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Posted on Jul 8, 2014 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP
Last week, on Wednesday July 2, 2014, a Federal Judge in New York approved a consent decree for permanent injunction with Mira Health Products Ltd., a dietary supplement manufacturer based in ...
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Posted on Apr 15, 2014 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm
Public records that became available on Tuesday April, 15 th have revealed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a warning to the manufacturer of Craze – a once ...
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Posted on Apr 7, 2014 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm
A new report is calling attention to the need for better regulation of nutritional supplements after OxyElite Pro – a popular dietary supplement – was linked to nearly 100 cases of severe ...
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Posted on Jan 31, 2014 By The Senators
Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a significant blow to Sensa Products, a California weight-loss company that produces Sensa, a powder dieters use to sprinkle on food and ...
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Posted on Jan 29, 2014 By The Senators Firm
Medical experts from the Queen's Medical Center's Liver Center in Honolulu have identified the ingredient aegeline as being the most likely cause of liver injuries in consumers who used the ...
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Posted on Jan 8, 2014 By The Senators Firm
On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its enforcement of actions that will be taken against four major weight-loss companies in the United States. According to the FTC, each of ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2013 By The Senators Firm
The dietary supplement for muscle growth known as Mass Destruction is not safe for consumption, warned the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier this week. Following an alert from ...
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Posted on Dec 24, 2013 By The Senators Firm
In an investigation conducted by USA Today, it was found that a number of dietary supplement companies are headed by individuals with criminal pasts. Many of these companies are the same ones that ...
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Posted on Dec 23, 2013 By The Senators Firm
New data suggests that dietary supplements account for almost 20% of all hospitalized patients who suffer from drug-related liver injuries. A decade ago, this number was at only 7% according to an ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2013 By The Senators Firm
In an article published in the Sunday Review of The New York Times, the safety of dietary supplements was called into question, referring to the opinions of medical professionals at the Children's ...
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Posted on Dec 2, 2013 By The Senators Firm
The word is out about dietary supplements, and across the United States, millions of people are being made aware of the risky side effects that can come with taking these over-the-counter products. ...
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Posted on Nov 22, 2013 By The Senators Firm
Since the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) flagged an ingredient known as aegeline for lack of evidence of safety, several sports supplement companies have been removing ...
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Posted on Nov 20, 2013 By The Senators Firm
According to the FDA, more than 50 people have suffered illness after taking a popular dietary supplement, OxyElite Pro. Another case developed recently when a Cleveland woman went to her doctor with ...
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Posted on Nov 20, 2013 By The Senators Firm
An unnatural substance mimicking amphetamine has been found in some dietary supplements tested by scientists from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). No warnings have yet been released regarding ...
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Posted on Nov 19, 2013 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP
On November 10, 2013 USPLabs, LLC issued a voluntary recall for certain "dietary supplements" marketed under the name OxyElite Pro. Today – November 19, 2013 – USPLabs, LLC ...
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Posted on Nov 15, 2013 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP
Another reported case of liver injury has turned up in connection to the dietary weight loss supplement OxyElite Pro – this time from San Diego. According to an official from the San Diego ...
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Posted on Oct 24, 2013 By The Senators Firm
The pre-workout sports supplement OxyElite Pro has recently come under a lot of heat for its connection to the outbreak of acute non-viral hepatitis and liver damage. According to one CDC report, ...
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Posted on Oct 23, 2013 By The Senators Firm
Recent information from the Catlin Consortium (a group of organizations dedicated to protecting consumers and athletes from dangerous over-the-counter products) reveals that many products that have ...
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Posted on Oct 15, 2013 By The Senators Firm
The widely popular and purportedly "natural" sports supplement known as Craze has recently lost much of its marketability with the unveiling of evidence which suggests that the supplement ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2013 By The Senators Firm
A recent USA TODAY investigation reveals startling evidence of a methamphetamine-like chemical found in the popular sports supplement known as Craze. The pre-workout powder, which is manufactured in ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2013 By The Senators Firm
After one death, two liver transplants, and dozens of reported illnesses, the fat-burning supplement known as OxyElite Pro is being pulled from shelves. Hawaii health officials have asked stores ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2013 By The Senators Firm
Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH), publicly announced their ...
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Posted on Aug 8, 2013 By Katelin Shenberger
Two days ago, on August 6 th, a MedWatch Safety Alert was posted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which stated that a nationwide recall of Best Slim 40 dietary supplements was currently ...
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Posted on Aug 5, 2013 By The Senators Firm
It was not long ago that Craze was added to the list of nominees for the 2013 Pre-Workout Supplement of the Year. Now, leading sports supplement retailers across the country are suspending sales of ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2013 By The Senators Firm
Dietary supplement manufacturer USPLabs, LLC said on Tuesday that it will remove DMAA from the company's best-selling dietary supplement products, OxyElite Pro and Jack3d. The company allegedly ...
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