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 Ephedrine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Furthermore, ephedrine and pseudoephedrine (which are found in various legal over-the-counter drugs) can be manufactured into methamphetamine, a dangerous illicit drug that is growing in popularity due in part to the availability of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine.
Such misuse of ephedrine has been associated with stimulant dependence, as well as deaths from heatstroke in athletes and circulatory problems such as aortic aneurysm in weightlifters.
However, Ephedrine is also one of the OTC drugs (Vasopro) currently sold in many states in the US.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephedrine   (909 words)

  
 Lycaeum > Leda > Ephedrine Information
Ephedrine has moderately potent bronchial muscle relaxant properties, and therefore is used for symptomatic relief in milder cases of asthmatic attack; it is also used to reduce the risk of acute attacks in the treatment of chronic asthma.
Ephedrine taken with caffeine is a more pleasant stimulant combination however be aware of the warnings concerning adrenergic drugs, which you can discuss with someone qualified and licensed to do so.
These consumers will be able to obtain an ephedrine drug product upon a doctor's prescription if the doctor determines that ephedrine is the drug that should be used to treat the condition.
http://leda.lycaeum.org/Documents/Ephedrine_Information.8734.shtml   (5352 words)

  
 Ephedrine
While it was possible that her stroke was precipitated by the vasoconstricting and hypertensive effect of ephedrine, it is difficult to determine with any confidence.
Astrup A, Breum L. Pharmacological and clinical studies of ephedrine and other thermogenic agonists.
Also known as ma huang, the aerial parts of this evergreen have been used in Chinese medicine for thousands of years to treat symptoms of colds and asthma.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/DDIL/ephedrine.html   (2191 words)

  
 Ephedrine Facts
Besides Ephedrine’s primary use for asthma treatment (it is a bronchodilator), it is widely used for weight loss, as an energy booster, and to enhance athletic performance.
Ephedrine is the strongest stimulant known today, It will allow athletes to train longer and harder, thereby assisting them in making greater gains.
Ephedrine has been used by athletes for energy, blood oxygenation and fat burning.
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 Ephedra / Ephedrine (lyberty.com eclectic content)
Ephedrine HCl is a sympathomimetic drug that relaxes smooth muscle and constricts blood vessels.
In general, the effects of ephedrine are similar to those observed with epinephrine but are slower in onset, less potent, and longer in duration.
It was formerly widely used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of such conditions as asthma and chronic bronchitis, but has largely been replaced for treating these conditions by drugs that have fewer adverse effects.
http://www.lyberty.com/encyc/articles/ephedrine.html   (761 words)

  
 Ephedra and Ephedrine Alkaloids for Weight Loss and Athletic Performance
Synthetic ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are found in over-the-counter decongestants and cold medicines and are used to treat asthma.
It relaxes bronchial smooth muscle [11,12] and is used as a decongestant and for temporary relief of shortness of breath caused by asthma.
These trials were not appropriate for a pooled analysis because they used a wide variety of interventions.
http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/EphedraandEphedrine_pf.asp   (2496 words)

  
 Ephedra / Ephedrine Dangers - James Hoyer Newcomer & Smiljanich - Attorneys At Law
Ephedrine is the main component of the Chinese herb ma huang used to treat asthma, colds and flu, headaches and cough.
Some users of ephedrine report the substance made their heart race, gave them chest pains, elevated their blood pressure or caused other health problems.
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found ephedrine poses "a serious health risk to some users" and has "no scientifically established benefits."
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 Ephedrine-Containing Supplements
Unfortunately, athletes who use ephedrine may risk getting more than they bargained for from the drug.
So it is not surprising that athletes may want to utilize ephedrine-containing supplements to improve their performance, have more energy or decrease their body fat.
Despite its effectiveness, in June of 2002, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson called for an extensive scientific review of ephedrine to address health concerns associated with its use.
http://www.gssiweb.com/reflib/refs/605/RevisedEphedrine.cfm?pid=96   (1231 words)

