Table 3.
Frequently used words representing key themes in military personnel subreddit posts (N=64) and comments (N=243) from 2009 to 2019.
| Key theme | Frequency of words, n | ||
| Operation Supplement Safety | |||
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Link to Operation Supplement Safety website | 23 | |
| Other research citeda | |||
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Food and Drug Administration | 30 | |
|
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Department of Defense | 25 | |
| Drug testing/positive test result | |||
|
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Banned | 93 | |
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Illegal | 30 | |
|
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Pop/popped/popping | 53 | |
| Products and ingredients | |||
|
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Animal Pak | 20 | |
|
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Bronkaid | 8 | |
|
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Caffeine | 12 | |
|
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DMAAb | 46 | |
|
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Ephedrine | 32 | |
|
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Ephedra | 7 | |
|
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Jack3d | 17 | |
|
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Pseudoephedrine | 4 | |
|
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Stack | 16 | |
|
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Tea | 3 | |
| Reasons for use | |||
|
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Bodybuilding | 12 | |
|
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Detox | 3 | |
|
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Preworkout | 60 | |
| Where to purchase | |||
|
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Base (ie, military base) | 22 | |
|
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GNCc | 31 | |
|
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Online | 14 | |
|
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Over the counter | 12 | |
aResearch from sources other than Operation Supplement Safety (eg, the US Food and Drug Administration website).
bDMAA: 1,3-dimethylamylamine.
cGNC: General Nutrition Center.