Bodybuilding products that illegally contain steroids

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In recent months, federal agents have raided several companies suspected of making bodybuilding products that illegally contain steroids and are sold as over-the-counter dietary supplements.

The Food and Drug Administration, meanwhile, has warned consumers not to use products marketed for bodybuilding that contain steroids or steroidlike substances, or that claim to increase testosterone. The agency says users risk liver failure, kidney damage and other serious health problems.

Now Congress is investigating whether laws, health agency resources and manufacturing guidelines are adequate to protect the public from products that illegally contain steroids but masquerade as dietary supplements.

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Congress, Concerned About Steroids, Reviews Law on Dietary Supplements



Travis Tygart, head of the Anti-Doping Agency, at a hearing Tuesday with bodybuilding supplements sold on the Web. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

They did so in our neighborhood store in LA just last week.