Irish Medicine Board (IMB) Chief executive Pat O’Mahony said that using steroid-containing supplements might result in adverse effects such as acute liver damage, increase risk of heart disease and strokes.
The (IMB) is concerned that a small number of Irish consumers may have purchased products online at www.Bodybuilding.com. The agency has issued a warning regarding the [...]
November 24, 2009 | Posted in
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The US Food and Drug Administration showed how powerless they are when it comes to regulation of dietary supplements. Many of those unregulated dietary supplements are still popular in Boston area, especially among bodybuilders and athletes.
Based on the current law, FDA can only take actions after the agency receives report or complaints from consumers on [...]
November 12, 2009 | Posted in
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently told the Congress that it had limited powers for inhibiting the sale of dietary supplements with steroids from hitting the market shelves.
From News.Yahoo.com:
“FDA generally cannot identify violative products before they enter the marketplace,” said Michael Levy, director of the FDA’s division of new drugs and labeling compliance, at [...]
October 24, 2009 | Posted in
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The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) is concerned that the general impression left by FDA during the recent investigation on nutritional supplements tainted with anabolic steroids is that the agency is not capable of taking any action against the widespread distribution of these nutritional supplements.
According to Michael McGuffin, AHPA’s president, AHPA disagrees, and believes that [...]
October 9, 2009 | Posted in
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Idaho psychologists and college fitness professors say demand for muscle building supplements goes beyond elite athletes. People’s discontent with their bodies - even among those in good condition - often takes them to steroids and other products as one more way to tone up.
W. Rand Walker, a consulting psychologist at the University of Idaho in [...]
October 6, 2009 | Posted in
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According to a 2007 survey made by the British HFL Sport Science, US weight loss and athletic supplements were found to have steroids in trace amounts. Twenty-five percent of the 52 samples analyzed were found to have undisclosed presence of anabolic steroids.
Since December last year, more than 70 weight loss supplements were discovered by FDA [...]
September 9, 2009 | Posted in
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