Q: “I want to use the minimum number of drugs for an “enhanced” hormone replacement therapy (HRT) protocol. I’d prefer really to use only one drug. I could use testosterone, but if I do that, then I can’t use very much without putting my estradiol higher than I want to. Letrozole won’t work for me, […]
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Political Grandstanding in Applied Pharmacy Services Indictment for Steroid Distribution
A long–anticipated federal indictment against Applied Pharmacy Services (APS) on charges of conspiracy and distribution of anabolic steroids was unsealed by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama in Mobile. The massive 198-count federal indictment identifies twelve individuals as part of the Applied Pharmacy Services steroid distribution network including pharmacy owners and pharmacists, and doctors […]
Julie Coram Case Exposes Unfairness of FAME Natural Bodybuilding
The Julie Coram case has exposed the incompetence and unfairness of the “natural” bodybuilding competitions sponsored by FAME and the World Natural Sports Organization (WNSO). Coram was stripped of her WNSO pro card after testing positive for metabolites of three different anabolic steroids, boldenone, oxandrolone and DHEA after winning the Ainsley McSorley FAME Model Search Championships in Winnipeg. Coram […]
Steroid Testing Kit for Home Use
Confirm Biosciences has released a new home anabolic steroid testing kit this month. CNBC’s Sports Biz with Darren Rovell thinks it would be useful for parents to test their children for steroid use. Athletes may found it useful and convenient to monitor the elimination of banned substances from their bodies. STEROIDCONFIRM’ enables sports trainers, employers […]
Comparison of Different Anabolic Steroids
Much confusion exists as to which anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) should be used to achieve given goals, how they should be combined and why, and their relative advantages and disadvantages. While many individual points discussed here have been discussed in previous columns, this is the first time I have brought this information together into a single […]
World Anabolic Review Revisited
This month’s article is put together a little differently from usual: rather than holding to any one topic, I will focus on some errors published in World Anabolic Review 1996 (WAR) and offer corrected information in those areas. WAR is probably the best book available to the bodybuilder on the use of anabolic steroids, but […]