Over 100 reported deaths in the United States have been linked to ephedra products, although San Francisco pathologist Steven Karch states: “The only cases I know where people [who took ephedra] died, they had severe coronary artery disease or they took overdoses. ”
Lebih dari 100 kematian di Amerika Serikat telah dikaitkan dengan produk - produk ephedra, meski patolog Steven Karch di San Franciso menyatakan, ” Setahu saya, pada semua kasus kematian orang [yang mengkonsumsi ephedra], mereka mengidap penyakit arteri koroner yang parah atau mereka overdosis. ”