The FDA served iForce Nutrition and owner Dave Nelson with a search warrant during the course of the 2009 IFBB Olympia Expo. The search warrant was executed in the days following the FDA raid of Bodybuilding.com. Four iForce Nutrition products were listed as “undercover purchases” made at Bodybuilding.com. Both the iForce Nutrition search warrant and the Bodybuilding.com search warrant […]
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Bodybuilding.com Raided in Criminal Steroid Investigation on Eve of IFBB Olympia Weekend
The federal government continued their steroid witch-hunt targeting the dietary supplement industry with a raid of Bodybuilding.com on Thursday, September 24, 2009. The criminal investigation accuses Bodybuilding.com and its corporate officers of illegal marketing and distributing several anabolic steroids, unapproved new and misbranded drugs labeled fraudulently as dietary supplements, specifically “Madol”, “Tren”, “Superdrol”, “Androstenedione”, and […]
Bodybuilder Jay McGwire Details Brother Mark McGwire’s Use of Deca Durabolin and HGH
Former amateur bodybuilder Jay McGwire, the youngest brother of baseball player Mark McGwire, is fighting for the honor of being the first person to have introduced and injected Mark McGwire with anabolic steroids. The younger McGwire is trying to sell a manuscript entitled “The McGwire Family Secret: The Truth about Steroids, a Slugger, and Ultimate Redemption” that details Mark […]
Ergopharm Response to Positive MLB Steroids Tests
Response to media inquiries about a MLB player who tested positive for a banned substance (reported to be androstenedione) and is attributing the result to his use of the dietary supplement product(s) 6-OXO or 6-OXO Extreme (January 13, 2009) The media has reported that baseball pitcher J.C. Romero has alleged that his positive test for the banned […]
Major League Players Association Uses Deceptive Spin Tactics to Manipulate Public Opinion in Androstenedione Cases
The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) appears to be using deceptive and misleading spin tactics to manipulate public opinion in their defense of J.C. Romero and Sergio Mitre. The MLB baseball players have been suspended after testing positive for androstenedione which is classified as an anabolic steroid under the MLB drug policy. The MLBPA unfairly […]
Baseball Players JC Romero and Sergio Mitre Explanation for Failed Steroid Test is Flawed
J.C. Romero of the Philadelphia Philles and Sergio Mitre of the New York Yankees have both been suspended for 50 games for testing positive for anabolic steroids under the Major League Baseball (MLB) drug policy. In a seemingly well-planned, but scientifically flawed, public relations campaign, Romero and Mitre allege the positive steroid test resulted from […]
Special Update on Androstenedione! Andro 6 clinical trials
Title(s): 1)Acute effects of oral anabolic-androgenic supplements on blood androgen and estrogen levels in man. 2)Oral anabolic-androgenic supplements during resistance training: Effects on serum testosterone and estrogen concentrations. 3)Oral anabolic-androgenic supplements during resistance training: Effects on body composition and muscle strength. 4)Oral anabolic-androgenic supplements during resistance training: Effects on glucose tolerance, insulin action, and blood […]
Prohormones of Anabolic Steroids
The modern hormone supplement market, as distinct from the older market for glandular products which were largely ineffective, may be considered to have started in 1996 when DHEA was introduced. This compound is both a prohormone of testosterone and estrogen, and is a hormone in its own right. However, it is rather useless for helping […]
Mark McGwire’s Little Helper: The Androstenedione Debate
In 1935 — the year testosterone was first synthesized in the laboratory — the Food and Drug Administration established a unit to monitor the quality of the numerous “glandular” products on the market that were supposed to contain bioactive sex hormones. The only “ethical” issue addressed by this group was the possibility of consumer fraud. […]