07-27-2013, 02:08 PM
Speaking of Vitamins . . . . .
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/27/health...?hpt=hp_t3
By David Simpson, for CNN
July 27, 2013 -- Updated 1034 GMT (1834 HKT)
(CNN) -- Federal regulators warned consumers to avoid one brand of vitamin B dietary supplement because it contains potentially harmful anabolic steroids.
Preliminary lab tests showed the product, Healthy Life Chemistry By Purity First B-50, contains methasterone, a controlled substance, and dimethazine, the Food and Drug Administration said.
"Products marketed as a vitamin but which contain undisclosed steroids pose a real danger to consumers and are illegal," said Howard Sklamberg, director of the FDA's compliance office.
Regulators received 29 complaints associated with the product, including fatigue, muscle pain and cramps, and liver and thyroid problems, the FDA said.
Women also reported unusual hair growth and missed menstruation, and men reported impotence and low testosterone.
Some patients were hospitalized, the FDA said in a statement, but no deaths were reported.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/27/health...?hpt=hp_t3
By David Simpson, for CNN
July 27, 2013 -- Updated 1034 GMT (1834 HKT)
(CNN) -- Federal regulators warned consumers to avoid one brand of vitamin B dietary supplement because it contains potentially harmful anabolic steroids.
Preliminary lab tests showed the product, Healthy Life Chemistry By Purity First B-50, contains methasterone, a controlled substance, and dimethazine, the Food and Drug Administration said.
"Products marketed as a vitamin but which contain undisclosed steroids pose a real danger to consumers and are illegal," said Howard Sklamberg, director of the FDA's compliance office.
Regulators received 29 complaints associated with the product, including fatigue, muscle pain and cramps, and liver and thyroid problems, the FDA said.
Women also reported unusual hair growth and missed menstruation, and men reported impotence and low testosterone.
Some patients were hospitalized, the FDA said in a statement, but no deaths were reported.