Category: Dietary Supplement
FDA Warns Mayhem Bodybuilding Supplement Contains Steroids
November 14, 2014 -- The FDA is warning consumers not to buy or use Mayhem, a dietary supplement, because it contains hidden ingredients -- a corticosteroid and an antihistamine. If you have been using Mayhem, contact a doctor immediately. Abruptly...
OxyElite Pro, Jack3D, Versa-1 Class Action Settlement
November 13, 2014 -- USPlabs, LLC has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a false-advertising class action and provide reimbursement to people who purchased OxyElite Pro, Jack3D, and Versa-1. Our attorneys are not filing a class action -- we...
V26 Slimming Coffee Contains Hidden Sibutramine
November 5, 2014 -- The FDA is warning consumers not to purchase or use V26 Slimming Coffee because it contains sibutramine, a dangerous appetite-suppressant drug. The label on V26 Slimming Coffee did not include sibutramine. The hidden ingredient was discovered...
Recalled Dietary Supplements Back on Store Shelves
October 22, 2014 -- JAMA has published a study suggesting that many dietary supplements the FDA recalls because they contain dangerous ingredients return to store shelves within months, and often with the same ingredients -- or additional banned ingredients. The...
GNC Stops Selling 2 Supplements with DMBA Stimulant
October 20, 2014 -- USA Today reports that GNC, one of the largest retailers of dietary supplements in the United States, has stopped selling Redline White Heat and OxyTHERM Pro just weeks after laboratory tests detected stimulant ingredients. GNC would...
Salmonella Found in Saba Shark Cartilage Supplement
October 20, 2014 -- AMS Health Sciences, LLC, is recalling Saba Shark Cartilage Complex due to possible contamination with Salmonella, a bacteria that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections. Fortunately, no illnesses have been reported to the manufacturer. The...
Dietary Supplements
Unlike pharmaceutical drugs, dietary supplements do not need to prove they are safe or effective before they are allowed on the market. Instead, the FDA only recalls products after they have proven to be dangerous. Do I Have a Dietary...
Sit and Slim II Contains Sibutramine, Hidden Ingredient
October 10, 2014 -- The FDA has published a safety warning after finding two dangerous hidden ingredients in Sit and Slim II diet pills. FDA laboratory analysis confirmed that Sit and Slim II contains sibutramine, a controlled substance that was pulled...
DMBA, Stimulant Similar to DMAA, Found in 12 Supplements
October 8, 2014 -- LiveScience reports that an untested stimulant similar to DMAA has been found in 12 supplements marketed for weight-loss and bodybuilding. The study was published in Drug Testing and Analysis by Dr. Pieter A. Cohen, assistant professor...
Kava Kava Supplement Linked to Severe Skin Rash
October 6, 2014 -- The herbal supplement kava kava has been linked to a severe skin rash on a 55 year-old man who took the herb for only 3 weeks, according to a case report was published in Clinical and...