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The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) banned products containing the herb ephedra on April 12, 2004, after reports of many deaths and serious adverse reactions suffered by people who used the products for dietary aids, sports enhancers, and energy boosters. The Public Citizen’s Health Research Group, Washington, D.C., claims that 155 deaths have been linked to ephedra, including the death of 23-year-old Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Belcher in 2003.

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A federal court in Utah has reversed the FDA’s ban, and the FDA has appealed. The reversal of the ban applies only in Utah, but companies manufacturing products in Utah are selling them online.

Ephedra raises blood pressure and constricts blood vessels. This produces a serious list of ephedra side effects. Symptoms that have been linked to ephedra include:

• hypertension
  
• heart palpitations
  
• irregular heart rhythms
  
• heart attacks
  
• strokes
  
• seizures
  
• tremors
  
• convulsions
  
• paranoid psychosis
  
• depression
  
• coma
  
• hepatitis
  
• fever
  
• insomnia
  
• dizziness
  
• headache
  
• chest pain
  

If you have suffered injury after using a product containing ephedra, you may be entitled to collect damages.

Check out the following articles for more information about ephedra, filing an ephedra lawsuit and finding an ephedra attorney.

• For more information about ephedra, see Drug Overview: Ephedra Side Effects and Claims
  
• To find out more about the FDA warning, see Ephedra Side Effects and Risks
  
• If you would like to learn more about ephedra lawsuits, see Ephedra Lawsuits, Litigation & Lawyers
  
• To learn more about ephedra attorneys and how to find one, see Hiring an Ephedra Attorney and Lawyer
  
• For more information about ephedra updates, see Ephedra Information and Warnings
  

Suffered harm from Ephedra? You may have a lawsuit. Click here, for a top rated law firm to evaluate your legal rights.