Twinlab Metabolift With Ephedra
Twinlab Metabolift with ephedra no longer exists. Twinlab has replaced ephedra in all of their products with other ingredients because ephedra was banned in the United States in 2003 and again in late 2006. The studies of ephedra showed that there were far too many strokes, heart attacks, and death related to ephedra. There were many other side effects reported to the Food and Drug Administration. Ephedra was proven in the Federal court to be too dangerous to continue using it. Ephedra was used for medicinal purposes such as asthma, bronchial tube and lung congestion, sinus congestion, fever, weight loss, as an energy booster, as a sports performance booster, and other medicinal purposes. Ephedra has been used by the Chinese for over 5,000 years and for many years by the Native Americans, Mexicans, and the Mormons. Other names known for ephedra are Chinese Ephedra, Ma Huang, Squaw Tea, Desert Tea, Mormon Tea, and Epitonin. Ephedra is found in desert regions around the globe and this explains the many names for it. Ephedra is a shrub which has amphetamine like properties and it has also been made synthetically. The stems of the ephedra shrub were cut and dried and made into a powder.
Some of the many side effects of ephedra were heart attacks, strokes, seizures, anxiety, high blood pressure, psychosis, insomnia, allergies, itching, hives, nausea, vomiting, rapid heart beat, irregular heart beat, nervousness, and death. The Food and Drug Administration received over 800 reports of strokes, heart attacks, and some deaths about people who had used ephedra, from 1994 to 2003, so they filed the evidence with the Federal Court and ephedra was banned in 2003. Some people disagreed with the FDA and filed a petition to get the ban lifted in 2004. On April 14, 2005 the court lifted the ban stating that they felt the FDA did not have enough evidence to prove that, when used in doses of less than10 mg., ephedra was not dangerous to use. The FDA continued to compile reports of hospital emergencies and deaths from the use of ephedra products. From 1007 to 2006 there were over 1,000 reports of injuries and at least 17 deaths received by the FDA. They decided to have some of the products which contained ephedra tested and found that some of them contained more ephedra than was listed on the label of the bottle and some contained less. There were even some that contained no ephedra at all but it was listed on the labels. The FDA filed their evidence and reports with the Court and ephedra was banned for the second time in late 2006.
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