New York Police Department (NYPD) Deputy Chief Michael Marino refused to accept departmental punishment that would dock him 30 days pay and place him on one year probation (“Steroid Cop will fight the rap,” August 15). Marino was on testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for which he obtained a topical testosterone cream from a Lowen’s Pharmacy. Unfortunately, […]
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Scientists Use Gene Therapy to Create Perfect Bodybuilder
Scientists are optimistic about gene therapies significantly increasing muscle mass in humans. Gene therapy will be widespread in the sport of bodybuilding much as anabolic pharmacology has seen unrestricted experimentation over the past three decades in bodybuilding. A few medical researchers are working to make laissez faire gene therapy a reality in bodybuilding. Actually, their intent […]
Steroid Witch-Hunt Finds Bodies at Revolution Medical Center
An investigative report claims that anabolic steroids may have caused the deaths of three clients of a Phoenix-based longevity clinic in the past year. The ABC affiliate in Phoenix reports that Brian Stubstad, Aaron Atchley and Filip Petrovic purchased anabolic steroids including testosterone, Anadrol and trenbolone from the Revolution Medical Center clinic. Doctors and investigators are trying to prove that the steroid […]
Anti-Doping Laboratory Equipment is Big Business at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
The China Anti-Doping Agency (CADA) spent approximately $10 million dollars and six years to create a new state of the art laboratory specifically for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Roughly one quarter of that budget ($2.7 million) was used to purchase 60-80 various laboratory testing instruments. The primary beneficiaries of these purchases were the analytical […]
Baylor Medical Center Knows If You Are Using Anabolic Steroids
Bruce Douthit, MD of the Baylor Medical Center at Frisco revealed himself as a secret weapon in the fight against steroid use by teenagers in high schools and steroid use in sports at the Texas Steroid Summit. He guaranteed that he could simply look at an athlete and determine whether they are using banned or illegal anabolic steroids (“Summit […]
Did David Jacobs Autopsy Actually Reveal Elevated Testosterone Levels?
The popular assumption is that David Jacobs’ testosterone levels were significantly elevated based on a reported testosterone/epitestosterone ratio (T:E ratio) value of 22:1 in his official autopsy report. Are we correct to make this assumption? I have been corresponding with Jason Trahan of the Dallas Morning News to reach a better understanding of the T:E ratio […]
Dara Torres Takes Moral High Ground Despite Use of Performance Enhancing Drugs
Swimmer Dara Torres is an extraordinary athlete. The possibility that a 41-year old mother can compete alongside the best elite swimmers in the world with a legitimate chance at winning a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics is nothing short of phenomenal. There is nothing – no news or revelation – that could diminish […]
Autopsy Revealed David Jacobs Used Testosterone and Deca Durabolin
Jason Trahan of the Dallas Morning News contacted me today with the autopsy and toxicology results for convicted steroid dealer David Jacobs. The report revealed that David Jacobs was using Deca Durabolin (nandrolone decanoate) and Testosterone when he committed the murder-suicide. This was not a major surprise since authorities discovered a significant quantity of anabolic […]
Cyclist Marta Bastianelli Uses Benfluorex Unaware of Similarities to Banned Substance
Italian cyclist Marta Bastianelli tested positive for a banned stimulant. She tested positive for the diet drug fenfluramine in a doping control conducted by the International Cycling Union (UCI) at the “Under-23 World Championships” in Verbania, Italy on July 5, 2008. Bastianelli claims she never knowingly ingested a banned substance. She admitted to her obsession with […]
Smuggling 15,000 Dianabol Tablets into Australia
The “war on steroids” is bad news for illicit steroid users in the United States. But it may be even worse for steroid users down under; the “internationalization of steroid law” has firmly taken hold in Australia. Australian Customs and the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) have instigated an aggressive crackdown on the importation of anabolic steroids. […]