Complementary and Alternative Medicine

U.S. bans ephedra, drug linked to deaths

Published in Health and Medicine Week, January 19th, 2004

The Bush administration has announced that it is banning the sale of ephedra in early 2004 and urged consumers to immediately stop using the herbal weight control supplement that has been linked to numerous deaths and other harmful health effects.

"The time to stop taking this product is now," Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said in announcing the government's first-ever ban on a dietary supplement. "They are just too risky to use."

The ban was based on extensive scientific study involving more than 16,000 reports of adverse health effects from products containing ephedra, officials said. It will formally take effect 60 days after...

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Source: Health and Medicine Week (2004-01-19)

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