please help!

[yoko*]

didn't want to make a new thread out of tihs, but I really really need some info on ephedrine... some solid facts

Well I was looking through my sister's groceries today and happened to find "xenadrine" the "nasal decongestant" which contains ephedra..
And I know that her nose is not congested, and i know that she's been complaining about how she's gained 15 pounds thorughout the year, and I've always known that she's been a health FREAK, you can't get any health conscious than her, she even picks on me for being "fat"...

But I didn't think she owuld stoop so low as to try ephed, because it's not like her to do that,

But that's all I can conclude to, and I need some solid facts about ephed so I can tell her how "bad it is" but how can I tell her how "bad it is" if I've only heard how bad it is rather than know for a fact...

So any information will do, I just don't want her to turn out like that insecure mother on "Requiem for a dream" that started to take diet pills and got obsessed and ended up in the hospital..

[Gilkayo]

if you use the drug the way it tells you to its not that bad....everything is "bad" for you when used in excess...and is ephedrine a natural substance????