Beware of natural supplements for sex gain and weight loss
6 years, 3 months ago

Beware of natural supplements for sex gain and weight loss

Salon  

Many consumers consider dietary supplements to be natural and, therefore, safe. According to the Food and Drug Administration, 776 dietary supplement products from 146 different manufacturers sold between 2007 and 2016 contained synthetic/prescription drugs. However, 269 dietary supplement products touted for weight loss contained sibutramine, and others contained the stimulants ephedrine and fenfluramine. Still other dietary supplement products for weight loss contained the laxative phenolphthalein or prescription diuretics. Also, ethnically diverse, non-English speaking and poor people are more likely to come across tainted dietary supplements because they shop for these products at ethnic stores, flea markets, swap meets or online.

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Beware of Natural Supplements for Sex Gain and Weight Loss
6 years, 3 months ago

Beware of Natural Supplements for Sex Gain and Weight Loss

The Quint  

If the product you have purchased is on that list, don’t use it. On 20 November 2018, two dietary supplements for pain or drug addiction were found to be tainted with tianeptine, an antidepressant drug that is not FDA-approved for use in the US market. Unfortunately, USP does not routinely test dietary supplements for synthetic or prescription drug tainting. ConsumerLab.com …

Dietary supplements found adulterated
6 years, 5 months ago

Dietary supplements found adulterated

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: As many as 800 dietary supplements taken over the counter for sexual enhancement, muscle building and weight loss were found to be adulterated with steroids and other unapproved chemicals which have been identified by the Food and Drug Administration. Common adulterants were sildenafil in sexual enhancement supplements, sibutramine for weight loss supplements and synthetic steroids or steroid-like ingredients in …

Nearly 800 dietary supplements contain unapproved drug ingredients, study finds
6 years, 5 months ago

Nearly 800 dietary supplements contain unapproved drug ingredients, study finds

CNN  

Story highlights Most of the adulterated products were marketed for sexual enhancement, analysis finds The supplements could harm the health of those who take them, authors said CNN — Nearly 800 dietary supplements sold over the counter from 2007 through 2016 contained unapproved drug ingredients, a new analysis of US Food and Drug Administration data found. Cohen, an associate professor …

Banned Drugs Still Turning Up In Weight-Loss Supplements
10 years, 5 months ago

Banned Drugs Still Turning Up In Weight-Loss Supplements

NPR  

Banned Drugs Still Turning Up In Weight-Loss Supplements toggle caption Food and Drug Administration Americans spend about $4 billion a year on weight-loss supplements. Sponsor Message "I was so disheartened to see that manufacturers would have the chutzpah to sell the exact same product" even after it had been recalled, says Harvard's Dr. Pieter Cohen, a Cambridge Health Alliance researcher …

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