Yeah actually, they were,
Easy example - Pre ban - 4-ad: sold when info was also available on its conversion % to testosterone, mechanism of actions, etc.
Post ban - Methoxy TST: 17b-Methoxy-Trienosterone - no one, including the company, could give a straight answer on what it really was. People assumed it was similar to something like 4-ad, but no one really knew and the fact that the company manufacturing it never really addressed customer questions spoke volumes
Yup, that's where we are at today. A bunch of clones and knockoffs of the old pro-hormones that not even the companies who are putting them out know exactly what these compounds are doing, pretty seedy shit if you ask me.
Personally, I have absolutely no problem with pro-steroids/pro-hormones being sold OTC. It's when these bullshit supp companies try and pass off all natural test boosters with these pro-hormone compounds in them. Some poor kid gets his hands on that stuff without knowing what it really is and screws his body up for life.