Your fears about Ma Huang are mostly groundless; Warning someone to stay away from something simply because you have heard it is bad is irresponsible. Ephedrine is what Dexedrine, and it's timed release counterpart Adderal, was originally synthesised from. So is/was Pseudoephedrine, aka Sudafed. For a person with ADHD, ephedrine/Ma Huang is a somewhat less effective, but viable non-prescriptive (and therefore considerably less expensive) alternative to Dexedrine/Adderal/Ritalin. Probably safer. All medications, herbal, OTC, or prescriptive, should be used with caution, with the effective dose "worked up to" from a non-functional dosage. Responsible physicians know and practice this. Unfortunately such physicians are a rare commodity, indeed. In the 1960's, so-called OTC diet pills contained Dexedrine as their active ingredient. It was put on prescription by government decree because it was a mild amphetemine, and therefore bad by association, and because doctors were losing alot of money from consumers doing their own legal prescribing.
There will always be idiots out there that will willfully abuse their bodies, even unto death, whether it be from taking Ma Huang to lose weight, or taking Steroids to gain muscle, or refusing to wear a helmet while riding a motorcycle, or refusing to use a seatbelt. Legislating against their irresponsibility causes equally bad unintended consequences. Instead, teach people how to make correct decisions, then let them govern themselves, for better or worse.
Last edited by Azraelle : Tue, Jul-01-03 at 07:09.
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