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Re: DEA Identifies 22 Dietary Supplements Containing Anabolic Steroids

mercedes car seats — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:28:59 -0000

I disagree with you, Millard. Quality natural foods stores do not sell these products. You will not find them in Whole Foods Market, Mother's Market in Costa Mesa or any or the 7,000 quality natural products stores around the USA. They ARE sold in bodybuilding stores, who don't have the same standards or goals that natural products stores have. This is different industry than Loren Israelsen works with and it's rife with lies, gimmicks and this kind of stuff. I make no judgment about what people do to their bodies, but there is a big difference between bodybuilding stores and natural products stores .

Re: Professional Athletes Treated Differently in Steroid Cases

dalenademspey — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:11:43 -0000

i thought that tha case was really bad because people should not use steroids, they can rly mess ur life up bad. i know people who have been on steroids and that has died from them.

Re: DEA Identifies 22 Dietary Supplements Containing Anabolic Steroids

Club Penguin Cheats — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:22:54 -0000

They ARE sold in bodybuilding stores, who don't have the same standards or goals that natural products stores have. This is different industry than Loren Israelsen works with and it's rife with lies, gimmicks and this kind of stuff.

Re: Human Growth Hormone and Athletic Performance

Club Penguin Cheats — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:22:43 -0000

The studies can’t possibly track long-term use of HGH, so if there’s a chronic, cumulative effect that’s greater than the acute, short-term effect, you’d never know from the published research.

Re: NFL Knowledge of Bumetanide-Spiked Supplement Exposed Players to Significant Health Risks

Club Penguin Cheats — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:20:02 -0000

A lot of supplements cause some side effects that are very harmful. So before using supplements we should take a research about that product first.

Re: Creating a Fake Physique with Anabolic Steroids

sidneygendin — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:11:44 -0000

I do not understand Millard Baker's remark about the underlying eroticism associated with steroid-enhanced muscularity. Does he mean such persons are more attractive sexually? My own informal polls (over 15 years) of hundreds of women and dozens of men leads me to believe that the majority of people do not find extraordinary muscularity erotic at all. Quite the contrary. In a sizable minority of cases, they find it repulsive. Of course, de gustibus non est disputandum. Personally, I have always enjoyed extreme muscularity in men and women; however, I don't find that erotic.

Re: Football Player Sues Supplement Company for Undeclared Steroidal Ingredient

Abby — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:15:59 -0000

The names of the supplements that were tested were not identified. This is most likely out of fear of legal action against them by any company should it be named in the study results.
acnee

Re: David Soares Compares Signature Pharmacy to Cocaine Cartels

s11w — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:54:45 -0000

Thanks...

Re: GNC Feigned Outrage at A-Rod’s Claim that Supplements Could Trigger Positive Steroid Test

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Re: Gatorade a Gateway to Anabolic Steroid Use in High School Athletes?

millardbaker — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:06:15 -0000

You're right. I don't know context in which Coach Connolly prohibited use of all supplements including Gatorade for his high school students.

The local newspaper article clearly attributed the rationale behind Connolly's decision to prohibit Gatorade as based on "fear that using most common and casual substances will encourage his players to use more volatile and potentially harmful drugs."

If this is not the appropriate context under which Gatorade was not allowed, please clarify.

I completely understand how the best intentions by individuals can be taken out of context by journalists with a story to write.

Re: Gatorade a Gateway to Anabolic Steroid Use in High School Athletes?

brianwilcox — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:41:43 -0000

This is foolish... the quote given by Coach Connolly was taken out of context. It was from an article in a local newspaper... I coach with Mr. Connolly, I am in attendance at all meetings and the things he says to our players is something that is educational and appropriate for them. You have no idea the history of our players nor do you have any idea what issues have been dealt with in the past. You may know Coach Connolly's name but you have no idea who he is!

Re: Diuretic Bumetanide Used by NFL Players to Mask Anabolic Steroid Use?

Carlos Arruyo — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:54:02 -0000

yeah its true girls use hormone pills to cover up use of PED'S and guys use Viagra to cover up the fact that their privates are getting smaller.

