When color fails: Illicit blue tablets containing anabolic androgen steroids

- Blue tablets were seized by Police and supposed to contain amphetamines.
- Two presumptive color tests gave ambiguous responses.
- GC-MS detected methandienone and methyltestosterone at 1.7 and 1.5 mg per tablet.
- No medicinal product containing both steroids has ever been licensed.
- Confirmatory tests are necessary in drug enforcement activities.