Response to media inquiries about a MLB player who tested positive for a banned substance (reported to be androstenedione) and is attributing the result to his use of the dietary supplement product(s) 6-OXO or 6-OXO Extreme (January 13, 2009)The media has reported that baseball pitcher J.C. Romero has alleged that his positive test for the banned substance androstenedione … [Read more...] about Ergopharm Response to Positive MLB Steroids Tests
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6-OXO – The First Effective All-Natural Aromatase Inhibitor
For athletes familiar with prohormones and steroids, the female hormone estrogen is undoubtedly a familiar enemy. While most of us understand that estrogen is not necessarily always a harmful and worthless substance to men (in the right amounts it is necessary and beneficial), we still are aware that it must be kept under control or some pretty undesirable conditions may arise … [Read more...] about 6-OXO – The First Effective All-Natural Aromatase Inhibitor
How to Make Anabolic Steroids Orally-Active?
The subject of androgenic / anabolic steroids, and the different ways that have been found to make them orally active, has been tossed around lately on the internet mags. This is an interesting topic to the science minded out there, but beyond that, it also has potential utility to the prohormone supplements. The following is my take on the subject, including scientific … [Read more...] about How to Make Anabolic Steroids Orally-Active?
Anabolic Steroids and the Drug Development Pipeline
I am told that articles on steroids are very popular. I guess there is some mystique surrounding chemicals that have the ability to dramatically transform one’s physique in a short period of time under the right conditions. You would think that people would get bored with this stuff after a while though, right? Well, apparently they don’t.Anyway, here is yet another steroid … [Read more...] about Anabolic Steroids and the Drug Development Pipeline
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 the winter or summer Olympic … [Read more...] about Lesser Known Pharmacological Ergogens
Androgens, Libido, and Sexual Function
Androgenic hormones such as testosterone and anabolic steroids (as well as prohormones) have long been used by athletes for their effects on increasing muscle mass and strength. The anabolic effect on muscle is certainly not the only physiological effect that these hormones possess however, and for many people not particularly interested in bigger muscles androgens might offer … [Read more...] about Androgens, Libido, and Sexual Function