{"id":4406,"date":"2014-11-06T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=4406"},"modified":"2019-10-17T10:53:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T10:53:25","slug":"warning-flags-raised-new-chemical-stimulants-found-workout-weight-loss-brain-function-products-either-illegal-carry-risks-heart-attacks-seizures-neurological","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/warning-flags-raised-new-chemical-stimulants-found-workout-weight-loss-brain-function-products-either-illegal-carry-risks-heart-attacks-seizures-neurological\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning Flags are Raised Again Because New Chemical Stimulants Found in Workout, Weight-Loss and Brain-Function Products are Either Illegal or Carry Risks of Heart Attacks, Seizures and Neurological Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several dietary supplements are being tested again in the United States and the Netherlands because of a new synthetic stimulant widely used in these products. The stimulant has been untested on humans. Federal regulators have taken no action, although the government has been urged by scientists to look closer.<\/p>\n<p>The chemical DMAA, a stimulant as labeled by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\">U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)<\/a>, is illegal when mixed with dietary supplements or any other product consumed by humans. DMAA is an ingredient that carries the risks of heart attacks, seizures and neurological problems. That compound is also listed on labels as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powdercity.com\/products\/amp-citrate\">AMP Citrate<\/a>. AMP Citrate is a close relative of the compound DMAA.<\/p>\n<p>Pieter Cohen, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and a co-author of an article of the scientific journal Drug Testing and Analysis, stated, \u201cWe want the FDA and we want the stores to immediately remove these products from the store shelves,\u201d referring to products sold to the public containing DMAA. According to the research published, 14 products were tested that listed AMP Citrate, 4-amino, 2-methylpentane citrate or some of the other chemical names used to describe the new stimulant. According to Cohen, these are marketing names.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/warning-flags-raised-new-chemical-stimulants-found-workout-weight-loss-brain-function-products-either-illegal-carry-risks-heart-attacks-seizures-neurological\/#more-4406\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several dietary supplements are being tested again in the United States and the Netherlands because of a new synthetic stimulant widely used in these products. The stimulant has been untested on humans. Federal regulators have taken no action, although the government has been urged by scientists to look closer. 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