Bitter Orange
Bitter Orange Has Been Associated With Adverse Events. On July 27, 2004, the FDA announced that it is going to start looking into the safety of alternatives to Ephedra. One product that has filled the market niche of Ephedra is Bitter Orange (generic name: Citrus Aurantium). It contains Synerphrine, which brings about stimulation … [Read more...]
Xenadrine Side Effects May Result In Heart Attack Lawsuits
Xenadrine May Cause Heart Attack. Xenadrine RFA-1 contains Ephedra, which has been linked to dangerous side effects. According to a study commissioned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Ephedra may seriously harm and can potentially kill some who use it. Ephedra is derived from an Asiatic shrub that contains ephedrine. … [Read more...]
Metabolife Seeks Big Settlement
Metabolife Single Big Settlement. Metabolife International is seeking a national settlement with U.S. consumers who allege they were injured by the company's now-defunct ephedra diet pill. The privately held San Diego company, citing a "litigation onslaught" that threatens to financially bury it, has asked a federal judge in New … [Read more...]
Dietary Supplement Ephedra Ban
Dietary Supplement Are Being Ban. The FDA moves to ban the popular dietary supplement ephedra, citing health concerns and risks including heart attack and death. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson says the ruling comes after at least 16,000 reports of adverse effects related to ephedra. Figures show ephedra … [Read more...]
Battle Rages Over Bitter Orange
Bitter Orange Ingredient Similar to Ephedra. If you're trying to lose weight and taking a diet supplement, chances are it contains bitter orange an ingredient similar to ephedra. The Food and Drug Administration banned ephedra earlier this year because of deadly side effects and is now concerned about bitter orange. Bitter … [Read more...]
FDA Ephedra Ban To Start
A Nationwide Ban Of Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedra. A federal judge turned aside a request by two supplement makers and allowed a nationwide ban, which takes effect Monday, on dietary supplements containing Ephedra. The Ephedra ban is the first the FDA imposed on a dietary supplement. U.S. District Judge Joel Pisano … [Read more...]
Herbal Supplement Dangers to Consumer
Herbal Supplement Warnings. A few months ago, the dietary supplement Ephedra was pulled from store shelves. Should other supplements join them? The Food and Drug Administration estimates more than 30,000 different dietary supplements on the market. What do we really know about their safety? Not enough, according to Consumer … [Read more...]
Ephedra Ban Approaching
Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedra Ban Approaching. El Pasoans who use fat burners with Ephedra are running out of time. And some nutrition stores are seeing the effects of an FDA ban first hand. Ephedra is an ingredient that the Food and Drug Administration says isn't worth the risk to the public health. The Food and … [Read more...]
Bill to Ban Ephedra Sales In Indiana
Bill To Ban Ephedra Sales. Some of the possible side effects associated with this substance are seizure, heart attack, stroke and death. The chemical ephedra has been blamed for more than 155 deaths, including that of Steve Bechler, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. On Dec. 30, 2003, the FDA said it would seek to ban the sale … [Read more...]
FDA Finalize Ephedra Ban
Bush Administration Planned Ephedra Ban. The Bush administration is putting the final touches on its planned ban of ephedra, moving to get the herbal stimulant off stores shelves by April. It will mark the government's first-ever ban on a dietary supplement. Ephedra has been linked to 155 deaths and dozens of heart attacks and … [Read more...]
Ex-UH Athlete Backs Ephedra Ban
Soccer Player Backs Ephedra Ban. Noelle Takemoto, a former University of Hawai'i soccer player, said she took ephedra a couple of times two years ago to get an energy boost before games, but decided she didn't like the way it made her feel. Takemoto says she is glad that the supplement will soon be banned. Takemoto, a standout … [Read more...]
U.S. Bans Ephedra
Ephedra Linked To Heart Attacks And Strokes. The Bush administration is banning the sale of ephedra early next year, and urged consumers Tuesday to immediately stop using the herbal stimulant that has been linked to 155 deaths and dozens of heart attacks and strokes. It was the government's first-ever ban on a dietary supplement, … [Read more...]
Changes in Marketing Ephedra
Changes In Marketing Ephedra. A new study calls for changes in the way the popular weight-loss dietary supplement ephedra is marketed. Researchers found some Web sites advertising dietary products and herbal supplements did not disclose potential adverse effects and made misleading statements about ‘ephedra’. The study … [Read more...]
PW Files Suit Against Ephedra Manufacturers
Ephedra Manufacturers Lawsuit. Parker & Waichman, LLP announces that it has been retained by individuals and/or their estates who have been injured by products containing the herb Ephedra, also known as Ma Huang. The firm plans to file claims against Ephedra manufacturers over the next few months. Ephedra has been associated with … [Read more...]
