Oscar Pistorius used 'herbal remedy'
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It is also marketed in both oral and injectable forms as a testosterone booster and a sexual enhancer, but is not on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list.
South African police said during Pistorius's bail hearing that they had found needles in his bedroom along with the substance, incorrectly named as testosterone.
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