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FDA plans ban on ephedra.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 31-DEC-03 		Format: Online - approximately 1050 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: FDA plans ban on ephedra.(Health)(Regulators conclude that the herbal dietary supplement poses an unreasonable health risk)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard

Federal regulators announced plans Tuesday to ban ephedra products and urged Americans trying to shed a few pounds for the new year to stay away from the popular nutritional supplement with an amphetaminelike kick.

"The time to stop taking this product is now," Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said in declaring the government's first-ever ban of a dietary supplement. "They are just too risky to use."

The timing of the announcement was made deliberately to deter dieters from turning to ephedra to help fulfill New Year's resolutions to lose weight, Thompson said.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded that ephedra products pose "an unreasonable risk" of illness and injury to consumers.

FDA Commissioner Mark McClellan said manufacturers should pull their products from shelves now and not wait for the ban to take effect in March.

``There are companies out there who've profited by misleading Americans about the benefits...

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