Ephedrine is a stimulant which has a similar effect to adrenaline. Also available in an artificial form - pseudoephedrine, which is often added as a pick-you-up to cold remedies.
Ephedribe is actually readily available from chemists - try asking for it in Boots. It's a decongestant. Last time I bought some it cost less than a quid for a nose-drop bottle.
I've used it lots to ease nasal congestion. I have not noticed any "recreational" effects - and I *was* looking out for them ;-)
Incidentally, Sudafed contains pseudoephedrine.
Ephedrine is not illegal here but it is a banned substance in athletics due to its stimulant properties.
Wasn't the US Vicks inhaler the reason why the Brit who won a medal for skiing at the recent winter olympics was stripped of his medal? He was used to taking the UK Vicks inhaler, which doesn't contain the ephedrine, and claimed not to know that US versions do. Sad story that.
My "I thought benz was a doctor" comment was not because I thought that you were seriously promoting speed, but because I was surprised that you didn't know that ephedrine was a legal decongestant.
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is that bad?
Ephedrine is a stimulant which has a similar effect to adrenaline. Also available in an artificial form - pseudoephedrine, which is often added as a pick-you-up to cold remedies.
Saxplayer
Real runners, of course, do not use such stimulants. Cheats do, however.
I've used it lots to ease nasal congestion. I have not noticed any "recreational" effects - and I *was* looking out for them ;-)
Incidentally, Sudafed contains pseudoephedrine.
Ephedrine is not illegal here but it is a banned substance in athletics due to its stimulant properties.
I though Benz was a doctor?
Millipede
snort!
My "I thought benz was a doctor" comment was not because I thought that you were seriously promoting speed, but because I was surprised that you didn't know that ephedrine was a legal decongestant.
Millipede