Charles Pelkey, the Senior Online Editor at VeloNews.com, may have violated the website’s own online commenting policy when he apparently deleted comments that expressed an opinion with which he disagreed but were not otherwise objectionable. Pelkey expressed his distaste for the opinions I expressed regarding the motivations of athletes that use performance-enhancing drugs shortly before […]
VeloNews Censors Comments Advocating Harm Reduction and Medically-Supervised Doping
VeloNews, the “journal of competitive cycling’, apparently censors comments that are critical of anti-doping policy and/or the United States Anti-Doping Agency. I have been blocked from commenting on their website due to the comments I posted earlier today. In a series of thoughtful and respectful commentaries posted on the VeloNews website, I raised several issue about […]
Lee Thompson Continues to Fight Steroid Charges in Overreaching Texas Steroid Bust
NPC Texas Chairman Lee Thompson continues to fight steroid conspiracy charges that were filed against him in an overreaching Texas steroid investigation that targeted dozens of individuals. Several individuals charged in the conspiracy have already pleaded guilty including Brock Falkenhagen. However, Lee Thompson is NOT one of them. Thompson has repeatedly stated that he has […]
Settlement Represents Model for Steroid Prosecutions Targeting Sports Nutrition Companies
VMG Global, the manufacturer of American Cellular Labs “Tren Xtreme” and “Mass Xtreme“, has pleaded guilty to one count of introducing unapproved drugs into interstate commerce and has agreed to a fine of up to $500,000. The VMG Global case is the first of several pending investigations targeting the marketing of steroidal compounds as dietary […]
Mircera / Super EPO (PEGylated Erythropoietin)
Mircera (methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta) is a third generation version of erythropoietin manufactured by pharmaceutical giant Hoffman-LaRoche that has been called “Super EPO.” Mircera is an artificial form of erythropoietin (EPO) stimulators similar to Amgen’s Epogen and Aranesp. But Mircera is thought to be superior to Epogen and Aranesp due to the use of pegylation […]
Slate Pharmaceuticals Supports Testosterone Replacement Therapy for Pro Athletes
Robert Whitehead, the President and CEO of Slate Pharmaceuticals, released a statement defending the use of the anabolic steroid testosterone by professional athletes when prescribed by a physician to treat low testosterone levels. Slate is the manufacturer of Testopel testosterone pellets. The statement is noteworthy because it represents the first time big pharma has been bold […]
New York Times Highlights Steroid Use in IFBB Pro Bodybuilding
The New York Times highlighted the widespread use of steroids in competitive bodybuilding suggesting that anabolic steroids cause a specific form of kidney disease known as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. This was the disease that required IFBB pro bodybuilder Flex Wheeler to undergo kidney transplant surgery. The article interviews three IFBB pro bodybuilders: Flex Wheeler, King Kamali, […]
IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Guy Ducasse Sentenced to One Month Imprisonment
IFBB professional bodybuilder Guy Ducasse was sentenced to one month imprisonment and 400 hours community service after pleading guilty to steroid distribution. United States District Judge Claire Eagan emphatically rejected the prosecution’s argument that Ducasse was “no different than any other drug dealer and should be treated accordingly.” Federal prosecutors had asked Judge Eagan to […]
iForce Nutrition Served Search Warrant During 2009 Olympia Expo
The FDA served iForce Nutrition and owner Dave Nelson with a search warrant during the course of the 2009 IFBB Olympia Expo. The search warrant was executed in the days following the FDA raid of Bodybuilding.com. Four iForce Nutrition products were listed as “undercover purchases” made at Bodybuilding.com. Both the iForce Nutrition search warrant and the Bodybuilding.com search warrant […]
Bodybuilding.com Raided in Criminal Steroid Investigation on Eve of IFBB Olympia Weekend
The federal government continued their steroid witch-hunt targeting the dietary supplement industry with a raid of Bodybuilding.com on Thursday, September 24, 2009. The criminal investigation accuses Bodybuilding.com and its corporate officers of illegal marketing and distributing several anabolic steroids, unapproved new and misbranded drugs labeled fraudulently as dietary supplements, specifically “Madol”, “Tren”, “Superdrol”, “Androstenedione”, and […]