Hi, I can guess and my two guesses are:
1. There is a black market for over supply of ephedrine. 2. They have a 'cost plus' operation (like in WW2, where the factories operated like this and the more they used/wasted, the more money they made). Jean ***************** > > A drug search for ephedrine (the isolated ingredient of the > herb ma/ ephedra, plenty of OTC products. So it is still out > there. There is a warning on Sudafed that overdose makes > you drowsy. But pop a handful and you'll get a buzz (so they > say, I never tried it). You may be right and maybe "ephedra" > was "unadulterated" compared to Sudafed but IMO, BOTH > products were made by phamaucitcals (not by a herbalist). > > Here's a question. > > Drug Companies routinely produce many times over the number > of legal prescriptions (or OTC sales) as the legitimate > demand call for - including the free samples. They have been > doing this for years. Why in a business sense would they > continue to produce say 1,000 units when they can only sell > or give away 100 units ??? > > Since OUR government has statistics on everything ... like > how many eggs the average American eats per year, I wonder > how many Sudafed's each American consumes (buys) versus how > many Sudafed's (ephedrine) are produced each year. > (Referring to previous posts) that answer will show that > Senator Feinstein's (D-CA) heart is in the right place - > depending upon who you're working for that is... > > Ed Kasper LAc. Licensed Acupuncturist & Herbalist > Acupuncture is a jab well done > www.HappyHerbalist.com Santa Cruz, CA. > > > ---- -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