Re: Diuretic Bumetanide Used by NFL Players to Mask Anabolic Steroid Use?

James K — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:46:58 -0000

things like hormone pills and aderall and riddalin are used to mask attitude problems, and viagra

Re: DEA Identifies 22 Dietary Supplements Containing Anabolic Steroids

millardbaker — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:55:20 -0000

DEA ban has still not taken place but FDA Agent Jeff Novitzky considers them illegal anabolic steroids anyway:

http://www.mesomorphosis.com/blog/2009/07/25/tr...

Re: DEA Identifies 22 Dietary Supplements Containing Anabolic Steroids

millardbaker — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:52:04 -0000

No, LG Sciences had them voluntarily destroyed since legally trying to win them back would have resulted in un-sellable products approaching expiration in a best case scenario.

Re: DEA Identifies 22 Dietary Supplements Containing Anabolic Steroids

shea27 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:08:18 -0000

isn't it true that the FDA gave LG Sciences back all their products after testing them

Re: Drug Testing to Reduce Steroid Use by High School Athletes

michaelrharris — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:03:23 -0000

Daily Press
• NEWS NEW PORT NEWS, VIRGINIA AUGUST 27, 2004

Actual Photo Document by Robert Thomas, Richmond, Virginia

SCARED STRAIGHT AT 31, THE FORMER ATHLETE AND BODY BUILDER WAS 'OLD AND FEEBLE'
[Final Edition]
Daily Press - Newport News, Va.
Author: DAVID TEEL Daily Press
Date:Aug 3, 2003Start Page:A.1Section:A-sectionText Word Count:2888Document Text Steroids ruined Michael Harris' knees, shrank his testicles and produced milk in his breasts. The concoctions may have also caused his scarred lungs, liver and kidneys .For this Harris is grateful. "The Scriptures say your body is a temple," he says. "I destroyed my own temple. But I'm lucky. Steroids could have killed me."
Harris, a Newport News native and York High School teacher, abused steroids from 1984 to 1988. But this summer marks his first public testimonies, his first admissions that he risked his life and broke the law in a desperate attempt to advance his athletic career - - first in football, then in bodybuilding. So why now? Why break 15 years of silence? Why endure the contortions of explaining your troubled past to your children, mother and students?
The answers speak to Harris' physical and spiritual revival. But in short, as a new high school football season dawns this week, Harris wants to serve as a cautionary tale for the growing number of young athletes lured to the dark side by the bright lights of wealth, celebrity and pride. "I want them," he says, "to be scared straight." Pain scared Harris straight. Burning pain in his knees, stabbing pain in his sides. Walking was a chore, climbing steps an ordeal. Talk about irony. From neck to calf, Harris' body rippled with muscle. People gawked when he strolled on the beach. Contest audiences applauded when he flexed on stage. "He was very, very good," says Bob Crist, the guru of Hampton Roads bodybuilding for more than 40 years. "He was like a man ahead of his time. I used to call him Mr. Electricity." Yet ... "I couldn't play with my kids," Harris says. "I felt like an old man."
It was 1988. Michael Harris was 31 years old and feeble. He had no one to blame but himself. Harris, you see, couldn't let go of the dream, the dream that clouds so many and rewards so few, the dream of becoming a professional athlete. His sport was football, and as an accomplished defensive back at Newport News' Ferguson High, he earned a scholarship to Division II Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C.
Harris graduated from Shaw in 1980 and that spring worked out for a Dallas Cowboys scout. Sure enough, the Cowboys signed an obscure free-agent defensive back from a historically black university. But his name was Dextor Clinkscale, and the South Carolina State alum played five seasons for the Cowboys.
