ephedra just as good as the real thing?.

[j-lazy]

i live in holland and a lot of smartshops still sell ephedra. i use speed sometimes and a friend of me told me that ephedra wont damage your health as much as speed does. do you people think ephedra is just as good as normal speed (amfetamines) and is ephedra really less bad for your body and health?.

 

[Goran.Hrsak]

Ephedra damages your heal as speed-of course you have to take lots of ephedra to get speed effect.And for imfo-from ephedrine is makeing metamfetamin-same shit-High pressure,liver damage and everything that is produced as side effect as speed, 8)

 

[tryptonaut]

Ephedra isn't as good as speed, but it's not too bad either. Ephedra gives you more of a body-feeling and less of the mental feeling of speed. However when you take too much ephedra the body-feeling is getting too strong, you'll be sweating, shivering, not be able to concentrate on even the simplest tasks, not even be able to enjoy a good party.
I like lower doses of ephedra together with alcohol (better than alcohol alone because of the activating effect) and I like ephedra alone (plus caffeine) when I'm tired or when I have a flu, because then it really helps feeling better and getting things done.

Ephedra is not as addictive as speed (because it's not that good mentally) but it is still harmful for your body. It elevates heart-rate and blood-pressure and might even lead to heart-failures when used excessively.

In short:
Plus: Not as addictive, legal, good against colds
Minus: Not nearly as good mentally, also bad for your heart, higher dose might lead to un-enjoyable fight-and-flight reaction (sweating, dizziness)