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Ephedra was consumed by about 12 to 17 million people at the turn of the decade, reports the Americian Herbal Products Association. In 2002, the Nutrition Business Journal estimated that ephedra sales were $1.25 billion.

Ephedra Increases Metabolism

Ephedra is a herb used centuries to treat disorders such as asthma and bronchitis. Because ephedra has the ability to increase metabolism, and burn fat it became a popular ingredient used in diet pills starting in the late 1980s.

Ephedra is powerful

The FDA removed ephedra, also known by its chinese name Ma-huang, from the market in April 2004 claiming that it was responsible for dozens of deaths.

Ephedra FDA Ban Over Ruled

Judge Campbell states that drug agencies had failed to prove that ephedra at low doses was dangerous, and that it lacked the authority to ban the substance without such proof. She called for the FDA to lift the ban on ephedra.

The US ban on ephedra was reversed on 14, April 2005, among other things the court clarified that the FDA must follow the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) and can not treat dietary supplements like drugs or medical devices.

According to the court low doses of ephedra do not pose significant or unreasonable risk by a preponderance of the evidence. Companies that sell ephedra based products are allowed to resume selling products with no more than 10mg of naturally occurring ephedrine alkaloids.

Ephedra Available Again, But For How Long?

Diet pills containing herbal ephedra and mahuang are legally available again, but the FDA still wants the effective weight loss herb removed from diet supplements.

Ephedra diet pills had been removed from store shelves when a ban went into effect on April 2004. In April 2005 a Utah judge overturned the FDA's ban sighting that the FDA needed proof that the herb was harmful if taken as directed. The FDA has not provided that proof.

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