RESOURCES & ARTICLES

For more information on the controversy surrounding Ephedra, visit these links:

Food and Drug Administration Home Page
www.fda.com

Food & Drug Administration
Dietary Supplements: Ephedrine Alkaloids
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ds-ephed.html

Supplement Quality.Com’s Ephedra Safety Warning
http://www.supplementquality.com/safety/ephedra

FDA Medical Bulletin: “Adverse Events with Ephedra and Other Botanical Dietary Supplements,” September 1994
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ds-ephe2.html

NCCAM Consumer Advisory on Ephedra
(National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/alerts/ephedra

Herbal Information Center’s Ephedra Page
http://www.kcweb.com/herb/ephedra.htm

World of Alternatives.Com Ephedra page
http://www.worldofalternatives.com/UKHomeopathy/links/ephedra.html

Department of Health and Human Services Acts to Reduce Safety Concerns Associated with Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedra
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/ephedra/factsheet.html

”Weight Loss, Body Building Ephedra Can Be Deadly,”ABC News.Com, 11/6/02
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/ephedra001106.html

HHS Announces Plans to Study Ephedra;Steps Up Enforcement of Illegal Ephedrine Marketing (press release)
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2002pres/20020614.html

Scientists Red Flag Popular Supplement Ephedra, CNN.Com, 11/6/00
http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/alternative/11/06/ephedra.warning.02/

Consumer group: “FDA Must Ban Ephedra”, USA Today, 9/5/01
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2001-09-06-ephedra-usat.htm

Bush Orders Safety Review Of Ephedra, Washington Post, 6/15/02
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename

Public hearings probe ephedra safety, CNN.Com, 8/9/00
http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/alternative/08/09/ephedra.controversy/

“Adverse Cardiovascular and Central Nervous System Events Associated with Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedra Alkaloids”,
The New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 343, Number 25 (December 21, 2000)
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/343/25/1833

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