A month after acknowledging only that he made "mistakes," Ryan Braun admitted taking performance enhancing drugs during his NL MVP season of 2011.

Braun said he took a cream and a lozenge containing banned substances while rehabilitating an injury.

"It was a huge mistake for which I am deeply ashamed and I compounded the situation by not admitting my mistakes immediately," Braun said in a statement released by the Brewers.