Congress Investigates Ephedra
Ephedra Serious Side Effects. Congress launched a wide-ranging investigation of a popular dietary supplement Wednesday, with several influential members saying they would insist on tighter controls over the product, which has been linked to reports of 100 deaths and thousands of serious side effects. The Bush administration joined … [Read more...]
Major Sports Leagues Urge For Ephedra Regulation
Major League Baseball Calls For Ephedra Regulation. Major League Baseball should not ban dietary supplements containing ephedra unless the government does, an official of the players' union testified Thursday to lawmakers looking into health problems related to the herbal stimulant. The issue is particularly relevant to baseball … [Read more...]
Illinois Governor’s Ephedra Ban
Gov. Signed Legislation For Ephedra Ban. Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich signed legislation this week that makes Illinois the only state in the nation to ban the sale of ephedra the controversial herbal weight-loss, body building and athletic enhancing supplement that has been linked to more than 100 deaths and 18,000 other medical problems … [Read more...]
Lincoln Couple Sues Ephedra Company
Ephedra Company Is Facing A Lawsuit. A Lincoln couple is suing a company that makes pills containing ephedra the drug blamed in the death of their 16-year-old son. Kevin Riggins says the lawsuit is an effort to penalize the manufacturer financially and to maintain awareness of the dangers of ephedra. Riggins' son, Sean, had a … [Read more...]
Blagojevich Pushes Ephedra Ban
Blagojevich Called Ban On Ephedra Products. Labeling ephedra a potential killer, Gov. Blagojevich called Wednesday for a state ban on products containing the dietary supplement. "It's cheap, popular and widely available. It's also dangerous," he told a news conference in the offices of the American Heart Association. Ephedra … [Read more...]
Spa City Residents Share Ephedra Views
Ephedra Are Being Banned. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and U.S. Rep. John Sweeney, R-Clifton Park, seek a nationwide ban on the dietary supplement ephedra. ''The evidence is clear and compelling. The use of ephedra has resulted in dozens, if not hundreds, of strokes, heart attacks and deaths,'' Schumer said in a … [Read more...]
Ban On Over-Counter Ephedra Sales
Over The Counter Ephedra Sales. Calling it legal "speed," a City Councilman introduced a bill yesterday to ban the easy sale of ephedra, an herbal stimulant linked to the death of Baltimore Oriole pitcher Steve Bechler. "Ephedra is a dietary supplement, which allows it to fall outside FDA regulation," said Councilman James Oddo … [Read more...]
Ephedra Has Harmful Effects
Ephedra Has Harmful Side Effects. Ephedra, a popular herbal weight loss and body building supplement, has potentially fatal effects. "Ephedra has the same kind of effects on the body that your body's own natural adrenaline has in that it stimulates the heart," said Staff Physician Jeff Tombrello at the Ole Miss Health … [Read more...]
Trim Spa For Weight Loss
Trim Spa Contain Ephedra. PRODUCT AND WHO MARKETED FOR: Anyone who listens to local radio particularly shock-jock Howard Stern knows about Trim Spa, because Stern is one of the product's biggest supporters. Stern says he doesn't use the stuff, but a colleague on the program, "Cabbie," credits it for his dramatic weight loss. Trim … [Read more...]
Ephedra Weak Regulation of Supplements
Ephedra Problems Simmered For Years. The debate over ephedra's safety had simmered for years. Then came the Feb. 16 death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler, who keeled over from heatstroke, after taking the herbal stimulant. Within hours of Bechler's death, the medical examiner who conducted his autopsy urged Major League … [Read more...]
Ephedra Ban May Span County
Products Containing Ephedra Ban Span. Logan County has joined the fight against ephedrine. Without a second thought, board members unanimously agreed at their workshop session Thursday to draft a resolution that would prohibit people under age 21 to buy or possess products containing ephedrine. In addition, the proposal would … [Read more...]
Booklet Warns of Ephedra
Ephedra Contributed To The Death Of Steve Bechler. A booklet published nearly two years ago by major league baseball and the players' association warned about the dangers of ephedra, the nutritional supplement that contributed to the heatstroke death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler. The 15-page booklet called "Steroids … [Read more...]
Ephedra A Factor In Bechler Death
Ephedra Was A Factor In Bechler Death. Dr. Joshua Perper, the Broward County Medical Examiner, has ruled that Baltimore pitcher Steve Bechler the stimulant ephedra was a factor in his death recently. Dr. Perper said Bechler, 23, had "significant amounts of Ephedrine" in his system, which contributed to his death from … [Read more...]
