And, by the way, we always advise that these more powerful supplements only be used if less dangerous approaches are not sufficient. If you remember our discussion last week, when we spoke about weight loss, we left this type of supplement to the last, advising that other approaches should be tried first. But you pointed out, and rightly so, that for many people, less powerful agents do not do the job. At that point you are faced with the same benefit to risk decision that we are faced all the time. Everything has risks.
All drugs have risks.
Overweight, or obesity, is a serious problem. Many health experts think obesity, and diabetes, is reaching epidemic proportions. These ephedra-caffeine combinations work. There is risk. But the risk was clearly stated on the label.