Posts Tagged 'dietary supplements'

Overuse of Dietary Supplements May Be Newest Eating Disorder

dietary supplement use may qualify as eating disorderNot too long ago, the idea of keeping yourself in shape meant going for a walk in the neighborhood after dinner or spending an hour or two at the gym. People knew that eating healthy food and getting some exercise throughout the day would keep extra pounds off and doctor visits to a minimum.

Today’s home-based or amateur athletes wouldn’t even consider that a warm-up. Extreme fitness programs like obstacle ...

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OxyElite Pro Recalled after FDA Links to Liver Injury

Dietary supplement OxyElite Pro has been voluntarily recalled by USPlabs after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration connected the use of the supplements to a cluster of acute liver injuries in Hawaii.

The FDA recently issued a warning letter stating that it would order USPlabs to stop distributing OxyElite Pro nationwide  if the company did not voluntarily pull the dietary supplements.  According to the FDA news release, “[t]his action ...

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Dietary Supplement OxyELITE Pro Linked to Liver Failure

OxyElite Pro has been linked to liver failureNumerous media outlets are reporting that USP Labs, the manufacturer of the dietary supplement and popular diet pill, OxyELITE Pro has stopped nationwide distribution of its product following numerous cases of liver failure being linked to the supplement.

The FDA has advised consumers to stop using any dietary supplement that is labeled OxyELITE Pro as it investigates. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ...

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Dietary supplements make up bulk of FDA recalls

A study published in the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine concluded that more than half of all U.S. Food and Drug Administration drug recalls between 2004 and 2012 with a potentially dangerous “Class I” designation were for dietary supplements.

Class I is reserved for products with a reasonable possibility of causing “serious health consequences or death.” Of the 465 drugs recalled under that designation, 237 were dietary supplements.

A report on ...

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