VELASQUEZBusiness Ethics. Concepts and Cases, 6th edn

Metabolife Int. and ephedra diet pill

SAN DIEGO, California, 2004 – Metabolife International yesterday was ordered to pay $7.46 million to a Texas woman who suffered a stroke after taking the company’s ephedra diet pill …. Metabolife 356 …. federal jury in Alabama awarded $4.1 million in damages to four people who suffered heart attacks or strokes after taking Metabolife 356. In April, federal regulators banned the use of ephedra supplement products after the herbal stimulant was linked to 155 deaths and numerous injuries.