Strive Synerate Recall

[MuSuLPhReAk]

OTTAWA — A weight-loss and body-building drug called Synerate is being recalled because of possibly deadly side-effects.

Health Canada says the drug has the potential to kill people, with reported side-effects including heart attacks, strokes, seizures and psychosis.

The main problem, Health Canada said, is the dangerous combination of caffeine and a substance called synephrine.

The agency said it would monitor the recall, being conducted voluntarily by the product’s distributor, Upper 49th.

Health Canada urged the public to check any medication or supplements they buy for authorization by Health Canada, which Synerate did not have.

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[bcaamuscle]

Recall this shit because it probably works! hahaha

[Blue Hefner]

Recalled for caffeine and synephrine use in a product.

[Andre]

Interesting... there are a ton of synephrine based fat burners out there... most people refer to this a synthetic ephedrine...

[physique]

Interesting... there are a ton of synephrine based fat burners out there... most people refer to this a synthetic ephedrine...

know shit. there are lots of products and they even have the NPN number.
only reason i can see why synerate would be recalled is not because of the caffeine and synephrine. its gotta be because of the NO NPN number.

wonder when upper49th was going to tell its stores that carry this product?

[Andre]

Here's some more good news...

supplementgenius.com/consumer/2011/01/09/supplements-seized-in-canada

By: Johnny Justice
These US supplement formulas have somehow made their way into Canada by smugglers but have now been been seized in raids on two fitness facilities in British Columbia. Health Canada inspectors collected 18 varieties of supplements. The public health agency said the supplements were removed because they contain ingredients that legally require a prescription. Many also contain a combination of ephedra and caffeine, which was banned in Canada in 2002. Some of the seized supplements also contain M1T or DHEA, which is a prohormone that’s regulated as a controlled drug in Canada. It cannot be purchased without a prescription.
What’s Next?
Health Canada is now working tighter with Canada Border Services to stop the importation of the unauthorized health supplements. In order for US supplement companies to continue selling their products in Canada, they will need to customize their formulas to fit with Canadian laws and obtain a Natural Product Number (NPN) as the government is hiking up their inspection process as this post shows. Ontario supplement distributor Upper49th recently learned this the hard way when their SYNERATE product was recalled.
Natural Products Numbers (NPN)
The trouble many US supplement companies are having with getting their NPN is that it costs roughly $2,000 per product to do the application for a simple formula. For a large multiple ingredient formulation it’s even more expensive. They also have to manufacture a formula made specifically for the Canadian market which means no Ephedra, no Yohimbe, no Chromium Picolinate, no L-Carnitine, 6OXO, no BPHEA, no Methysynepherine, no DHEA and many others. US supplement factories have minimum quantities they will make at a time and thus if you don’t meet that minimum order, they simply will not make your product for you. Since Canada is 10% of the size of the US population, there is no way many US supplement companies can sell the volume of supplements in Canada that’s needed to meet these minimum run quantities.
SOURCE: CBS News

[tevans]

Do you know anyone who might have some they are willing to sell?