A drug search for ephedrine (the isolated ingredient of the herb ma/ ephedra, plenty of OTC products. So it is still out there. There is a warning on Sudafed that overdose makes you drowsy. But pop a handful and you'll get a buzz (so they say, I never tried it). You may be right and maybe "ephedra" was "unadulterated" compared to Sudafed but IMO, BOTH products were made by phamaucitcals (not by a herbalist).
Here's a question. Drug Companies routinely produce many times over the number of legal prescriptions (or OTC sales) as the legitimate demand call for - including the free samples. They have been doing this for years. Why in a business sense would they continue to produce say 1,000 units when they can only sell or give away 100 units ??? Since OUR government has statistics on everything ... like how many eggs the average American eats per year, I wonder how many Sudafed's each American consumes (buys) versus how many Sudafed's (ephedrine) are produced each year. (Referring to previous posts) that answer will show that Senator Feinstein's (D-CA) heart is in the right place - depending upon who you're working for that is... Ed Kasper LAc. Licensed Acupuncturist & Herbalist Acupuncture is a jab well done www.HappyHerbalist.com Santa Cruz, CA. -----Original Message----- From: oldgl...@bigcountry.net [mailto:oldgl...@bigcountry.net] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 8:10 PM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: CS>NATIONAL HEALTH FEDERATION - CAFTA Press Release Hi, It is my opinion ephedra was competing with prescription speed/diet pills and therefore needed to be removed. Not because they were worried about anyone but because it was losing revenue for the pharma companies. It is all about money and they don't take kindly to anyone lowering their profits. Jean ************** > > Although I've never heard it said (other than by me) it is my personal > opinion that ephedra was banned in order to dry up an uncontrolled > source of an ingredient which could be used to make crystal methadrine > (speed)... > > Dan -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
