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Marketing claims that Protadim can prevent or treat [[cancer]] are unproven and have been deemed [[fraudulent]] by the FDA.<ref name="fda2017">{{cite web |publisher=FDA |title=Illegal Cancer Treatments: FDA Warning – Fraudulent Claims of Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention or Cure |date=25 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424192807/https://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm554777.htm |archive-date=24 April 2018 |url=https://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm554777.htm}}</ref> Research into use as a treatment for [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]] is of poor quality, casting doubt on its usefulness for drawing any conclusions about efficacy.<ref>{{cite journal| author=ALSUntangled Group| title=ALSUntangled No. 31: Protandim. | journal=Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener | year= 2015 | volume= 17 | issue= 1–2 | pages= 154–6 | pmid=26414415 | doi=10.3109/21678421.2015.1088707 | s2cid=207664215 |type=Review| doi-access=free }}</ref>
 
In 2011, [[Harriet&nbsp;A. Hall]] wrote for ''[[Science-Based Medicine (website)|Science-Based Medicine]]'' that, "Wewe simply don't know enough at this point to recommend Protandim for treatment or prevention of any disease, for anti-aging, for making people feel healthier or more energetic, or for anything else.".<ref>{{cite web|last=Hall|first=Harriet|title=Pursued by Protandim Proselytizers|date=11 October 2011|url=http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/pursued-by-protandim-proselytizers/|publisher=[[Science-Based Medicine (website)|Science-Based Medicine]]|access-date=12 November 2011}}</ref>
 
== Side effects ==