  
 Scientific Evidence of Ephedrine for Fatloss
Ephedrine, caffeine and aspirin are effective but are still limited by inhibitory mechanisms built into our physiology.
This is disproved somewhat by the fact that 3-methylhistidine, which is used as an index for skeletal muscle breakdown, was not altered by ephedrine administration yet nitrogen balance was significantly improved during very low calorie dieting.
It should be noted however that ephedrine does show some anabolic action even with such a short half-life.
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 Ephedrine
Many of the effects of ephedrine are similar to those associated with ecstasy-type drugs (stimulation, increased energy, exercise tolerance, sexual openness, reduced aggression, disturbances of perception, insomnia, tremor and euphoria/exaltation).
However, the drug would not appear to have the same subjective effects on empathy, or on repetitive movements which are associated with ecstasy use, or sought by users of ecstasy drugs.
All contents of this web site and any links to other sites etc, is for educational and research purposes.
http://www.idmu.co.uk/epheffects.htm   (466 words)

  
 EPHEDRINE
The user may further notice headaches and an increase in blood pressure with regular use of ephedrine.
In most instances the user will take the drug only two or three times per week, usually on those days personally "important" (like chest day).
This will produce a number of effects beneficial to the athlete.
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 Ephedrine and Ephedra
  “Use of a stimulant containing ephedrine could be especially dangerous for Wheeler, a chronic asthmatic, who was carrying an inhaler with him on the field: Combining asthma medication with ephedrine is a ‘bad, bad combination,’ said Prof.
  In addition to its effectiveness as a decongestant, ephedrine has also been found to stimulate the fat-burning processes in our bodies through thermogenesis.
  Due to the fact that there is still much debate over any potential side effects that ephedrine may bring about, ephedrine sales have been banned in 16 states.
http://cseserv.engr.scu.edu/StudentWebPages/WAu/ResearchPaper.htm   (2700 words)

  
 Ephedrine History
Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are also known to be effective respiratory sedatives and cough remedies.
Seemingly in contrast to this, studies show that North and American Ephedra do not contain ephedrine alkaloids.
Ephedrine's stimulant effects have also been abused as a means of achieving a high with a legal product.
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/kabernd/seminar/2001/home/jok/ephedrine_history.html   (374 words)

  
 An Evaluation of l-Ephedrine Neurotoxicity with Respect to Hyperthermia and Caudate/Putamen Microdialysate Levels of ...
However, body temperatures of the ephedrine and amphetamine groups did not differ from one another at any time point (F
The remainder of the rats showed less than 50% increase in 5-HT.
of ephedrine in humans (Vanakoski et al., 1993
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Care should be taken to avoidadministration of ephedrine with other stimulants such as caffeine7.
Angina (chest pain due to depleted oxygen in the heart muscle)
Ephedrine use is therefore contraindicated in people prone to hypertension, heart disease, hyperglycemia, hyper- thyroidism, prostate disease and related conditions and in those taking prescription medications3,6.
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 Perspective on ephedra - ma huang - ephedrine and caffeine
The Herb Research Foundation has developed a "Herbal Stimulant Factsheet" which compares caffeine and ephedrine content of various consumer products, including both foods and drugs.
The rhetoric and emotions have run high on this issue.
All ephedrine products would become prescription drugs, except:
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 CBC Marketplace: Ephedra/Ephedrine
He says ephedrine is a stimulant - a drug people can abuse and become addicted to.
Dean Krielaars says ephedrine is being used for anything but those purely medical concerns.
Krielaars says ephedrine is a stimulant - a drug people can abuse and become addicted to.
http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/health/ephedrine   (1502 words)

  
 UMass Lowell Ephedrine Warning: UML Health Services
Ephedrine, a popular herbal stimulant, is used to promote weight loss, boost energy and help treat asthma.
UML Home > Student Health Services > Health Education Resources > Alcohol and Drug Information > Ephedrine Warning
Ephedrine raises blood pressure and heart rate, can damage nerves and muscles and cause memory loss, strokes, phychosis and even death.
http://www.uml.edu/student-services/health/alc_drug/eph.html   (296 words)

  
 Extraction and Separation of Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine
Nagai (14) in 1911 achieved a synthesis of racemic ephedrine, but the fact has not been duly credited in the literature.
The separation of the six natural ephedra bases has been described by Kanao (150).
Ephedrine has been separated from pseudo-ephedrine by means of the oxalate, the ephedrine salt being much less soluble in cold water.
http://www.ephedra.demon.nl/stories/chemical.htm   (1522 words)

