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mea culpa.  I was confusing Fen-Fen with ephedra.

 

Apparently Ephedra is on the verg of being banned:

 

... Final Rule Summary February 6, 2004. FDA Announces Plans to Prohibit
Sales of Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedra December 30, 2003: ...
Description: US drug regulatory agency warnings, information, and analysis on the safety of this group of compounds.
Category: Health > Pharmacy > Drugs and Medications > E > Ephedrine
vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ds-ephed.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages
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The point is that not all herbal preparations are 1. safe 2. have no physiological effects.  3. have any reason to be in the body of an endurance horse during competition.

 

Ed.

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