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ephedrine and Weight Loss

ephedrine has been researched along with Weight Loss in 37 studies

Research

Studies (37)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's17 (45.95)18.2507
2000's14 (37.84)29.6817
2010's4 (10.81)24.3611
2020's2 (5.41)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Baek, SY; Ham, HJ; Jin Kim, S; Jung, EJ; Kim, HI; Kim, NS; Lee, JH; Seo, MK1
An, HJ; Cominguez, DC; Jin, JS; Kim, HJ; Kim, SY; Koh, DJ; Lim, YW; Park, YB; Park, YJ1
Fujioka, K; Greenway, FL; Liu, AG; Smith, SR1
Gough, B; Grogan, S; Hall, M1
Kaplan, LM1
Greenway, FL1
Stricker, BH; van der Hooft, CS1
Gagné, J; Hardy, ML; Jungvig, L; Maglione, M; McKinnon, E; Mojica, WA; Morton, SC; Rhodes, S; Roth, E; Shekelle, P; Suttorp, M1
Gagné, J; Hardy, ML; Jungvig, L; Maglione, M; Mojica, WA; Morton, SC; Rhodes, SL; Shekelle, PG; Suttorp, MJ1
Bardag-Gorce, F; French, BA; French, SW; Fu, P; Li, J1
Munson, BL1
Allison, DB; Baker, BA; Coffey, CS; Steiner, D1
Capwell, RR1
Astrup, A; Buemann, B; Christensen, NJ; Marckmann, P1
Astrup, A; Breum, L; Quaade, F; Toubro, S1
Ahlstrøm, F; Breum, L; Frimodt-Møller, J; Pedersen, JK1
Geissler, CA1
Astrup, AV; Breum, L; Quaade, F; Toubro, S1
Daly, PA; Dulloo, AG; Krieger, DR; Landsberg, L; Young, JB1
Malecka-Tendera, E1
Colman, RJ; Kemnitz, JW; Ramsey, JJ; Swick, AG1
Astrup, A; Lundsgaard, C1
Greenway, F; Herber, D; Morales, S; Raum, W1
Bray, GA; Greenway, FL; Rood, JC; Ryan, DH; Smith, SR; Tucker, EW1
Erhardt, E; Jeges, S; Molnár, D; Török, K1
Nelson, L; Perrone, J1
DeLany, JP; Greenway, FL; Raum, WJ1
Dyck, DJ1
Smith, IK1
Dulloo, AG1
Blanchard, D; Boozer, CN; Daly, PA; Homel, P; Meredith, T; Nasser, JA; Solomon, JL; Strauss, R1
Bortoluzzi, L; Casimirri, F; Grossi, G; Melchionda, N; Morselli Labate, AM; Pasquali, R; Raitano, A; Stefanini, C1
Astrup, A; Breum, L; Hein, P; Quaade, F; Toubro, S3
Daly, PA; Dulloo, AG; Krieger, DR; Landsberg, L; Ransil, BJ; Young, JB1

Reviews

8 review(s) available for ephedrine and Weight Loss

ArticleYear
Pharmacologic therapies for obesity.
    Gastroenterology clinics of North America, 2010, Volume: 39, Issue:1

    Topics: Anti-Obesity Agents; Appetite Depressants; Bariatric Surgery; Benzazepines; Bupropion; Cyclobutanes; Ephedrine; Fenfluramine; Humans; Lactones; Naltrexone; Obesity; Orlistat; Phentermine; Weight Gain; Weight Loss

2010
The safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical and herbal caffeine and ephedrine use as a weight loss agent.
    Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 2001, Volume: 2, Issue:3

    Topics: Aminophylline; Animals; Caffeine; Ephedrine; Humans; Obesity; Plant Preparations; Theophylline; Weight Loss

2001
Ephedra and ephedrine for weight loss and athletic performance enhancement: clinical efficacy and side effects.
    Evidence report/technology assessment (Summary), 2003, Issue:76

    Topics: Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic; Dietary Supplements; Ephedra; Ephedrine; Evidence-Based Medicine; Humans; Risk Assessment; Safety; Sports; Treatment Outcome; United States; United States Food and Drug Administration; Weight Loss

2003
Efficacy and safety of ephedra and ephedrine for weight loss and athletic performance: a meta-analysis.
    JAMA, 2003, Mar-26, Volume: 289, Issue:12

