The American manufacturers of a controversial sports supplement say the product for sale in New Zealand does not contain drugs banned in April.
The makers of The Curse, a pre workout product, said varieties of the powdered supplement they send to New Zealand fully comply with New Zealand law.
And the makers of Neurocore, a supplement linked to serious side effects, said while their product contained no banned synthetic substances they had withdrawn it from the market ?with consumer safety in mind?.
The two products had been linked by teachers to severe mood swings in teenage boys using them.
That had prompted New Plymouth Boys? High School to warn students of the dangers of taking supplements if they did not have full information about what they were doing.
The drug DMAA (1,3-dimethylamylamine or 4-methylhexane-2-amine) is a common ingredient in party pills and some sports supplements.
It is understood that, prior to an April 2012 Ministry of Health ban on DMAA, one flavour of The Curse that was sold in New Zealand did contain the drug.
The manufacturer has confirmed that the flavour containing DMAA has been discontinued and was not supplied to New Zealand retailers or sold to customers after the ban on April 9.
?The Curse, as sold in New Zealand, meets all current New Zealand supplement regulations,? Cobra Labs director Neil Fox said from Texas.
Nutrition Systems NZ, which distributes Neurocore, said it withdrew its product from the New Zealand market on July 25.
The decision was made based on consumer safety, director of sales Shane Hunter said.
?At the time the Ministry of Health notified industry of the temporary class drug ruling applicable to DMAA, the synthetic substance, Nutrition Systems contacted a senior policy analyst to gain further clarification around this decision.?
He said the analyst told them substances that are natural extracts from the geranium flower should not present a problem under the ruling.
Meanwhile Shotgun Supplements, a New Plymouth supplier of sport supplements, stopped the sale of Neurocore five days ago, director Andy Hill said.
?Things get taken off the market by distributors all the time,? he said. ?The formula of The Curse that had DMAA was banned in April and at that stage we had already sold out.
?Even if we had stock left we wouldn?t have been able to sell it because as responsible retailers we have to follow the rules,? Mr Hill said.
Otago University senior medicine lecturer Dr Hamish Osborne, team doctor for the Highlanders Super 15 rugby team, said he would not use any supplements sold by New Zealand suppliers.
?I wouldn?t be giving any of these products to athletes until I had an independent laboratory test done.?
Online, a legal variety of The Curse is marketed as ?one of the most powerful, and mind blowing pre-workout products on the planet today?.
?You really do have to try this stuff to truly appreciate just how good it is. One or two scoops before a workout and BOOM, 30 minutes later all you want to do is get to the gym and tear it to pieces,? an ad on the Shotgun Supplements site says.
?Intense mental focus, Massive increase in energy, Huge pumps and a Mad aggressive desire to lift weights and keep smashing it until your body can?t take any more.
?You can feel this stuff kicking in, and when it does it?s time to rock and roll.?
? ? Fairfax NZ News
Source: http://www.bodyhealthandfitness.net/supplement-drug-free-says-maker/
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