  
 Ephedrine: Fast Facts
This is one in a series of publications on drugs, behavior, and health published by Do It Now Foundation.
Ephedrine is a drug derived from the plant Ephedra equisetina.
Due to its effects on respiration, ephedrine has long been used as an ingredient in over-the-counter cold, allergy, and asthma products.
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 Adverse Events Associated with Ephedrine-Containing Products -- Texas, December 1993-September 1995
She was discharged and was advised to avoid any medications or products that contained ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or related drugs.
Ephedrine and associated alkaloids are structurally similar to the amphetamines (1) and, by stimulating adrenergic receptors, can increase arterial blood pressure through both peripheral vasoconstriction and cardiac stimulation.
Other adverse effects associated with the use of ephedrine include palpitations, tachycardia, hypertension, coronary spasm, paranoid psychoses, convulsions, respiratory depression, coma, and death (2).
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00043335.htm   (1719 words)

  
 Global Youth Network - Use of Ephedrine Products
A sub-culture focused on body image and muscle building has fuelled the use of these and other products such as creatine and androstenedione.
Ephedrine, a stimulant, is from the plant ephedra (often known by its Chinese name, Ma Huang) and is used to treat asthma, fevers, and body and joint pain.
There is much that is not known about the effects of the products and few regulations exist guiding their use.
http://www.unodc.org/youthnet/youthnet_youth_drugs_trends_use_ephedrine.html   (390 words)

  
 EPHEDRINE
Just a note of caution to anyone considering this program if your blood pressure is presently elevated."
Ephedrine's role as a lipolytic (fat breakdown) agent has been known for some time.
Ephedrine is the strongest and safest stimulant known today.
http://www.internalhealth.com/ephedrine.htm   (553 words)

  
 US FDA/CFSAN Dietary Supplements: Ephedrine Alkaloids
FDA Announces The Availability Of New Ephedrine And "Street Drug Alternative" Documents March 31, 2000
Rand Report: Ephedra and Ephedrine for Weight Loss and Athletic Performance Enhancement: Clinical Efficacy and Side Effects.
FDA's Analytical Methods for Testing of Products Believed to Contain Ephedrine Alkaloids March 2005
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ds-ephed.html   (471 words)

  
 EPHEDRINE - ORAL side effects, medical uses, and drug interactions.
The dosage is based on your medical condition and response to therapy.
EPHEDRINE - ORAL side effects, medical uses, and drug interactions.
OTHER USES: This drug has also been used to treat certain sleep disorders (narcolepsy), menstrual problems (dysmenorrhea), or urine-control problems (incontinence or enuresis).
http://www.medicinenet.com/ephedrine-oral/article.htm   (497 words)

  
 Ephedrine
Does anyone have any personal experience with its usage?
I understand that there have been some negative reactions linked to ephedrine use.
The problems they were seeing, which caused them to stop selling it was that atheletes who took ephedrine were working out to hard.
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 Ephedrine Pharmacology, Pharmacokinetics, Studies, Metabolism - Ephedrine - RxList Monographs
Ephedrine may deplete norepinephrine stores in sympathetic nerve endings, so that tachyphylaxis to cardiac and pressor effects of the drug may develop.
The drug and its metabolites are excreted in the urine, mostly as unchanged ephedrine.
Pressor responses to parenteral ephedrine are slower but more prolonged than those produced by epinephrine.
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 What is Ephedrine?
Ephedra is a stimulant containing the herbal form of ephedrine, an FDA-regulated drug found in over-the-counter asthma medications.
Ephedrine alkaloids are amphetamine-like compounds used in OTC and prescription drugs with potentially lethal stimulant effects on the central nervous system and heart.
These products often contain other stimulants, such as caffeine, which may have synergistic effects and increase the potential for adverse effects.
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 Ephedrine
Blood volume depletion should be corrected before ephedrine therapy is instituted; use caution in patients with unstable vasomotor symptoms, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, prostatic hyperplasia, or a history of seizures; also use caution in the elderly and those patients with cardiovascular disorders such as coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, and hypertension.
Long-term use may cause anxiety and symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia.
Ephedrine may cause hypertension resulting in intracranial hemorrhage.
http://www.musc.edu/pharmacyservices/Drugs/E/Ephedrine.htm   (319 words)

  
 Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine - Vitacost
Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are closely related drugs with actions and side effects similar to the hormone epinephrine (adrenaline).
Foods that acidify the urine may increase the elimination of ephedrine from the body, potentially reducing the action of the drug.
Pseudoephedrine, a nonprescription drug taken by mouth, can also be used to relieve this symptom.
http://www.vitacost.com/science/hn/Drug/Ephedrine.htm   (940 words)

