Sexual Enhancement Pills In MLB! Over the course of the 2019 season, two players in Major League Baseball (MLB) received suspensions for performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) and said that the banned substances found in their urine samples came from the unregulated products. On Wednesday, MLB in a memo warned about the “very real risk” of over-the-counter sexual-enhancing pills.
These types of enhancement pills are most often found at gas stations, and has been said to be quite prevalent among baseball players, according to multiple sources. This promoted Rob Manfred and the MLB to send out the following memo on Monday that outlines the potential risk of consuming non-NSF-certified supplements.
“Sexual or male enhancement products present a very real risk for drug-tested players,” the memo said, “and the high likelihood for contamination or unidentified ingredients in these products underscores the importance of consuming only those products that are NSF Certified for Sport.”
The memo was sent to Minor League Baseball, and was later retrieved by the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) to make sure that their members had seen it, with MLB suggested that players who “suffer from erectile dysfunction or other legitimate issues related to sexual performance … speak to a licensed physician about the various prescription medications (e.g., Viagra, Cialis, Levitra) available to treat those conditions.”
Despite the warning of performance enhancing drugs being linked to over-the-counter sexual enhancement pills, only two players have been reprimanded due to such reasoning’s, as many athletes should be smart enough not to buy sexual enhancement pills at their local gas station.
Over-the-counter sexual enhancement pills are said to be apart of the unregulated supplement history, which is estimated to be worth over $30 billion a year. The Food and Drug Administration in July added 10 products to a list of more than 250 tainted sexual-enhancement supplements.
In 2015, former NBA Star, Lamar Odom, fell into a coma after, what was said, to be a significant dose of so called “herbal Viagra,” a sexual enhancement pill.
“We know from experience,” the league memo said, “that a number of these sexual or male enhancement products — which are sold online, at retail stores, and on the black market, both in the United States and internationally — contain anabolic steroids and other prohibited substances. For this reason,” the memo continued, “we strongly urge players against taking any sexual or male enhancement product, from any source.”
Message received, Major League Baseball. Don’t expect to see any baseball players with erectile dysfunction buying over-the-counter pills at a gas station anytime soon.
