Judge strikes down FDA ban on ephedra - Alternative Medicine - MSNBC.com: "SALT LAKE CITY - A federal judge Thursday struck down the FDA ban on ephedra, the once-popular weight-loss aid that was yanked from the market after it was linked to dozens of deaths ? including that of Baltimore Orioles pitching prospect Steve Bechler.
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The judge ruled in favor of a Utah supplement company that challenged the Food and Drug Administration?s ban. Nutraceutical claimed that ephedra ?has been safely consumed? for hundreds of years, and that ephedra was wrongly being regulated by the FDA as a drug and not a food."