Posted by Lindsay Rae on February 1, 2004, at 12:15:41
In reply to Re: Drug Interaction?? » Twainesworld, posted by Fallen4myT on January 27, 2004, at 23:45:05
This information you got from the net is ancient! It also contributed to the death of the baseball player last year...anyone remember that? Ephedra has since been taken off the shelves as per FDA regulations. It's not safe. A good friend of mine took half the reccommended dose and found out by almost dying that he was allergic to it. He went to the gym and woke up in the hospital. There is more current info on ephedra.
That said, I am not holier than thou. I take pain meds too, and the medication itself made me gain 40 pounds. I went to the doctor and got Phentermine, which is a synthetic amphetamine. Other people on Methadone have had success with it, so I thought I'd try it. But it made me feel so jittery and anxious, I just couldn't take it. A friend of mine is hooked on these pills. Everyone is different, but if you don't want to effect your pain meds, stay away from Xenidrine or any other "fat eliminator", as these deplete your system of your fat AND your medication. Taking a CNS stimulant and depressant at the same time is dangerous, not to mention counterproductive. But there is no contra- indication that the drugs don't mix.
> I saw this and I googled it looking for an interaction I didn't see one but I got a zillion hits so maybe it is there. My fear is what you wanna take IS a stimulant and maybe that in and of itself would decrease the pain meds and also these meds can be risky and cause high blood pressure and bad health results. Maybe an exercise program followed 5 days a week ..maybe see a PT if youre in pain you must have somethings that may need special care when you DO exercise..some exercise can be done in a chair and follow a VERY low carb diet only GOOD carbs with a lot of fiber would be good. I looked up the drug you wanna take to lose weight on Google and this is what i found please be careful
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> >>Ephedrine HCL
> Ephedrine was discovered in 1887 by the Oriental biochemist Nagi. Given the fact that your body's hormones and protein utilization is high, many athletes find it important to insure themselves peak workouts. Ephedrine s one of the few proven metabolic optimizes that help that occur. It first received attention in America in 1924 when medical scientists Carl Schmidt and K.K. Chen found it to have very powerful stimulating effects on patients. With respect to it's origin, the best source of L-Ephedrine is the Ephedra Equisetina (better known as Ma Huang) plant that grows in China and India. The less effective forms of ephedrine generally comes from less expensive plant sources such as Ephedra Nevadensis which grows in the western states.
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> Ephedrine is the strongest safe stimulant known today. It will allow athletes to train longer and harder, thereby assisting them in making greater gains.>>
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