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Oct. 25, 2023 – “It is interesting that these products have hidden ingredients that are used to reduce swelling and inflammation,” Tsourounis said. “I don’t know if this was intentional, but it seems suspicious that a product marketed to reduce joint pain and inflammation contains prescription-only ingredients that are used for this purpose.”

Certain products also contained antihistamines including cyproheptadine and chlorpheniramine. 

hese types of products are likely targeted toward underserved and immigrant communities, added Pieter Cohen, MD, a primary care physician and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who studies dietary supplements. They might be sold in mom-and-pop shops or gas stations to individuals with limited access to healthcare or insurance, he noted.

READ@Medscape