"Andy Coggan" <
[email protected]> wrote in message
> >
> >
> > Jesus, I just realised you are an MD....As someone who is using the
> > credentials to pretend to be an authority I must redouble my
> > statement. Before pretending to be an authority on a topic and using
> > your credentials to back you statments please do some research!!!
> > IS effective for asthmatics. It works as a
> > decongestant and a bronchodilator!
>
> I think you need to read Dr. Murray's post again: nowhere does he state that
> ephedrine or pseudoephedrine are without effect on asthma. Rather, he
> expresses the opinion that they have no legitimate role in treatment of this
> condition. At least with regards to pseudoephedrine, he apparently bases his
> opinion on the potential adverse effects.
>
> Andy Coggan (still a big Mike Murray fan)
You are correct. Although I would disagree with Dr. Murray's
conclusion that pseudoephedrine is not a legitmate treatmant for
asthma there is a difference between being "legitimate" and "being
without effect" and for being inflamatory and mis-interepting this I
am sorry.
Still I would argue that it is near impossible to create a beta-2
agonist without a systemic smooth muscle reaction and the systemic
"stimulant" effect and that while it could be argued that inhaled
beta-2 agonsit such as abutrol etc. would be more appriopriate,
pseudoephedrine has years of use behind it with little adverse
side-effects and is a great alpa-1 agonist with signifigant beta-2
"leak" (anacedotal) that is commonly prescribed and taken OTC by
millions of americans. What little "stimulant" effects it may have are
far less general than say even caffeine. As a result, in my opinion,
pseudoephedrine is a low side-effect, and effective treatment and any
performance-enhancing effect is minimal at a resonable dose. Therefore
should be threshold as is the case.
Ephedra while another topic entirely, is still a very legitimate
asthma treatment as it's mechanism of effect is essentially identical
to all other fast acting asthma treatments (i.e. as abeta-2
agonistic). While, it is probably rightfully on the banned list I
personally feel that taking ephedra to treat asthma is far safer than
say loading youself up with fluticasone.