Disappointed but unbowed, Harris returned home. He married, became a father and secured a teaching job. But that wasn't enough. Harris ran along the Virginia Beach oceanfront, lifted weights at local gyms, and still envisioned himself in an NFL uniform. "I decided I had to get bigger," he says. "I had to get stronger, and I knew anabolic steroids were the fastest way to do it." Indeed, anabolic steroids, synthetic drugs related to male sex hormones, accelerate muscle growth by enhancing the body's absorption of protein and oxygen. Researchers developed them in the 1930s, and doctors prescribe them to treat anemia, leukemia, infections and impotence. But side effects, especially when abused, can be debilitating, if not lethal. Scientists have linked steroid abuse to liver damage, heart disease, cancer, depression and aggression. Steroids also can cause the feminization of men (breast growth, testicle atrophy) and the masculinization of women (breast shrinkage, menstrual irregularities). Federal and Virginia laws classify steroids as controlled substances and ban their use and sale without a prescription. The National Football League, National Basketball Association, International Olympic Committee and NCAA randomly screen athletes for steroids and suspend those who test positive. So do many universities.
Harris knew little of the downside. This was, after all, the early '80s. Ben Johnson was an unknown sprinter, yet to lose his 1988 Olympic gold medal to a positive steroid test. Lyle Alzado was an All-Pro defensive lineman, yet to die in 1992 of cancer he blamed on years of steroid abuse. Harris began juicing in 1984, the same year he divorced (Harris says the events are unrelated). A weightlifting crony was procuring black-market steroids from out of state, and he injected testosterone into Harris' buttocks. That wasn't all. Harris swallowed Dianabol, injected Deca- Durabolin, lifted like a fiend and gained 50 pounds -- up to 248 -- in a month.
To fuel his workouts and drug abuse, Harris consumed eight to 10 times more food than an average person, upward of 20,000 calories per day. Six chicken breasts and four baked potatoes at a sitting. Two loaves of bread and 12 egg whites per day. Other users advised Harris to follow an eight-weeks-on, four- weeks-off routine. You must, they warned, cleanse your system. Harris ignored them. The results were too good. He was working out three to four hours a day, incline bench-pressing 550 pounds, squatting 750, deadlifting 850.
Stop? Harris did just the opposite, adding steroids to his regimen and popping 100 pills a day. He showcased the results in bodybuilding contests, debuting in Amateur Athletic Union events and progressing to National Physique Committee competitions. "It was kind of disheartening," says Kevin Parrott, who competed against Harris. "I thought I epitomized what bodybuilding is all about, which is health, and these guys using steroids were blowing past me." Harris blew up to 275 pounds. He boasted a 60-inch chest, 27- inch waist and 23-inch biceps. Never mind that his breasts were secreting milk and his testicles were shriveling. He was popular, he was successful and damn, he looked good on stage, where he treated audiences to his own version of Michael Jackson's moonwalk. "Once you start winning, you want more," Harris says. "I could not stop using." The steroids were cheap and readily available. Anavar and Anadrol from the usual connections. Winstrol-V and Equipoise from veterinarians. "His physique was never like the balloon types you see in the magazines," Crist says. "He was always lean and well-defined. I didn't know anything about his drug use."
Nor did Harris' family and friends. The needle tracks on his butt were easy to conceal, and the costs were easy on the wallet. In 1988, Harris made his most expensive purchase, an eight-week supply of the growth hormone somatotropin, or STH, for $1,000. This was the beginning of the end. STH energized Harris' muscles but did not ease his pain. The bleak diagnosis: His knee cartilage and ligaments were damaged beyond repair, and his kidney function was subpar. The harsh reality: His dream was shattered. No Mr. Olympia. No NFL. Harris quit steroids cold turkey.
"There was no withdrawal," he says. "It was more a vanity thing." Medication restored Harris' kidney function, but nothing helped his knees. One referral led to another, and in 1994 Harris limped into the Hampton office of Bruce Reid, an orthopedic surgeon. Reid, an athlete himself, treats many sports-related injuries. But Harris' condition astonished him. His knees were ravaged throughout -- lateral, medial, kneecaps. Tricompartmental disease, doctors call it. It doesn't get any worse.
"He was," Reid says, "a 37-year-old with 70-year-old knees." Reid probed for reasons, and when Harris came clean about the steroids, everything made sense. "It's a well-established fact that anabolic steroids over time can cause ligament injuries," Reid says. Surgeons are loath to perform total knee replacement on younger patients. The implants last only 10 to 20 years, and the prospect of repeated surgeries is not appealing.
