The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has warned the public against using some steroid-containing products available as ‘dietary supplements.' These could find their way into the country from the United States, where the products have already been banned.
The warning follows a communication from the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Some of these products are Mastavol and Hyperdrol syrups and Dienedrone and D-Drol, both capsules.
The products were subject to class-I recall in the U.S. as some of these were marketed, without an approved New Drug Application or a Generic Drug Application, as dietary supplements.
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The products were found to contain steroid or steroid-like substances, making them unapproved new drugs. Most of these products were distributed through the Internet rather than through a distributor network.