Ephedra Side Effect Attorneys

Nationwide Cases

Nationwide actions involving prescription drugs, dietary supplements, over-the-counter medications and other defective pharmaceutical products can be complex, costly and time consuming. The Alvarez Law Firm has the resources and experience to successfully litigate such cases.

If you or someone you know has suffered as the result of a defective and harmful pharmaceutical product, or to learn more about pending cases and see if you qualify as a plaintiff, contact our Miami Ephedra injury lawyers today.

Our firm is actively investigating and engaged in current lawsuits against the manufacturers of some of the following pharmaceutical products:

Ephedra

Manufacturers have been accused of using misleading safety representations and failing to disclose significant dangers associated with the use of dietary supplements and weight loss products containing ephedra; the sale and use of which was banned by the FDA in March, 2003. Consumers allegedly have been misled into believing that they are taking a product that will help them lose weight or gain energy without risk of short- or long-term health consequences.

Health professionals consider ephedra one of the most dangerous of the dietary supplements and weight loss treatments. Even consumers without known preexisting health problems or risk factors have been seriously injured or killed after consuming ephedra alkaloids in dietary supplements and weight loss products. People with heart problems, high blood pressure, diabetes, liver, thyroid, or psychiatric disease are at higher risk of harm. Even healthy persons have died or experienced long-term or permanent harm by ingesting products containing ephedra.

Ephedra has been used in products for asthma, the common cold, weight loss, hay fever, allergies, congestion and cough, as well a products for increasing energy and weight lifting products. Products that contain or have contained Ephedra include:

• Metabolite 356
• Xenedrine RFA-1
• Ripped Fuel
• Stacker 2
• Yellow Jackets
• Metab-0-Lite
• Nets bo lift
• Diet Fuel
• AndroXtreme
• Thermo Thunder
• Therma lean
• Power shape
• Ultimate Orange Speedball

Ephedra can produce the following adverse reactions:

• Heart attack
• Stroke
• Tachycardia
• Paranoid psychosis
• Depression
• Convulsions
• Coma
• Fever
• Vomiting
• Palpitations
• Hypertension
• Respiratory depression

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DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this website is not designed to replace your doctor's advice. Always consult a physician to determine whether certain medications or dietary supplements pose a danger to your medical condition.

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