Name required nu prescripton ephedra Mail will not be published required Website Submit Comment Notify me of followup comments via e-mail You need to enable javascript in order to use Simple CAPTCHA. In the case of four fatal heart attacks linked to one popular energy pill containing ephedra, the people who died were 15, 22, 38, and 43 years old. The RAND report indicated that the literature showed that although ephedra can promote modest short-term weight loss in clinical trials, there is insufficient data on long-term benefits for weight-loss and body building. On April 14, 2005 little more than one year after the ban on ephedra was imposed, Utah court concluded that the FDA overstepped their power in banning ephedra.