Dr. Michael Cox noted that in 1997, the manufacturers of two widely used diet pills containing ephedrine, dexfenfluramine and fenfluramine, withdrew these drugs from the market because some research studies raised the question of whether they damaged heart valves. The initial study was based on just 24 patients who had developed heat-valve problems after taking the drugs. Five of these patients ultimately required cardiac surgery. Their heat valves showed an unusual thickening, similar to that seen in patients with disease that raise blood levels of the neurotransmitter chemical serotonin (these drugs also raise seritonin levels). Concerned, the Food and Drug Administration collected information on 271 patients who had used these drugs and found that 32% had valve abnormalities (5). This percentage is big enough to scare even the most obese people away. The manufacturers withdrew the drugs and a series of lawsuits followed. Many reasons that over weight people turn to these drugs is because they are scared of heart problems when in fact, they could receive them anyway by taking an over .
the counter diet pill. Guy Gugliotta reports, "The potential health hazards associated .
with ephedrine are too serious to permit them to be sold on the open market" and he urges the FDA to strongly consider removing dietary supplements that contain ephedrine from the open market (1).
Earl Midell has a 50/50 outlook of the controversy of ephedrine and diet pills. He states "People respond differently to caffeine and ephedrine. Some people may be highly sensitive to these stimulants, while others can use them with no adverse effects. He also notes that ephedrine can be habit-forming (233). Ephedrine can be used as an aid to some health problems. Ephedrine eases congestion and labored breathing due to allergies or asthma (Lyon, 198). The recent study from Harvard Medical School evaluated echocardiograms performed on 226 people who took Ephedrine as part of a long-term study from September 1994 to September 1997.
Other forms of purging can involve excessive exercise, fasting, use of diuretics, diet pills and enemas. ... The incidence is 4 out of 100,000 people. ... Sometimes focusing on calories and losing weight is their way of blocking out feelings and emotions. For them, it's easier to diet then it is to deal with their problems directly. ... The food can block out feelings and emotions. ...
[Steroids: Play Safe, Play Fair, 2002, (8:1)] Steroids have been around for quite sometime. ... The only other way to get access to steroids is by way of the black market.... However, that is not the case. ... But, who wants to put forth the effort when tripling in size is as easy as popping a few pills or getting a few sticks with a needle? ... The following factors are what help to determine athletic ability: genetics, body size, age, sex, diet, and training programs. ...
Since the cause of endometriosis has not been found, the treatments varied from special diets to surgery. ... However, unlike the endometrium, these tissue deposits have no way of leaving the body. ... According to this theory, "Endometriosis develops when menstrual fluid from the uterus flow backwards through the fallopian tubes and not out into the pelvic cavity during the menstrual period" (Henderson 10). ... These are the basics of a good diet. Diet and exercise is something that is almost totally in your control. ...
People, who suffer from Bulimia, eat foods that are high in calories or fat, then vomit what they eat, often they take diet pills, laxatives or diuretics, to make them keep their weight off. ... Compulsive Eaters find an out by eating their way into happiness. ... Life to them can be more sufficient if they have a way to get out of stress and that is their way out. Life to them is so much easier with the Eating Disorder because they find a way to let stress out. ... Diagnosing Anorexia is not that easy unless you really know the person. ...
One major problem is that no way has to be found to stop the digestive juices leaking out and digesting the insulin. ... But, the insulin can still seep out through the beads. ... In this way, the level of glucose in the bloodstream stays relatively constant until the next meal is eaten. ... The first part of the name, meaning a siphon or drain, seems quite appropriate. ... In this way they avoid confusion with another much rarer disease called diabetes insipid us, in which great qualities of urine are also produced, but it does not contain sugar. ...
Becoming Anorexic can also be a way to feel in control if the person can not control other areas in their lives. ... (Thompson, Anorexia Nervosa, http://www.mirror-mirror.org/anorexia.htm) Bulimia isn't as easy to notice as Anorexia. ... They may also abuse the use of laxatives or diet pills. ... They expect girls to be perfect and thin and not have any fat on them. ... Many people who enter treatment end up dropping out and relapsing. ...
During this time, there was no such thing as fair wages, and the only way a worker could make a living was to produce as much as humanly possible. ... Coming up with a plan to expel Chinese immigrants from the U.S. was easy, (or at least keep them from inviting all their relatives to come and live in America). ... Organized crime became an American institution and hard liquor, which was easy to smuggle, took the place of beer and wine. ... The number of police grew rapidly until the end of Prohibition, when the government decided that the best way to deal with the situation was just to give up...
Yet across middle adulthood, the physical and cognitive changes that typically occur are, for the most part, not precipitous. ... Overall, middle-aged individuals report that they are not appreciably different than they were in their early thirties. ... Even so, except for those in poor health, middle-aged adults will, on the whole, try to carry on in much the same way they did in their younger years. ... If this problem is not corrected, people discover that they can read printed material only by holding it farther and farther away from their eyes, until eventually, they cannot see to read ev...
