The Web site for Cocaine Energy Drink recently got a make-under. Redux Beverages LLC, the company behind Cocaine, has stripped its Web site of all text calling the drink an alternative to an illegal drug after a stern warning from the Food and Drug Administration.

The company underwent inspection by the FDA on Feb. 14, and the agency found issues with Cocaine being marketed as a dietary supplement “intended to prevent, treat, or cure disease conditions,” and as an “alternative to an illicit street drug.”

“We’re correcting the violations that the FDA believes we have,” said Jamey Kirby, senior partner and founder of Redux Beverages. “We’re not going to try to get into a battle with the FDA, because, well, we’d lose.”

The company’s Web site previously called the product “the legal alternative” to the drug cocaine, “liquid cocaine” and “speed in a can.”

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The FDA sent Redux a letter saying that, as marketed, Cocaine Energy Drink is a drug because the Web site listed the health benefits of the ingredient inositol as preventing hardened arteries and reducing cholesterol.

Redux was given 15 days to respond to the warning and correct all violations, or it might face legal action.

“We have gone through and made most of the changes they have requested,” Kirby said.

The company’s MySpace.com page now says, “Cocaine Energy Drink is an energy supplement; following the guidelines set forth by the Federal Food and Drug Administration for dietary supplements,” but notes the FDA has not reviewed those statements.

The FDA issued the warning April 4, but the letter became available to the public Tuesday.

dulman@baltimoreexaminer.com