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Questions and Answers on Tainted Products Marketed as Dietary Supplement
What are tainted products marketed as dietary supplements?
They are products marketed as dietary supplements but that contain the same active ingredients as FDA-approved drugs, analogs of the active ingredients in FDA-approved drugs, or other compounds, such as novel synthetic steroids, that do not qualify as dietary ingredients. FDA has found that products that are marketed as dietary supplements and that contain hidden or deceptively labeled ingredients are often promoted for weight loss, sexual enhancement, and body building.
What types of ingredients are in these products?
FDA laboratory tests have revealed alarming varieties and amounts of undeclared active ingredients in products marketed as dietary supplements. Examples of active ingredients found in these products include:
Erectile Dysfunction drugs (e.g. sildenafil, tadalafil, vardenafil)
Anabolic Steroids (e.g. madol, androstenedione, turinabol)
Weight loss drugs that have never been approved or have been removed from the market for safety reasons (e.g. sibutramine, cetilistat, rimonabant, fenfluramine)
Cancer causing agents (e.g. phenolphthalein)
Anticonvulsants (e.g. phenytoin)
Cholesterol drugs (e.g. lovastatin)
Blood pressure drugs (e.g. propranolol)
Controlled substances (e.g. sibutramine and anabolic steroids)
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