Controversy
Many professional and amateur sports bodies, such as the World Anti Doping Agency, have banned methylhexanamine as a performance-enhancing substance and suspended athletes that have used it.
In February 2012, the deaths of two US soldiers who collapsed during physical training in preceding months prompted a military investigation of the popular bodybuilding supplement that was found in their systems. This prompted the Department of Defense to pull products containing methylhexaneamine from on-base store shelves pending an investigation. A Pentagon spokesman, however, stressed, “These products are legal substances and, as yet, no link between DMAA and the medical conditions reported by military medical providers has been validated scientifically by us. DoD has asked that the products be pulled from the shelves as a precautionary measure.” DoD findings on the matter were expected in late March 2012. The Surgeon General of the US Army said, “I want to emphasize that no link between DMAA and the medical conditions reported by military medical providers has been validated scientifically by us. While the DOD leadership and the USAPHC take these reports very seriously, all of these medical conditions have multiple causes. It is too soon to tell if there is a relationship with DMAA.”
On 19 June 2012, the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) confirmed the 2012 Comrades Marathon winner, Ludwick Mamabolo, tested positive for the banned stimulant. Mamabolo could face a two-year ban and be stripped of his title if found guilty by an independent tribunal.
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