Nearly 800 Dietary Supplements Contained Unapproved Drug Ingredients, Study Finds

(CNN) — Nearly 800 dietary supplements sold over the counter from 2007 through 2016 contained unapproved drug ingredients, a new analysis of US Food and Drug Administration data found. More than one unapproved pharmaceutical ingredient was found in 20% of those supplements, the study published Friday in JAMA Network Open showed.
The presence of prescription medicines, often at unknown concentrations, means these supplements are essentially “unapproved drugs” that could be harmf