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SARMs Spells Latest 'Synthetic Steroids' FDA Finds In Supplements

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

FDA warns three US firms marketing products labeled as dietary supplements but containing selective androgen receptor modulators, SARMs, anabolic steroid-like ingredients that have the potential to increase the risk of heart attack and stroke and for which long-term effects are unknown.

The latest ingredients used in products targeting bodybuilding that have emerged on FDA's spiked dietary supplement radar are investigative new drug candidates and are linked to liver toxicity and other serous reactions.

FDA on Oct. 31 published warning letters to three firms (see table below) marketing products labeled as supplements but containing...

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