Robinson Wants Ephedra Banned
he Ephedra Supplements Are Being Banned. Frank Robinson says the U.S. government should ban over-the-counter sales of dietary supplements containing ephedra, but until then he believes the Major League Baseball Players Association and the commissioner's office need to ban the substance from the game. "Anything that's harmful to … [Read more...]
Ephedra Factor In Bechler’s Heatstroke Death
Ephedra Was Blamed For Bechler’s Heatstroke Death. The diet supplement ephedra was partly to blame for the heatstroke death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler, a medical examiner said Thursday. Toxicology tests confirmed that "significant amounts" of an over-the-counter supplement containing the herb led to the heatstroke, … [Read more...]
Drug Maker Faces Ephedra Suit
Ephedra Supplement Has Been Linked To Bechler's Death. The company whose ephedra dietary supplement has been linked to the recent death of a Baltimore Orioles pitcher was sued Monday for false advertising by several California law enforcement agencies. The manufacturer of the ephedra product Xenadrine RFA-1 was named in a civil … [Read more...]
House Committee OKs Ephedra Bill
House Judiciary Committee Approved An Ephedra Bill. A proposed state ban on an herbal supplement blamed in the death of a Lincoln teenager moved forward Thursday. The Illinois House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved a measure prohibiting the sale of ephedra, a herbal stimulant. "It's a deadly drug, and we need to … [Read more...]
Senator Wants to Ban Ephedra
Ephedra Are Being Banned. A state senator who last year pushed through a law barring the sale of ephedra-based products to state teen-agers announced Wednesday she will seek to banish the dietary supplements entirely in California. Sen. Jackie Speier, D-Hillsborough, said that in the wake of the spring-training death of Baltimore … [Read more...]
County in NY Bans Sale of Ephedra
All Diet Supplements That Contains Ephedra Are Being Banned. The sale of all dietary supplements containing ephedra was banned Wednesday in Suffolk County under legislation described as the first of its kind in the nation. The federal Food and Drug Administration has reports of 100 deaths among ‘Ephedra’ users, and Baltimore … [Read more...]
City Waitress Files Ephedra Lawsuit
Ephedra May Cause Stroke. An Oklahoma City waitress who took an energy-enhancing supplement with ephedra and had a stroke later that day filed a $125 million civil lawsuit Wednesday, claiming the popular herb contributed to her left-side paralysis. Ella Yvonne Holladay, 66, names as defendants Phoenix Health Products of California … [Read more...]
Ephedra Class-Action Lawsuit Begins
Ephedra Class-Action Lawsuit. A New Jersey-based company manipulated data from clinical research studies on its top ephedra product to present a false picture of the pill's benefits and safety, a plaintiff's attorney said Thursday. The allegations came in the opening statement of the trial of a class action lawsuit against … [Read more...]
Schumer Wants Ephedra Ban
Ban On Ephedra Herbal Supplement. New York Sen. Charles Schumer called yesterday for an immediate ban of ephedra, two days after the Food and Drug Administration said it would require warning labels for the popular herbal stimulant. Schumer, at another of his weekly Sunday news conferences in Manhattan, said he would co-sponsor a … [Read more...]
FEDS IN EPHEDRA WARNING
FDA Ephedra Warning. Bottles of the popular herb ephedra should bear warning labels that the pills can cause heart attacks, strokes or even kill, the Food and Drug Administration said yesterday. The FDA proposed the warning labels reviving an attempt the powerful dietary-supplement industry had blocked for years while saying a ban … [Read more...]
FDA Wants Ephedra Warning Labels
Ephedra Can Cause Heart Attacks And Strokes. Bottles of the popular herb ephedra should bear warning labels that the pills can cause heart attacks, strokes or even kill, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. The FDA proposed the warning labels reviving an attempt the powerful dietary supplement industry had blocked for … [Read more...]
Athletes Respond to Ephedra Warnings
Dietary Supplement Ephedra Warnings. Between practices, Jeff Byrne's varsity baseball team has been talking frequently about the recent loss of a minor league player and his ties to the popular dietary supplement, ephedra. "I think it opened their eyes and I think that from what little I've heard them in the locker room, you know, … [Read more...]
Weight-loss Supplement Ephedra Living Up To Bad Reputation
Weight-loss Supplement Bad Reputation. In the battle to lose weight, some people are reaching for the extra fat-burning power of herbal supplements containing ephedra. But that doesn't mean the ancient plant has shed its bad reputation. In fact, just the opposite. Steve Bechler, a pitching prospect for the Baltimore Orioles, … [Read more...]
