Sunday, 16 May 2010

Significant health risks are associated with use of the dietary supplement ephedra

Published in Clinical Toxicology, Volume 43, Issue 1 January 2005 , pages 23 - 30

Seizures Reported in Association with Use of Dietary Supplements
Christine A. Haller ab; Kathryn H. Meier a;Kent R. Olson a
a University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
b University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

This paper can be accessed at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a713719869&db=all

The author concludes: "Ephedra was implicated in 27 of 33 dietary supplement-associated seizures reported to the FDA over a 7-year period, further underscoring that significant health risks are associated with use of this herbal product".

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