Jim Henderson answered this question during Monday night's Fan Chat, which you can view here.

How can something be banned from the NFL if you can buy it over the counter?

And that’s why people are suing, and that’s why they took it off the market. I don’t see the Saints or anybody winning the appeal, though, because apparently the NFL says you cannot use a diuretic.

And to expand on that point a little bit, this is something that really upsets me. That these guys who are paid all this money, who are paid millions of dollars to stay in shape, who have the best workout facilities available to them probably in the country, who have the best information about what to put in their bodies, about nutrition, who can hire their own chefs, have to resort to something like this that has to be just to lose weight to make weight, so you don’t get fined.

Then you go up and right after you make weight and you put it right back on by eating and drinking whatever you want. Most of these guys, with the exception of Deuce, that I have seen listed are all lineman. Guys like Grady Jackson, who has been hopelessly obese and fat his entire career, including here; this is a shortcut for these guys.

And I can’t understand why you would resort to that way. You wouldn’t have enough self discipline to stay in shape and not risk something like this. You risk losing four game checks, risk losing your teammate’s respect and your opportunity to put them in the playoffs, which might happen with the Saints.

Obviously these guys are lectured by the team, probably lectured by the NFL. I’m sure it’s no secret as to what you can or cannot put in your body. Why with all that knowledge, all that money, all these facilities would you take such a shortcut and do something like this?

I hope that the Saints and these guys win their appeal, but almost nobody does against the NFL. Sometimes you get your fine reduced a little bit, that’s about all I’ve seen, and I don’t think these guys are going to get away with it.