what is the difference between ephedrine and pseudoephedrine ?
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Well, look it up, I forget the chemical difference.  Clinically, ephedra (ma huang) has been used as a primitive asthma medication.  It does help dilate the airways. People have taken it as a cheap stimulant, but it does not stimulate the brain very well.  Most of it's effects are peripheral, ie. on the body, rather than on the brain.  It causes pounding of the heart and elevation of the blood pressure.  It is dangerous to abuse.  Pseudoephredine is the common Sudaphed (or Sudafed) cold tablets.  It works good as a nasal decongestant.  It is no good as a brain stimulant and is no good for asthma, also it is no good for weight loss.  It will elevate your blood pressure somewhat, but not as bad as ephedra.  Both ephedra and pseudoephedrine can be used to manufacture methamphetamine.  This is why many states have made it difficult to buy large quantities of Sudafed.  I used to be able to go into walmart and buy a bottle of 100 sudafed, no questions asked.  Now you have to ask the danged pharmacist and sign a form, just to get 48 sudafed in blister packets.  Methamphetamine (meth) is far more potent than either ephedra (ephedrine) or pseudoephedrine at stimulating the brain. Actually, the risk of meth on the heart is less than that of ephedra.  The dangers of meth are the poor quality of that which you get on the street, the dangers inherent in shooting it up, to those who do that, and the problem of addiction and amphetamine psychosis to those who abuse it.  Meth is not much different than the ritalin or adderal commonly prescribed for kiddies who don't like to study.  It is just a little more potent and desirable to the addict.  All of these drugs can precipitate a heart attack or stroke if abused, especially if you have underlying arterial disease.
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ephedra is back on the market, it's been back for a while now. but places like gnc don't carry it. Look to smaller health and nutrition joints
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If it's what I'm thinking of it's a drug to increase your metabolism used in weight loss. Usually any drug labeled with EP or EPH stands for ephedrinee which is actually illegal in the US but companies can get away with it if the ephedrin is still in the herbal form and not actually excreted!
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Pseudoephedrine and a saline sinus rinse.
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It just isn't feasible to convert phenylephrine into methamphetamine.\n\nPhenylephrine is structurally different enough from pseudoephedrine that the reactions which can convert pseudoephedrine into methamphetamine simply won't work. That doesn't mean someone won't try, but it does mean that whatever they end up making will *not* be methamphetamine. \n\nThat's the real beauty of switching from pseudoephedrine to phenylephrine in over the counter cold remedies. If we can make pseudoephedrine essentially impossible to get, we can shut down all of the people making methamphetamine in their basement. And that is a *very* good thing!
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Recent activity in the pharmaceutical industry has changed the makeup of many of these drugs. Most of them used to contain pseudoephedrine which is used in the manufacture of methamphetamine or as an energy supplement. No wonder it keeps you up.\n\nMost of these drugs have had the pseudoephedrine removed in an attempt to stem the creation of dangerous recreational drugs. That's good news for you, who seem to be exceptionally sensitive to it.\n\nIf ibuprofen is keeping you up at night it is possibly because sometimes ibuprofen tablets contain caffeine. As far as I know, advil does not contain this additive, so it might be a good choice for you.\n\nAlso, NyQuil no longer contains pseudoephedrine and will probably put you right to sleep. It might leave you groggy the next day, though. It also contains alcohol.\n\nYou might try taking any of these medications with a side of valerian root tea. It honestly smells like dirty socks, but I've had luck with it. \n\nYou're probably just sensitive to one or more ingredients, so stick to the stuff that isn't multi-symptom and only contains one drug. Or turn to NyQuil, but again, not the multi-symptom version, as that still contains pseudoephedrine.\n\nGood luck. See, I'm not such a bad guy.
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That's easy! No, it's not pseudoephedrine, because that's present in regular Sudafed too. If you go to their website, it answers this question: "PE is an abbreviation for Phenylephrine, the active ingredient in Sudafed PE™."
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News to me  that ephedra is on the market.  I'd be leary of taking it.  I typed in ephedra in Yahoo search and came up with followng sites, but nothing about it being back on the market.  Maybe it was the alkaloids that made it harmful.
