Xenadrine

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This paper discusses the side effects of Xenadrine, which contains ephedra. The FDA does not consider dietary supplements as drugs and therefore does no testing for harmful side effects. A study at the University of California, San Francisco, resulted in side effects, such as heart attacks, seizures, and deaths among testees while taking ephedra. In conclusion, this paper states that a healthier lifestyle is the best way to gain energy and obtain a healthier weight.

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"Dietary supplement manufacturers are not required to show that their product is safe or that is actually works. Dietary supplements are assumed safe unless the FDA can prove they are not. In the case with xenadrine, the FDA could not find evidence that was strong enough to prohibit its sale to the public.
Xenadrine is composed of Citrus Aurantium, MaHuang (Ephedra), Guarana Extract(caffeine), White Willow Bark, Aceytl L-Camitine, L-Tyrosine, Ginger Root and Vitamin B5. The warning label reads: Do not use if you are pregnant or nursing. Do not use if you are at risk or being treated for high blood pressure, liver, thyroid or psychiatric disease, diabetes, pernicious anemia, nervousness, anxiety, depression, seizure disorder, cardiac arrhythmia's, stroke or pheochromacytoma. Discontinue if dizziness, sleeplessness, tremors, nervousness, headache, heart palpitations or tingling sensations occur."

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