  
 Ephedrine Information
Ephedrine is a potent stimulant that has been used for centuries in china.
When the drug is synthesized it produces a drug know as pseudo-ephedrine, which reacts most with chemicals and the human body in identical ways.
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 Ephedrine
Ephedrine, on the other hand, is a cardiovascular stimulant similar in effect to caffeine.
This is natural sources of ephedrine and can be purchased legally.
This results in a rather euphoric high that has the user feeling like they are on top of the world followed by a rather heavy crash where the user feels like shit.
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 EPHEDRINE
Finally, athletes often use ephedrine as a "training booster." Since it has a mild amphetamine-like effect on the central nervous sys-tem (CNS) it improves the concentration, vigilance, and the in-terplay of nerves and muscles.
Simpli-fied, ephedrine slightly increases the body temperature so that the body burns more calories than usual.
On the one hand, this occurs since ephedrine produces heat in the body (thermogenesis).
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 ephedrine on Encyclopedia.com
Ephedrine also is used in the production of methamphetamine (see amphetamine).
EPHEDRINE [ephedrine], drug derived from plants of the genus Ephedra (see Pinophyta), most commonly used to prevent mild or moderate attacks of bronchial asthma.
the drug Xenadrine EFX, advertised as "Ephedrine Free," appears in front of a GNC vitaminRFA-1, a weight-loss drug that contains ephedrine.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/e1/ephedrin.asp   (559 words)

  
 Meth Labs
From 1975 to 2001, DEA seized 16,054 illegal drug laboratories, of which 13,931 were used to produce methamphetamine.
In this process, over-the-counter cold and allergy tablets containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine are placed in a solution of water, alcohol, or other solvent for several hours until the ephedrine or pseudoephedrine separates from the tablet.
Methamphetamine is clandestinely manufactured using the ephedrine or pseudoephedrine reduction method.
http://www.streetdrugs.org/methlabs.htm   (274 words)

  
 The truth about ephedrine diet pills.
Further these compounds often cause psychological side effects such as depression, nervousness, insomnia, and rapid heart rate.
These compounds act as stimulants that can cause rapid or irregular heartbeats (heart arrhythmias) Ephedrines act in a similar way as that of adrenaline.
Ephedrine (e-fed’rin) a-methylamino-l phenyl-l propanol, is an alkaloid from the leaves of Ephededra equisetina, E. Sinica, and other species (family Gnetaceae).
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 St. Louis City Revised Code Chapter 11.75: EPHEDRINE OR PSEUDO EPHEDRINE
"Ephedrine" means all forms of ephedrine, pseudo ephedrine, ephedrine hydrochloride, pseudo ephedrine hydrochloride, phenylpropanolamine and all combinations of these chemicals.
"Counter" means any obstructive, physical barrier that separates ephedrine products from access by a customer or the general public, and which makes such products available to a customer or the general public only through or by the act of an employee of the seller.
"Ephedrine product" means any product that contains ephedrine, its salts, isomers or salts of isomers, as its sole active ingredient or in combination with less than therapeutically significant quantities of other active ingredients.
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 USATODAY.com - Authorities say drug contributed to pitcher's death
While dieting, Bechler was taking Xenadrine RFA-1, an over-the-counter drug containing ephedrine, the active ingredient in ephedra.
Perper said it shouldn't be taken by people with such symptoms and that Bechler ingested three pills — one above the recommended daily dosage — before he became dizzy during Sunday's workout.
FORT LAUDERDALE — The dietary supplement ephedrine (eh-FEH'-drin) played a role in Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler's death, Broward County medical examiner Joshua Perper said Tuesday.
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 ChemFinder.Com
(1R,2S)-(-)-Ephedrine; Benzenemethanol, alpha-[1-(methylamino)ethyl]-, [R-(R*,S*)]-; ephedrine; (-)-Ephedrine; L-alpha-(1-Methylaminoethyl)benzyl alcohol; L-erythro-2-(Methylamino)-1-phenylpropan-1-ol;
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 Ephedrine Online, Description, Chemistry, Ingredients - Ephedrine - RxList Monographs
The basic molecule without the sulfate addition has the following structural formula:
Ephedrine Sulfate Injection, USP is a sterile, nonpyrogenic solution containing ephedrine sulfate 50 mg/mL in water for injection.
Ephedrine Sulfate, USP is a sympathomimetic amine chemically designated
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 Ephedrine HCL 8mg (300tabs)
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