    Topics: Anti-Obesity Agents; Caffeine; Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic; Dietary Supplements; Ephedra; Ephedrine; Humans; Physical Endurance; Plant Preparations; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Risk; Sports; Weight Loss

2003
What do pharmacological approaches to obesity management offer? Linking pharmacological mechanisms of obesity management agents to clinical practice.
    Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association, 1998, Volume: 106 Suppl 2

    Topics: Adrenergic beta-Agonists; Animals; Appetite Depressants; Caffeine; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Cyclobutanes; Diet, Reducing; Disease Models, Animal; Energy Intake; Energy Metabolism; Ephedrine; Female; Humans; Life Style; Obesity; Rats; Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; Sympathetic Nervous System; Weight Loss

1998
Herbal and alternative medicine.
    Emergency medicine clinics of North America, 2000, Volume: 18, Issue:4

    Topics: Antioxidants; Cholinergic Antagonists; Complementary Therapies; Dietary Supplements; Drug Contamination; Emergencies; Ephedrine; Heart; Humans; Liver; Phytotherapy; Psychotropic Drugs; Sympathomimetics; Syndrome; Weight Loss

2000
Dietary fat intake, supplements, and weight loss.
    Canadian journal of applied physiology = Revue canadienne de physiologie appliquee, 2000, Volume: 25, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Obesity Agents; Aspirin; Carnitine; Citrates; Dietary Fats; Dietary Supplements; Ephedrine; Humans; Insulin; Leptin; Linoleic Acid; Lipid Metabolism; Lipolysis; Mice; Muscle, Skeletal; Obesity; Oxidation-Reduction; Pyruvates; Rats; Triglycerides; Weight Loss; Xanthines

2000
Herbal simulation of ephedrine and caffeine in treatment of obesity.
    International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 2002, Volume: 26, Issue:5

    Topics: Appetite Depressants; Caffeine; Drug Therapy, Combination; Ephedrine; Humans; Obesity; Plant Preparations; Thermogenesis; United States; United States Food and Drug Administration; Weight Loss

2002

Trials

15 trial(s) available for ephedrine and Weight Loss

ArticleYear
The effect of leptin, caffeine/ephedrine, and their combination upon visceral fat mass and weight loss.
    Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2013, Volume: 21, Issue:10

    Topics: Absorptiometry, Photon; Adolescent; Adult; Body Composition; Body Weight; Caffeine; Double-Blind Method; Drug Combinations; Drug Therapy, Combination; Ephedrine; Female; Humans; Intra-Abdominal Fat; Leptin; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity; Weight Loss; Young Adult

2013
A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial of a product containing ephedrine, caffeine, and other ingredients from herbal sources for treatment of overweight and obesity in the absence of lifestyle treatment.
    International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 2004, Volume: 28, Issue:11

    Topics: Adult; Anti-Obesity Agents; Benzyl Alcohols; Body Mass Index; Caffeine; Cola; Double-Blind Method; Drug Combinations; Ephedra sinica; Ephedrine; Female; Glucosides; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity; Phytotherapy; Plants, Medicinal; Salix; Statistics, Nonparametric; Time Factors; Weight Loss

2004
The effect of ephedrine plus caffeine on plasma lipids and lipoproteins during a 4.2 MJ/day diet.
    International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 1994, Volume: 18, Issue:5

    Topics: Body Composition; Caffeine; Cholesterol; Cholesterol, HDL; Diet, Reducing; Double-Blind Method; Ephedrine; Female; Growth Hormone; Humans; Lipids; Obesity; Thyroid Hormones; Triglycerides; Weight Loss

1994
The acute and chronic effects of ephedrine/caffeine mixtures on energy expenditure and glucose metabolism in humans.
    International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 1993, Volume: 17 Suppl 3

    Topics: Adult; Blood Glucose; Caffeine; Double-Blind Method; Drug Therapy, Combination; Energy Metabolism; Ephedrine; Female; Humans; Male; Obesity; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; Weight Loss

1993
Comparison of an ephedrine/caffeine combination and dexfenfluramine in the treatment of obesity. A double-blind multi-centre trial in general practice.
    International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 1994, Volume: 18, Issue:2

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Blood Pressure; Body Mass Index; Caffeine; Double-Blind Method; Ephedrine; Female; Fenfluramine; Heart Rate; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity; Weight Loss

