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Article: Auditors: company's records not enough to link ephedra to heart attacks
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- AP Worldstream
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- May 1, 2003
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Dateline: WASHINGTON
Some 16,000 customer complaints about the popular Metabolife brand
of ephedra are not enough to prove whether the herb caused dozens
of heart attacks and strokes, some fatal, congressional investigators
say.
The report released Wednesday doesn't mean ephedra is safe, the Food
and Drug Administration stressed: There is evidence from other sources
that the pills can cause serious health problems.
Armed with reports of more than 100 deaths and thousands of side effects
linked to ephedra use, the FDA two months ago pledged to put warning
labels on every bottle that say the amphetamine-like stimulant can
cause heart attacks, strokes or even kill.
The ...