The US Foods and Drug Administration, FDA, recently issued a Public Health Advisory about dietary supplements for body-building that contain potentially harmful steroids and steroid-like substances. It warned consumers to immediately stop using any dietary health supplement that promised steroid-like results, such as rapid increase in muscle mass.

 

The agency's Public Health Admonitory to consumers and health care professionals mentioned that it had been informed of five adverse events among men who used these supplements. Unichip suffered serious and potentially life-threatening medical problems, including strokes, serious damage to the liver organ, pulmonary embolism (blockage of arteries in the lungs) and kidney failure.

 

Goods containing anabolic steroids take the risk of severe lean meats injury. Other permanent health risks from the use of anabolic steroids include breast enlargement, infertility and shrinkage of the examen in men. Women who use steroids risk increased growth of facial hair, deepening of voice, shrinking of the clitoris, and interruption of the menstrual cycle. The two men and women users face increased risk of heart attack and heart stroke

 

Symptoms and indicators of serious side effects include temperature, chest pain, shortness of breath, nausea, weakness or fatigue, belly pain, yellowing of the skin or whites of the eye, or brown or or else discolored urine. The FDA recommended anyone experiencing any of these tom hardy steroids symptoms report them to their doctor or other health care immediately. It urged all users of these supplements to tell their health care provider about any bodybuilding supplements they are using.

 

Some of the cases noted to the FDA required hospitalization, but for date no deaths or complete liver organ failures have occurred. These five adverse events were cause for grave concern, and the FDA felt it had to act to protect consumers. The Office of the FDA, Maggie Hamburg MD explained that "products marketed for body building and claiming to contain steroids or anabolic steroid like substances are unlawful and potentially quite dangerous. "

 

Although the FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) is prohibited by legislation from regulating dietary supplements, it monitors products on the market. In order to finds a supplement which in fact contains unapproved and misbranded drugs, it has the authority to require the manufacturers and distributors to cease and desist the illegitimate marketing of them. In addition to using unapproved and misbranded drugs in a product sold as a nutritional supplement, the marketers of such dangerous products had also failed to provide satisfactory directions for consumer use.

 

The Public Health Advisory to warn the public and healthcare providers about hazards of these products was only one of several actions taken. The FDA also wrote a strong warning to a company that is the major manufacturer and distributor of these supplements, and it has secured a search warrant to review the company's data. It is now analyzing the supplement market, and gathering information about other substances sold as supplements and marketed as body building aids that may also use steroids or steroid-like substances as active ingredients.