Treating hypotension with ephedrine
Written on Tuesday, 4 of August, 2009 at 1:19 am
Did you know that Ephedrine, a widely used weight loss ingredient, has been used for treating hypotension? ephedrine not only has appetite-suppressing effects but also has stimulating effect on the nervous system. It’s like caffeine, only much more effective in stimulating.
People with hypotension (commonly low blood pressure) are treated with ephedrine to regulate their BP. I had a friend once who collapsed when we were hanging out in a park. We were just sitting down and having a mini pick nick. When we stood up, he fell to the ground. A few seconds later, he regained his consciousness and acted like nothing happened. When he had a checkup in the hospital, the doctor said he had orthostatic hypotension. This is not a disease but a mere delay on the reaction of the nervous system to distribute more blood on the brain upon a change in position, in our case from sitting to standing up. He was given a pill with ephedrine. He was fortunate that he fell on soft ground.
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