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On March 11, 2004 the FDA ordered the sale of ANDRO type products stopped. The steroid-like supplement andro, made famous by baseball's Mark McGwire, in the latest crackdown on over-the-counter pills that claim to help people get in better shape.
California AG goes after andro maker's claims
Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed suit against nearly three dozen manufacturers and
distributors of popular bodybuilding "androstenedione" supplements for failure to warn consumers that the product is
a form of anabolic steroids and can cause significant fertility problems.
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NCAA to ban some supplements in August 2000
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is restricting use of muscle-building supplements
because the safety of such products has not been proven. The new rule, effective Aug. 1, states
that NCAA member schools may only provide non-muscle building nutritional supplements and only to
give athletes calories and electrolytes, such as those that are found in energy bars, carbohydrate
boosters and sports drinks.
ANDRO USE
NPR's Noah Adams talks to Patrick Olsen, head athletic trainer at South Kitspa High School,
in Port Orchard, Washington, about today's report in the Journal of the American Medical
Association, about androstenedione, a popular supplement taken to enhance athletic performance.
In the study, Andro did NOT enhance muscle-building or increase testosterone in the blood.
It did, however, have adverse health effects on the young men who took it.
(You must have RealPlayer installed to hear this. 4:30)
McGwire's Spiked Swing Raises Health Questions
Eleven weeks ago, or 24 home runs ago in Mark McGwire time, General Nutrition Centers
sent an internal memo to the managers of its 3700 stores nationwide.
Sport, Drugs And It's Time For Heads To Rock And Roll
While eco-terorists engage in conflict against genetically-modified foodstuffs by burning
crops and gaining royal patronage, and the use of recreational drugs, whether ecstasy or
cocaine, has increasingly become the crime that dare not speak its name, sport continues to
be plagued by the march of the monsters.
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