posted by jms600 on March 8, 2006, at 19:28:21
Hello,
I went through a period of 1 1/2 years taking ephedrine and ephedra (from Mahuang extract I believe) in much the same way as you do when it was still legal, (as you might be aware, it was made illegal in the U.S., in 2003 or 04 I believe): I never seemed to develop any serious health problems on it. But I would not touch the stuff again. I was basically using it as a self-help treatment for ADD/depression, along with caffeine. You know what, I did have some kinda of scary moments on it when I first started taking it. Heart racing types of feelings. In my experience, I think it is definitely a stronger substance than adderral/ritalin - but some people might disagree with that. After reading about all of the deaths and other dangers of taking it, I realized that controlled ADD medication should at least be slightly safer than ephedrine. I am not exactly familiar with the FDA findings on ephedra use, but I think there were something like 100 known deaths - a much higher ratio I would think than the millions who have taken ADD meds.
So I am saying that I would not mess around with it. Hope this helps.
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