FDA To Destroy Seized LG Sciences Products
The article speaks for itself… FDA has received a consent decree from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, to destroy prohormone products worth $1.3 million. The decree included more than 23,300 bottles of three products distributed by LG Sciences LLC, of Brighton, Mich., marketed for use by body builders and distributed on the Web and at retail under the names “Methyl 1-D,” “Methyl...
Dumb and Unnecessary
Sometimes even I get surprised at how sloppy some supp makers can be, when it comes to designing and marketing their products. A case in point arrived in my inbox this morning from a bud – pointing me to a product called “2 Methyl 13-C” from Iron Tek. It’s a pre-workout/NO-booster-type product containing creatine. It was the creatine component that caught my eye: Creatine Methyl Ester. Ok, it’s an...
More on Hydroxycut
Iovate just released a consumer Q & A on the Hydroxycut recall, which is posted on a special site: HydroxycutInformation.com. I instinctively rolled my eyes at this para: We conduct internal analyses of individual ingredients, and undertake extensive medical, scientific and toxicological literature reviews on the safety of the ingredients during the development stage of each product. Additionally, third-party experts from the...
Clown Car Supplements II – Hydroxycut Edition
The FDA warning and Hydroxycut recall are all over the news now, and the major retailers appear to have pulled the products from their inventories. While the reports of liver injury are limited (23 so far), they’re still not easy to dismiss. Nor is it a good idea to do so, especially since there are some “take home” lessons from the current situation. One of them is a point that Paul and I have stressed in earlier...
FDA Warning: Stop Using Hydroxycut Products
Hot off the presses… The FDA said it has received 23 reports of serious liver injuries linked to Hydroxycut products, which are also used as energy enhancers and as fat burners. The reports include the 2007 death of a 19-year-old man living in the Southwest, which was reported to the FDA in March. Other serious liver problems reported included liver damage that resulted in a transplant in 2002, liver failure, jaundice, seizures...
J.C. Romero Sues GNC, Vitamin Shoppe, Ergopharm and Proviant Technologies
To recap the story: Phillies pitcher J.C. Romero was suspended in January for testing positive for androstenedione, a banned prohormone, last season. He insisted he wasn’t trying to cheat: the positive test was due to an OTC bodybuilding supp, 6-OXO Extreme, which he believed was ok to take. Romero is now suing the stores he purchased it from (GNC and Vitamin Shoppe), as well as the manufacturer(s) (Ergopharm and its parent...
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