But Harris had few options, and in 1995 Reid replaced his left knee. Harris recovered quickly and resumed moderate exercise. Still, the question lingered: What about the right knee? Harris is naturally bow-legged, and the disconnect between his healthy and injured knee aggravated the problem. Gradually, the right knee turned farther outward, compromising his hips and creating, to say the least, an awkward stride.
"It was ugly," Harris says. "It stuck way out." Ugly is a difficult word for Harris. Vain and stylish, he once fancied himself a model. So imagine his disgust when he hobbled into a Hampton movie theater last summer and heard kids snickering at him. Imagine his frustration when, his right thigh so atrophied, he couldn't perform a simple leg extension. It was time to revisit Dr. Reid. Recovering from the second knee replacement proved much more harrowing. Within two weeks of his release from the hospital in October, Harris was in the emergency room vomiting blood and gasping for breath. Tests revealed a bleeding ulcer, asthma, liver problems and black spots on his lungs. Harris blames steroids, but given the lag time, Reid isn't sure.
"It's all within the realm of what anabolic steroids can do," he says. "But there could be any number of reasons. We won't ever know because this is not an exact science." Harris is not a scientist or doctor. Yet he's convinced steroids are the culprits. Regardless, Harris is lucky. His symptoms responded to medications, and his prosthetic knees function well. He walks without pain, plays with his kids and works out casually. The poolside fitness room of his Hampton apartment complex is a far cry from the gyms of his past. No free weights, no macho posturing. Just some modest equipment Harris uses for muscle tone and cardiovascular health.
The one reminder of his bodybuilding days: mirrored walls. But the reflection Harris sees bears little resemblance to the man who once strutted his stuff on stage. His steroid habit discarded, Harris weighs 225 pounds. His chest is 12 inches smaller, his waist five inches larger. His legs straight rather than bowed, he stands 6-foot-5. And he stands ready, at age 46, to share his story. Harris began with a men's group at Bethel Temple Assembly of God, where he and Parrott are members. He praised his friend and former rival for competing the right way. He lamented his own shortcomings.
"He brought tears to my eyes," Parrott says. In June, Harris spoke to more than 150 area high school players at the Peninsula All-Star Football Camp, where the reaction was more shock. "I was tripping, and the kids were like, 'Oh, my God,' “says Carl Francis, the camp director and an executive with the NFL Players Association.”Here's the thing that most impressed me: He admitted that he cheated. That's what those kids needed to hear. 'I cheated, and it almost cost me my life.' “Christopher Newport coach Matt Kelchner saw Harris' camp presentation and immediately asked him to speak to the school's players, coaches and training staff later this month.”I'd hate to see anybody go through what he went through," Kelchner says.
Thousands have endured the pain, and thousands more take the risk. It's been a fact of life in sports for more than 30 years. The Olympics, professional football, the Tour de France, bodybuilding. More recently, baseballs, with former National League Most Valuable Player Ken Caminiti claiming half the players use steroids. Not to be crass, but Harris doesn't worry so much about the pros. They are, generally, grown men and women, and they have access to the finest training facilities. Harris worries about the kids. College kids, high school kids. Searching for a competitive edge or obsessed by appearance, they use steroids, easily obtained through health clubs, street connections and the Internet. They use over-the-counter supplements, nearly half of which contain traces of steroids. Harris knows this from his past. Parrott, the owner of three Body Sculpting studios on the Peninsula, knows from his encounters with local athletes. Kelchner knows from his playing days at Susquehanna University in the late 1970s, when his roommate/teammate obtained steroids from a "witchdoctor." Francis knows from his NFLPA experience.
"Kids are looking to get bigger, stronger and faster overnight because they see their heroes doing it," Francis says. Parrott recalls speaking to a Fellowship of Christian Athletes group at Poquoson High. As Parrott walked toward his car, a young man from the audience approached. His question: My father gave me steroids for my 16th birthday. What should I do? Kelchner relates a similar experience from his summer camp for youth aged 6 to 12. A father, concerned that his 105-pound son was too light, asked Kelchner about "alternative" methods for adding weight. Kelchner tried to talk some sense into the man, but when the average NFL salary exceeds $1 million, and the average NBA salary approaches $5 million, common sense vanishes.
