This stuff has been around for a long time. It's FDA approved. You can buy it at Whole Foods, or GNC.
It is
NOT FDA-approved.
FDA approval assures that it has efficacy in blinded chemical trials, is safe, has a consistent dose of active substance, and is manufactured to specific standards.
Like other totally unregulated supplements you can buy, it can be sold at places like GNC without any testing whatsoever, as a natural remedy.
If you want to grind up your toenails, bottle them, have some crackpot claim that your toenail powder cures everything under the sun, sell them for an enormous amount, and make money off it, you can do that. You just need to find enough suckers!
What a country!
In this case, studies do in fact show that deer antler velvet contains a protein that causes some of the effects of human growth hormone, so there could be something to it. But if you buy a bottle, be aware that there is no assurance that you are actually even getting
any active ingredient. 100% buyer beware, with no FDA backing or certifications whatsoever.