1994
Safety and efficacy of long-term treatment with ephedrine, caffeine and an ephedrine/caffeine mixture.
    International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 1993, Volume: 17 Suppl 1

    Topics: Adult; Blood Pressure; Caffeine; Double-Blind Method; Drug Therapy, Combination; Ephedrine; Female; Humans; Male; Obesity; Placebos; Weight Loss

1993
Ephedrine, caffeine and aspirin: safety and efficacy for treatment of human obesity.
    International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 1993, Volume: 17 Suppl 1

    Topics: Adult; Aspirin; Caffeine; Drug Therapy, Combination; Energy Intake; Ephedrine; Female; Humans; Male; Obesity; Weight Loss

1993
Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials with non-prescription medications for the treatment of obesity.
    Obesity research, 1999, Volume: 7, Issue:4

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Appetite Depressants; Benzocaine; Delayed-Action Preparations; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Double-Blind Method; Drug Therapy, Combination; Ephedrine; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nonprescription Drugs; Obesity; Phenylpropanolamine; Weight Loss

1999
Safety and efficacy of treatment with an ephedrine/caffeine mixture. The first double-blind placebo-controlled pilot study in adolescents.
    International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 2000, Volume: 24, Issue:12

    Topics: Adipose Tissue; Adolescent; Apolipoproteins B; Blood Pressure; Body Composition; Caffeine; Double-Blind Method; Electric Impedance; Energy Intake; Ephedrine; Female; Heart Rate; Humans; Male; Obesity; Placebos; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; Weight Loss

2000
The effect of an herbal dietary supplement containing ephedrine and caffeine on oxygen consumption in humans.
    Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.), 2000, Volume: 6, Issue:6

    Topics: Caffeine; Cross-Over Studies; Dietary Supplements; Double-Blind Method; Ephedrine; Female; Humans; Obesity; Oxygen Consumption; Plant Extracts; Weight Loss

2000
Herbal ephedra/caffeine for weight loss: a 6-month randomized safety and efficacy trial.
    International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 2002, Volume: 26, Issue:5

    Topics: Blood Glucose; Blood Pressure; Body Composition; Body Weight; Caffeine; Cholesterol; Cholesterol, HDL; Cholesterol, LDL; Cola; Dietary Supplements; Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; Ephedra; Ephedra sinica; Ephedrine; Heart Rate; Humans; Patient Compliance; Placebos; Plant Preparations; Prospective Studies; Triglycerides; Weight Loss

2002
Effects of chronic administration of ephedrine during very-low-calorie diets on energy expenditure, protein metabolism and hormone levels in obese subjects.
    Clinical science (London, England : 1979), 1992, Volume: 82, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Catecholamines; Diet, Reducing; Double-Blind Method; Drug Administration Schedule; Energy Metabolism; Ephedrine; Female; Humans; Male; Methylhistidines; Middle Aged; Nitrogen; Obesity; Thyroid Hormones; Weight Loss

1992
The effect and safety of an ephedrine/caffeine compound compared to ephedrine, caffeine and placebo in obese subjects on an energy restricted diet. A double blind trial.
    International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 1992, Volume: 16, Issue:4

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adult; Analysis of Variance; Blood Pressure; Caffeine; Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; Diet, Reducing; Double-Blind Method; Drug Combinations; Drug Synergism; Energy Intake; Ephedrine; Female; Heart Rate; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity; Tablets; Weight Loss

1992
Ephedrine and weight loss.
    International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 1992, Volume: 16, Issue:9

    Topics: Ephedrine; Humans; Obesity; Weight Loss

1992
Ephedrine, caffeine and aspirin promote weight loss in obese subjects.
    Transactions of the Association of American Physicians, 1990, Volume: 103

    Topics: Adult; Aspirin; Caffeine; Drug Therapy, Combination; Ephedrine; Female; Humans; Male; Obesity; Weight Loss

1990

Other Studies

14 other study(ies) available for ephedrine and Weight Loss

ArticleYear
Application of liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry methods to 45 weight loss compounds in health functional food, food, and illegal drug.
    Journal of separation science, 2022, Volume: 45, Issue:15

    Topics: Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Chromatography, Liquid; Ephedrine; Functional Food; Humans; Illicit Drugs; Sennosides; Tandem Mass Spectrometry; Weight Loss

2022
Therapeutic effects of Gambi-jung for the treatment of obesity.
    Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie, 2021, Volume: 141

