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Metabolife is made up of the herb ephedrine, which is derived from the Chinese native ma huang shrub. Taking Metabolife and other ephedrine products heightens alertness by stimulating the central nervous system, but Metabolife has been linked to deadly and serious side effects resulting from the dangers of ephedrine. The FDA had been unsuccessfully trying to prove the dangers of ephedrine by obtaining adverse event reports from the industry since at least 1997, but since the deregulation of herbal products, the figures had not been collected. With all the dangers of ephedrine, Metabolife has been linked to reports of heart attacks, seizures, strokes, as well as other health problems, and the FDA has since collected reports of over 100 deaths among ephedrine users, inclusive of Metabolife. Metabolife is the number one maker of ephedrine supplements in the U.S. The FDA’s attempts to regulate the doses of ephedrine-containing products, such as Metabolife, were also unsuccessful.
Military Services Document Metabolife & the Dangers of Ephedrine
The Navy Surgeon General stated that “all three military services have documented medical cases where significant adverse events and deaths have occurred among active duty service members taking certain dietary supplements, specifically preparations containing ephedrine alkaloids.” This has resulted in the Navy banning the sale of ephedrine containing dietary supplements from Pearl Harbor stores and the Marine base at Kaneohe Bay. Due to the reports of soldier deaths due to the dangers caused by ephedrine products, such as Metabolife, the Moncrief Army Community Hospital issued a statement saying, “We recommend that you don’t take ephedra at all. The bottom line: Ephedra is a very dangerous herb that can kill.”
According to a December 21, 2000 New England Journal of Medicine article, researchers consider 25 mg to be the recommended therapeutic dose that is usually given with about 200 mg of caffeine. This one dose of Metabolife quickens the heart rate, opens up the bronchial airways allowing more oxygen to become available, and constricts the blood vessels resulting in an increased blood pressure. Some Metabolife users react more strongly to the dangers of ephedrine compounds than others, that may be why Metabolife side effects are experienced.
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