Body building drug banned
August 3, 2012
THE Advisory Committee on
Medicines Scheduling has released
details of its reasons for adding
dimethylamylamine (DMAA) as a
Schedule 9 Entry, effectively
banning the product in Australia.
DMAA is a body building
supplement which is illegal in
Canada, was recently banned in
New Zealand and is the subject of a
US FDA warning.
The medicines scheduling
committee initiated a proposal for
the rescheduling of the compound
in response to New Zealand
authorities issuing a temporary
Class Drug Notice on 08 Mar.
Currently DMAA is not specifically
scheduled in Australia.
Submissions to the committee
were mixed, with one supporting
the product’s prohibition because
it’s addictive, but others claimed
it’s safe, effective and has no
negative health effects.
In their deliberations members
considered a range of factors
including international scheduling
decisions in the US, Canada, United
Kingdom and NZ, and noted that
DMAA has “no current accepted
therapeutic use”.
They also noted that DMAA has a
stimulant effect and is being
actively promoted as a party drug
as well as a sports supplement.
“There are a number of
significant adverse events including
cardiac, nervous and psychiatric
disorders that have been reported
with use of DMAA including
cerebral haemorrhage and heart
attacks, the committee said.
An interim decision has been
made to include 1,3-
dimethylamylamine in Schedule 9
of the SUSMP, as well as including a
cross reference to the index from
DMAA to 1,3-dimethylamylamine
and 4-methylhexane-2-amine.
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