Any substance chemically/pharmacologically related to all classes listed above and with no current approval by any governmental regulatory health authority for human therapeutic use (e.g., drugs under pre-clinical or clinical development or discontinued, designer drugs, substances approved only for veterinary use) is also banned. The institution and the student-athlete shall be held accountable for all drugs within the banned-drug class regardless of whether they have been specifically identified.
Nutritional/Dietary supplements, including vitamins and minerals, are not well regulated and may cause a positive drug test.Finasteride powder
Student-athletes have tested positive and lost their eligibility using nutritional/dietary supplements.
Many nutritional/dietary supplements are contaminated with banned substances not listed on the label.
Any product containing a nutritional/dietary supplement ingredient is taken at your own risk.
Athletics department staff should provide guidance to student-athletes about supplement use, including a directive to have any product checked by qualified staff members before consuming. The NCAA subscribes only to Drug Free Sport AXISTM for authoritative review of label ingredients in medications and nutritional/dietary supplements.