Ephedra

[Dominance]

I already did some searching, but I still came up with a few questions.

A) I'm assuming Ephedra is short for Ephendrine, am I right? If not can someone explain the relation.
1) If Ephedra isn't Ephendrine, is it still as dangerous as I keep hearing Ephendrine is?
2) People were refering to Eph, is there a whole family ephendrine based products?


B) Is age anything to worry about with Ephendrine? I'm only 15, so the name of any good product without Ephendrine would be appreciated.

C) I'm basically considering Hydroxycut, Ripped Fuel, and Stacker 2 and Stacker 3.
1) I especially like Stacker 2 and 3 because of the increase in muscle mass that it suppose to come with.

Throughout this whole process I want to keep training hard, still take creatine and my whey protein, and keep muscle mass and even gain if possible.

Any advise or comments are welcome.

Thanks.

Edit ----
An added benefit I would like to get from using these are the boost in energy your suppose to get from them. If you take this into consideration when suggesting a product that'd be great.

Thanks.

[Trevdog]

Ephedra is often used interchangeably with ephedrine, not "ephendrine". There are different alkaloids of ephedrine, e.g. norephedrine (don't know if you can find that anymore, it is a bit less stimulatory since it doesn't cross the blood/brain barrier as readily), psuedoephedrine (active ingredient in sudafed), etc.

Of the brands you mentioned, I've only used ripped fuel. It worked fine but lacks aspirin.

Honestly, I think there is probably little difference in the brands. I would just go with the one that gets you the most actual ephedrine for your money (check out how many caps come in each one and how much ephedrine is in each cap).

[dbolme]

buy ephedrine, caffeine and baby asprin
take around 25mg of ephedrine, 200mg caffeine, and 81 mg asprin

[YellowJacket]

Ditch the aspirin, its pretty useless. Its a COX-2 inhibitor, which hinders the rare of protein synthesis, which we all know is a major set back in our sport.

[Dominance]

Thanks for the help.
So my age (15) isn't a factor with Ephedra?
Ripped Fuel sounds decent enough, althought still a bit curious about the 'stackers' (Stacker 2) so if I do get them how much should I be taking?
When should I be taking it? right before I lift? Every day? How many doses.. that kinda info would be appreciated.

Edit ---
Sorry, but still a little hazy, you mentioned Ephedra was interchaneable with Ephedrine, but I'm not quite sure yet. Does Ephedra still come with all the health risks you hear about that are associated with Ephedrine.
Also, since all the Ephedra is coming from Muhang, does that affect it at all?

Thanks