August 18th, 2003
Ephedra Update
About an hour after the Baltimore Orioles lost 8-0 to the New York Yankees yesterday, Kiley Bechler, widow of the late Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Steve Bechler, spread his ashes over the mound and bullpen at Camden Yards. As many of you may recall, a Florida medical examiner found that Ephedra helped contribute to Bechler's death from heatstroke during Spring Training earlier this year.
On another note, a little more than two weeks ago, I noted that the makers of Stacker 2, a nutritional supplement sold as a weight loss aid, had started a new advertising campaign that took pains to mention that their product didn't contain Ephedra. Now, over this past weekend, I happened to see an ad for Xenadrine XFA, another weight loss supplement distributed by Cytodyne Technologies, also stressing that it is now "Ephedra-free." Why is this important? Because it was Xenadrine, which then contained Ephedra, that was found in Bechler's locker after his death.
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August 13th, 2003
Ephedra Update
I've been banging the drum on Ephedra for some time now, so I can't say I'm terribly surprised that American sprinter Mickey Grimes was stripped of two gold medals at the Pan Am Games after testing positive for Ephedrine, the active ingredient in Ephedra.
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August 5th, 2003
Ephedra Update
Over the weekend, I couldn't help but notice a new ad from the makers of Stacker 2, a dietary supplement that's pitched as a weight loss aid. Besides the fact that the ad starred the actor, Tony Sirico (Paulie Walnuts of the Sopranos), the ad made sure to pitch the fact that Stacker 2 came in a new formula that didn't include Ephedra -- the drug that a Florida coroner found to have contributed to the death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler.
Remember, the ad came only a week after Congress held hearings into whether or not Ephedra was safe.
Now, does this mean that Stacker 2 is safe? Given how supplements like Stacker 2 aren't currently regulated by the FDA, I'm not sure what the answer is.
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Did the Pan-Am games used to be as completely ignored by the US media and public like this one has?