    Topics: 3T3-L1 Cells; Adipose Tissue, White; Adult; Aged; Animals; Anti-Obesity Agents; Appetite Depressants; Body Composition; Body Mass Index; Eating; Ephedra sinica; Ephedrine; Female; Humans; Male; MAP Kinase Signaling System; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Middle Aged; Obesity; Plant Extracts; Weight Loss

2021
'It is safe to use if you are healthy': A discursive analysis of men's online accounts of ephedrine use.
    Psychology & health, 2015, Volume: 30, Issue:7

    Topics: Communication; Ephedrine; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Internet; Male; Periodicals as Topic; Psychotropic Drugs; Risk Assessment; Weight Loss

2015
Legal ephedra?
    Consumer reports, 2010, Volume: 75, Issue:3

    Topics: Ephedra; Ephedrine; Humans; Internet; Legislation, Drug; Marketing of Health Services; Plant Extracts; United States; Weight Loss

2010
[Ephedrine and ephedra in weight loss products and other preparations].
    Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 2002, Jul-13, Volume: 146, Issue:28

    Topics: Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; Appetite Depressants; Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Caffeine; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Dietary Supplements; Ephedra; Ephedrine; Humans; Netherlands; Obesity; Plant Extracts; Seizures; Weight Loss

2002
Mechanism of the alcohol cyclic pattern: role of catecholamines.
    American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, 2003, Volume: 285, Issue:2

    Topics: Alanine Transaminase; Animals; Caffeine; Catecholamines; Drug Synergism; Ephedrine; Ethanol; Liver; Liver Diseases, Alcoholic; Male; Necrosis; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Weight Gain; Weight Loss

2003
Myths and facts...about ephedrine use.
    Nursing, 2003, Volume: 33, Issue:4

    Topics: Central Nervous System Stimulants; Consumer Product Safety; Drug Utilization; Ephedrine; Humans; United States; United States Food and Drug Administration; Weight Lifting; Weight Loss

2003
Ephedrine-induced mania from an herbal diet supplement.
    The American journal of psychiatry, 1995, Volume: 152, Issue:4

    Topics: Ephedrine; Food, Fortified; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Plants, Medicinal; Psychoses, Substance-Induced; Weight Loss

1995
Effects of weight loss, ephedrine and aspirin on energy expenditure in obese women.
    International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 1993, Volume: 17 Suppl 1

    Topics: Adult; Aspirin; Basal Metabolism; Energy Metabolism; Ephedrine; Exercise; Female; Humans; Obesity; Retrospective Studies; Weight Loss

1993
Effect of ephedrine and theophylline on weight loss, resting energy expenditure and lipoprotein lipase activity in obese over-fed rats.
    International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 1993, Volume: 17, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Basal Metabolism; Cholesterol; Diet; Energy Intake; Energy Metabolism; Ephedrine; Lipoprotein Lipase; Male; Obesity; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Theophylline; Triglycerides; Weight Loss

1993
Energy expenditure, body composition, and glucose metabolism in lean and obese rhesus monkeys treated with ephedrine and caffeine.
    The American journal of clinical nutrition, 1998, Volume: 68, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Blood Glucose; Body Composition; Caffeine; Eating; Energy Metabolism; Ephedrine; Glucose Tolerance Test; Leptin; Macaca mulatta; Male; Obesity; Proteins; Weight Loss

1998
Pharmaceutical cost savings of treating obesity with weight loss medications.
    Obesity research, 1999, Volume: 7, Issue:6

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Appetite Depressants; Caffeine; Cardiovascular Diseases; Diabetes Mellitus; Drug Costs; Ephedrine; Female; Fenfluramine; Humans; Hyperlipidemias; Hypertension; Male; Mazindol; Middle Aged; Obesity; Phentermine; Risk Factors; Weight Loss

1999
The trouble with fat-burner pills.
    Time, 2001, Aug-27, Volume: 158, Issue:8

    Topics: Adrenergic Agents; Advertising; Anti-Obesity Agents; Consumer Product Safety; Dietary Fats; Dietary Supplements; Ephedrine; Exercise; Humans; Risk Factors; United States; Weight Loss

2001
[The slimming effect of ephedrine].
    Ugeskrift for laeger, 1992, Jun-29, Volume: 154, Issue:27

    Topics: Diet, Reducing; Ephedrine; Humans; Weight Loss

1992