SARMs Spells Latest 'Synthetic Steroids' FDA Finds In Supplements
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
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.
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