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The sweating is beacuse it has upped your metabolism. SO yes it does. They sell green tea extract for diet purposes, when ephedra was pulled form the market green tea extract was added to diet pills. You have to be careful cuz you set yourself up for heart attack etc.  Plus you definitely need more sleep. I suggest you alternate caffeine-free diet coke so u get some sleep!
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Hi,\nI've tried all different diets, and the weight loss is only temporary. Ephedrine diet pills are really dangerous, stay away from them. However, I finally tried diet pills on the market are made from Hoodia. I saw this stuff on ABC News. It's all natural and safe, and it works! My wife took it for a month and dropped 20 pounds. I took it for a month and lost about 13 (but I didn't exercise).\n\nI bought the natural hoodia from this website: http://www.alllsite.info/free-diet-pills.php . I checked the web site address so I can post it here and I saw they're running a promotion now to get a free 2 week sample for only $4.97! I'm going to order this supply for my wife and give it to her for Christmas =)
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i do not know whether to believe you or not. because i would figure you need the help of a centre which deals with drug addiction cases, which you are in the first place.\n\nyou don't need all the research info on ephedrine in order to get you out of your addiction problem and at 26 am sure you know that.\n\nfurthermore i would like to inform you that you may be looking for a way to make an even worse addiction drug out of ephedrine. when ephedrine is boiled with hydrochloric acid of the right concentration at right pressure you get a cousin of amphetamine. is that what you want?
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I would stay away from nasal sprays because they are addictive but if you go to the drug store many nasal decongestents that used to be made with pseudoephedrine are now pseudoephedrine free since pseudoephedrine can be used to make crystal-meth.\n\nIf you can't find one just ask the pharmacist what he/she recommends.
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Metabolife356 is another one of the "old ephedra products" that people used to achieve their weight loss goals. The sale of Metabolife 356 through independant distributors and mall kiosks placed ephedra among other mainstream supplements. \n\n\nKey ingredients in Metabolife 356:\nProprietary Blend 728 mg \nGuarana Concentrate (seed) - (40 mg naturally-occurring caffeine) \nMa Huang Concentrate (aerial part) - (12 mg naturally- occurring ephedrines) \nBee Pollen \nGinseng (root) \nGinger (root) \nLecithin \nBovine Complex \nDamiana (leaf) \nSarsaparilla (root) \nGoldenseal (aerial part) \nNettles (leaf) \nGotu Kola (aerial part) \nSpirulina Algae \nRoyal Jelly \nOther Ingredients: Methocel, Silica, Croscarmellose Sodium, Magnesium Stearate \nVitamin E 6 i.u. 20% Daily Value \nMagnesium (as Magnesium Chelate) 75 mg 18% Daily Value \nZinc (as Zinc Chelate) 5 mg 33% Daily Value \nChromium (as Chromium Picolinate) 75 mcg 62% Daily Value \n\nMetabolife 356 was especially popular among women because it provided a lower dose of ephedra per serving. It was a lighter product that worked to take the weight off without giving the jittery, nervous feeling associated with some of the more popular products among men that contained twice as much ephedra per serving.
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None. They are two different compounds.\n\nIt looks like you want to compare a specific property of the alcohols. Please specify!
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I detect a pattern here...there is no other name for caffeine but related compounds are theophylline and theobromine.  In addition, look out for pseudoephedrine.  You don't have to take "sinus" aspirin, just take aspirin.  Now that I think about it, you probably did take pseudoephedrine, which is a decongestant.
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the drugs do the same thing (decongestants), they are just a little bit different. kinda like Tylenol vs Advil; both are pain relievers, but are different drugs. a lot of people say pseudoephidrine works better, but other people don't notice a difference.
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EPH increases metabolic rate as already stated, it, or pseudo-ephidrine is uesd in diet pills for this reason, it is also an appetite supressant. these how ever just side effects from its prscribed purpose which is the treatment of sinus problems, and occasionally asthma. Not available over the counter in most countries, on the account that it is easy to OD on it causing sensation similar to speed (loss of appetite, wide awake, hyperactivity etc) If you mixed it with baby teething powder you could pass it off as cocaine.