July 9, 2002 marked an historic date in medical history. In one of the biggest scandals in medical history, government scientists shut down a study on the most commonly used hormone replacement therapy used in the country. These researchers concluded that it was no longer ethical to keep administering the infamous Prempro hormone replacement drug […]
Anabolic Steroid Articles
Our steroid articles provided detailed, practical information on how anabolic steroids are used to build muscle size, strength and otherwise improve physical performance. They cover topics such as the history of steroids, steroids in baseball, the medical uses of steroids including testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), the side effects of steroids and how to manage steroid side effects.
Arrested for Buying or Selling Anabolic Steroids?
How am I most likely to get arrested for steroids? Traditionally, the most likely way to get arrested for any drug charge, including steroids, was probably for selling them to someone who has his own legal problems and is secretly cooperating with law enforcement. Under federal law and the laws of many states, selling steroids, […]
Lesser Known Pharmacological Ergogens
The use and abuse of performance-enhancing substances by athletes has been an issue in sports since the ancient Greeks. Not until the advent of modern health science in the twentieth century though has performance enhancement presented such serious legal, ethical, and medical dilemmas. A person needs only to tune in to the television coverage of […]
A Closer Look at Trenbolone, Part 2
The Laws In 1970, Congress passed the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act. Title II of the Act, known as the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), gave the Department of Justice the authority to regulate drugs of abuse. On November 29, 1990 the Anabolic Steroids Control Act was passed, which amended the CSA to include […]
Synthesized Fragments of Hormones Make their Debut
Our body is an enigmatic soup of many hormones and growth factors that determine how we develop, grow and age. One of the hormones primarily responsible for much of our early growth is aptly named ‘growth hormone.’ Like most growth factors in the body, growth hormone is a secreted protein that exerts multiple effects on […]
Androgen Receptors Downregulate Don’t They? Part 2
In part 1 of this article we discussed the mistake of thinking about androgen receptors (testosterone receptors) in the same way we think of other receptors such as beta-receptors. Beta-receptors down regulate in response to beta-adrenergic stimulation whereas there is good evidence that androgen receptors increase in numbers in response to androgens. We also discussed […]
Androgen Receptors Downregulate Don’t They? Part 1
There is as much misinformation about steroids as there is good information had among bodybuilding enthusiasts. Go to any gym and you will hear some kid spouting off to his buddies about how steroids do this, or how they do that, or whatever. This soon starts somewhat of a pissing contest (excuse the expression) as […]
The Thyroid Gland Part 2 – How to Renew its Activity During a Diet
The thyroid gland and the hormones that it produces are among the key factors which determine the success or failure of a diet. Because thyroid hormones are regulators of basal metabolism, they determine the daily consumption of calories. A strict diet downregulates the activity of the gland. This lowers the daily requirement in calories, obliging […]
The Thyroid Gland Part 1 – Fat Loss, Muscle Growth, and Diet
In this series I am going to write about the thyroid gland and the hormones that it produces (or that it no longer produces). Although the term “thyroid”‘ is often associated with fat loss, the thyroid also helps to gain or lose muscle. It therefore has other functions which will be described after we have […]
Nandrolone Positive Steroid Tests – What Do They Mean?
Drug testing using IOC standards is far from perfect. For more than two decades I have criticized the short sightedness of the IOC drug testing standard bearers. And much of what I said in that period of time has turned out to be right. Among many others, I criticized, right from the start, the flawed […]