The Ministry of Health and Human Services (MOHHS) has issued an advisory to merchants and the public to immediately discontinue the sale, distribution and use of the dietary supplement: OxyElite Pro or VERSA-1. This comes as the United States Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) advised that the products are linked to liver sickness and at least one death.
On October 11, 2013 an advisory fro the FDA linked OxyElite Pro or VERSA-1 to liver illnesses and at least one death, the product is sold as a weight loss and muscle building supplement. The US authorities said the product contains an ingredient, aegeline, for which the manufacturer has not provided adequate evidence of safety.
As of October 31, there were 56 cases of acute liver failure or acute hepatitis linked to OxyPro Elite, 43 of them in Hawaii. The FDA continues its investigation of acute hepatitis illnesses linked to products labeled OxyElite Pro.
