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Article: Fallout from Ephedra Ban: Sales of Non-Ephedra Zantrex-3(TM) Triple... but Diet Pill's Manufacturer Still Criticizes Proposed FDA Rule.
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- January 6, 2004
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SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- You would think that a tripling of orders for Zantrex-3, America's best-selling, most powerful non-ephedra diet pill, would make Zoller Laboratories(TM), the diet pill's manufacturer, thrilled about the proposed ban on ephedra. But according to Don Atkinson, Director of Global Sales for Zoller Labs, company executives are uncomfortable with the FDA's proposed rule. "One day they are shaking their heads about how obese America has become, and the next day they are banning a substance that has proven safe and effective for weight loss when used in the proper fashion," said Atkinson. "If the proposed ban on ephedra becomes law, what ...