Families Testify on Ephedra Deaths
Ephedra Deaths Lawsuit. At a hearing in the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge yesterday morning, Doug Hanson held up a photograph of a smiling woman holding a baby boy. "This is my wife, Anne," he said, and told the story of the day in October 1998 when his wife passed away. "We got a call she'd been working out at the gym and … [Read more...]
Ephedra A Factor In Stringer’s Death
Ephedra Linked To The Heatstroke. Minnesota Vikings attorneys claim Korey Stringer's use of the controversial supplement ephedra can be linked to the heatstroke that killed him during training camp in 2001, according to documents filed last week. The Vikings filed the papers in response to a motion by the lawyers of Stringer's … [Read more...]
Ephedra Eyed After Pitcher’s Death
Athlete Can Lose a Medal by Taking Ephedra. An NFL player caught taking ephedra is often subject to harsher penalties than if he snorted cocaine. An Olympic athlete can lose a medal by taking the supplement. Baseball and its union, however, allow players to use ephedra, which is suspected in the death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher … [Read more...]
Angelos Aims Ephedra
Complications From Heatstroke Linked to Ephedra. Peter Angelos says he never wants to attend another memorial service like the one he went to yesterday. And he hopes the Major League Baseball Players' Association is listening. Following a service for Steve Bechler, the Orioles pitcher who died Monday morning after complications … [Read more...]
Bechler’s Death Tied To Ephedra
Bechler’s Death Linked To Xenadrine. Sidney Wolfe, a physician and a public health advocate, has pleaded with federal health officials to ban over-the-counter diet products that contain ephedra, warning that with each delay, "more people are dying." Tuesday, another death was linked to the controversial supplement. Steve … [Read more...]
Drug Probably Had Role In Pitcher’s Death
Weight-Loss Drug Contributed To The Death Of Bechler. A weight-loss drug banned by many sports leagues but not major league baseball probably contributed to the heatstroke death of Baltimore Orioles pitching prospect Steve Bechler, a medical examiner said today. Bechler, 23, had been taking Xenadrine, an over-the-counter drug … [Read more...]
New Ephedra Warning
Adverse Reactions to Ephedra. Ephedra, an herb found in weight-loss and bodybuilding supplements, is unsafe even when taken in recommended doses and should be restricted, according to doctors who studied reports of bad reactions to the herb. U.S. poison control centers reported 1,178 adverse reactions to ephedra dietary … [Read more...]
Ephedra Most Dangerous Herb
Ephedra The Most Dangerous Herb. A study of data from poison control centers shows the controversial supplement ephedra is by far the most dangerous herbal product on the market, San Francisco researchers claim. While ephedra accounted for less that 1 percent of herbal supplement sales in 2001, it was responsible for 62 percent of … [Read more...]
Ban On Ephedra
Ban On Ephedra Herbal Supplement. Sean Riggins' death this fall left a hole in his parents' lives, which they are partly filling with a campaign to ban the herbal supplement that apparently killed him. Kevin and Debbie Riggins of Lincoln are lobbying lawmakers, planning a nonprofit foundation and contemplating a civil lawsuit. … [Read more...]
NOTAM On Ephedra Risks
Air Force Surgeon General Issued NOTAM On Ephedra Risks. The Air Force Surgeon General has issued a "Notice to Airmen" on the potential risks associated with dietary supplements that contain ephedra, following the death of a young Air Force member in early November. NOTAMs are released by the Clinical Quality Management Division … [Read more...]
Diet Pill Distributor Alleged Scheme
Diet Pill Distributor Faces Lawsuits. For months, members of the Suffolk County legislature and diet pill distributors have locked horns over a bill to ban the sale of products containing ephedra, a controversial ingredient in a variety of weight-loss pills. But while discussions about health risks associated with ephedra products … [Read more...]
Justice Investigates Metabolife
Metabolife Contained The Herbal Stimulant Ephedra. The Justice Department confirmed Thursday that it has opened a criminal investigation into whether Metabolife, a leading seller of products containing the herbal stimulant ephedra, lied about its safety. Lester Crawford, Deputy Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, … [Read more...]
Safety Study of Ephedra
Ephedra Linked To Dozens Of Deaths. The Bush administration is ordering a new safety review of the herbal stimulant ephedra, outraging doctors who say the supplement has been linked to dozens of deaths and should be banned. Friday's announcement comes two years after federal health officials began working toward warning labels, … [Read more...]
