British bodybuilders who order anabolic steroids over the internet will be considered criminals beginning today – April 23, 2012 – under a new amendment to the British steroid law. Fortunately, the possession of anabolic steroids for self-administration remains perfectly legal under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (“MDA”). However, the new amendment makes the importation of [...]
Those of you who want to help advance the understanding of testosterone use for different conditions can join research studies that are currently enrolling. I was amazed to see how many studies are out there! However, none are looking at long term management of side effects like polycythemia with therapeutic phlebotomy, testicular atrophy with long [...]
Ryan DeLuca, the founder and CEO of Bodybuilding.com, pleaded guilty to five Class A misdemeanor charges arising from a criminal investigation into Bodybuilding.com‘s sale of products containing “synthetic anabolic steroids or synthetic chemical ‘clones’ of anabolic steroids which were not dietary ingredients” between June 2007 and September 2009. Federal agents raided Bodybuilding.com’s corporate offices and warehouses [...]
UFC President Dana White strongly supported the use of medically-indicated testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for mixed martial artists competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He defended TRT as a legal medical therapy that anyone, including amateur and professional athletes, should be entitled to receive if they are suffering from low testosterone. White doesn’t believe it [...]
The latest debacle involving Jose Canseco has overshadowed a legitimate issue facing professional and Olympic sports – the prospect of middle-aged athletes being prescribed testosterone to combat the negative consequences arising from hypogonadism. The conversation hasn’t been about the “use of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) in sports.” It has been about “Jose Canseco the steroid user”. [...]
Most athletes on testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) go out of their way to dismiss the likelihood that the treatment will enhance their athletic performance in any way whatsoever. They emphasis that their circulating levels of testosterone remain within the normal range. Most athletes claim TRT, at best, just makes them feel “normal”. When asked if [...]
Milwaukee Brewers’ Ryan Braun became the first Major League Baseball player to successfully appeal a steroid suspension. Braun escaped a 50-game steroid suspension due to a technicality. But does this prove he didn’t use anabolic steroids? Does it really matter? Braun’s urine sample reportedly revealed an elevated testosterone:epitestosterone (T:E) ratio that exceeded 20:1. The T:E [...]
Rick Collins, the leading legal expert on anabolic steroids and sports nutrition, has been the go-to guy for sports nutrition companies targeted by the federal government for illegally selling prohormone and steroidal ingredients as dietary supplements. Collins’ firm has represented numerous supplements companies, including “Anabolic Xtreme”, “Advanced Muscle Science”, “Culver Concepts”, “Bradley Asgard”, “Bjorklund”, “Axis [...]
Sports nutrition companies that continue to sell Superdrol or similar illegal steroidal ingredients as dietary supplements have been put on notice by the federal government. The same federal prosecutors that pursued defendants in the BALCO steroid scandal have announced the entry of a guilty plea by one of the first distributors of Superdrol.
Four of my books can now be read for free on kindle Built to Survive: A Comprehensive Guide to the Medical Use of Anabolic Therapies, Nutrition and Exercise for HIV (+) men and women Fortalecete y Sobrevive el VIH (Spanish Edition) La Testosterona: La Mejor Guia Para Hombres (Spanish Edition) What You Need to Know [...]
