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View Poll Results: What is your personal experience with taking supplements with ephedra?
it gave me energy 50 14.45%
it burned fat 21 6.07%
it gave me energy and burned fat 236 68.21%
it gave me energy and burned fat, but gave me health problems 29 8.38%
it did nothing, but give me health problems. 10 2.89%
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Old 09-21-2006, 07:11 PM   #1
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What's everyone's take on ephedra? I used it for a a few years, and then stopped because it became unavailable. it was the only ingredient that truly gave me energy and weight loss, and it also put me in a great mood. After doing lots of research, i've come to the conclusion that they stopped making weight loss products with ephedra because people were making meth drugs out of it. I think they used the deaths caused by overdose as a cover up. I think most of those deaths were mainly from the people that were on crystal meth. cigarettes are killing millions of people every year but they still sell them. Ephedra is just like any other otc drug, use it how you are instructed, any more you will have major problems, that just about goes for everything. I never had any problems because i use it as directed. what is your take on this subject
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I'm really interested in it right now, There's just so many products I don't know what really has it or what to look for.

What is a brand that you guys trust when it comes to ephedra?

There are a ton of options on a site I found I just don't know what i'm looking for.

Like is ripped power ok, or does everything that has Ma Huang have it. Sorry for noobish question.

I would like to know, if u can u should add a poll to see what people think. I searched some, no answers.
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Old 09-22-2006, 06:18 PM   #3
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actually ma huang is a plant that ephedra comes from, also sida codifolia is another plant that has ephedra. i am currently taking lipodrene, it has sida codifolia,ephedra, in it which is almost the same as ma huang plant, but not as potent. this pill also has synephrine, and other good ingredients. check out .........., i just ordered powerthin that has ephedra in it.
the great combination in losing weight, is ephedrine, aspirin and caffeine. caffeine usually comes in the form of guarana seed.
most pills that contain ephedrine, have 10-25 mg of ephedra.
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I've tried ephedra a few times and it works great for me, but money's kinda tight and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions where to get a lot of it for cheap. Other than me not being able to buy more of it, I never really had problems with ephedra. I think I may have crapped blood once because of it, but I'm not sure. I was in another country at the time, Albania, and the food and water could have been the cause also. Anyway, I've seen great results from storebought ephedra and caffeine pills. I took 75mg of ephedra and 200mg of caffeine at my highest dosage and that was a wonderful wonderful day. Focus and energy. Euphoria even.
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well it looks good and the price and free shipping is awsome, to bad they won't ship to IL. I'll keep looking thanks for the link.
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what is the aspirins cause in the ECA stack?
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well it looks good and the price and free shipping is awsome, to bad they won't ship to IL. I'll keep looking thanks for the link.
yeah I noticed that too. How are we supposed to get our hands on Ephedra here in Illinois?
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what is the aspirins cause in the ECA stack?

It's a blood thinner.
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yeah I noticed that too. How are we supposed to get our hands on Ephedra here in Illinois?
you can't. But you can still get ephedrine hcl. If you go to a gas station or pharmacy, they'll log your purchase to make sure you aren't buying excessive amounts to manufacture meth.

it's an inconvient process and it blows. you can buy vasopro ephedrine from a board sponsor which is what I do now.
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what is the aspirins cause in the ECA stack?
"Aspirin inhibits prostaglandin production outside of the cells, which, in conjunction with caffeine, greatly prolongs the thermogenic effects and increased metabolism by substaining elevated cAMP levels."
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you can't. But you can still get ephedrine hcl. If you go to a gas station or pharmacy, they'll log your purchase to make sure you aren't buying excessive amounts to manufacture meth.

it's an inconvient process and it blows. you can buy vasopro ephedrine from bodybuilding.com which is what I do now.
Whats the difference between real ephedra and ephedra hcl? That product says its for "shortness of breath".
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Whats the difference between real ephedra and ephedra hcl? That product says its for "shortness of breath".
thats just what they say but it is for bronchitis and breathing problems i think. hcl is still good for fat loss tho, im assuming ephedra is just harder to come by but ephedra hcl is made from ephedra just the salt.
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Ephedrine is just most commonly marketed int he HCl and Sulfide salts of the compound. It dosen't really change anything. I mean I've used both varieties and both worked great for me. Both were also marketed for us for treating asthma as bronchodilators which is pretty much the only way you can get ephedra into apill form in doses as high as 25mg anymore. Meth heads ruined it for the rest of us, man.
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Can't you just whip out a porno mag to mimic the effects of ephedra?
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HCL is the chemical version which was allowed to be bypassed in the ban.


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