The National Institute of Drug Abuse polls high school seniors annually, and in its 2002 survey, 2.5 percent of more than 44,000 students admitted taking steroids within the previous 12 months, up from 2.4 percent in 2001, 1.7 percent in 2000. The NCAA polls college athletes every four years, and in its 2001 survey, 1.4 percent of more than 21,000 respondents admitted using steroids, 42 percent of whom said their habit began in high school. The 1.4 percent was up from 1.1 percent in 1997, but down significantly from 4.9 percent in 1989 and 1.9 percent in 1993. Most disturbing to the NCAA, 3.9 percent of respondents, and 8.3 percent of female gymnasts, admitted to using the supplement ephedrine, a stimulant linked to the deaths of Minnesota Vikings lineman Korey Stringer and Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler.
Harris cringes at it all. Young people, he believes, need nothing more than a multivitamin. "Stick with Flintstones," he says. Harris knows the sentiment appears hopelessly naive, but he presses on. "I want to be a voice," he says. His is a voice filled with passion, conviction and regret. "I really admire his courage, his standing up and saying he made a mistake," Parrott says. "Kids today are searching. They don't know what to do, and all too often they don't have people like Mike talking to them."
David Teel can be reached at 247-4636 or by e-mail at dteel@dailypress.com.
THEN AND NOW
Michael Harris during the peak of his steroid use, and now:
Then Now
Weight 275 225
Chest 60" 48"
Waist 27" 32"
Biceps 23" 18"
Calories per day 20,000 2,000
GETTING JUICED
A summary of the steroids and performance-enhancing drugs Michael Harris abused from 1984 to 1988:
* ANAVAR: Football-shaped pill that promotes rapid muscle growth and hardening by increasing protein absorption. Low levels of male hormones make this steroid popular among female athletes. Liver damage associated with long-term use.
* TESTOSTERONE SUSPENSION: Water-based and most potent/fast- acting form of testosterone. Also the most damaging. Liver, kidneys and blood pressure often affected. Breast growth in males, acne and baldness also common.
* TESTOSTERONE ENANTHATE: Oil-based and most abused form of this male hormone. Injected several times per week for gradual muscle growth. Often used with Deca-Durabolin and Dianabol. Side effects similar to testosterone suspension.
* WINSTROL-V: All-purpose, comparatively mild steroid obtained from veterinarians. Often used in treatment of horses. Available in vials and pills, with the injectable version most effective. Side effects include stomach pain and liver damage.
* EQUIPOISE: Another steroid used in equine industry. Like Anavar, promotes protein absorption. Relatively weak and often used with Winstrol-V. Side effects similar to Winstrol-V.
* ANADROL: Most potent oral steroid often produces dramatic muscle growth in two weeks or less. Increases red blood cells, allowing muscles to absorb more oxygen. Water retention also eases pain during workouts. Considered too strong for women. Can cause liver damage, severe acne, aggression and feminization in men.
* DIANABOL: Most used black-market oral steroid. Benefits and side effects mirror those associated with Anadrol.
* DECA-DURABOLIN: Most common injectable steroid. Causes muscles to store more nitrogen, prompting growth. Also retains more water in connective tissue, easing pain and allowing more intense workouts. Side effects include high blood pressure, frequent nosebleeds and slow clotting.
* STH: Short for somatotropin hormone, a growth hormone secreted by the pituitary gland. Stimulates protein absorption in muscles and other tissue. Also stimulates insulin production, which can lead to sugar addiction and diminished immune system.
WARNING SIGNS
Concerned that your player, friend, child or other loved one is taking anabolic steroids? Watch for these clues:
* Sudden muscle growth.
* Severe acne, especially on shoulders and back.
* Hostility, aggression and depression.
* Psychosis.
* Male-pattern baldness.
* Increased or depressed sex drive.
* Needle tracks in buttocks.
Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission.
Abstract (Document Summary)
Staff photos (color) by SANG-JIB MIN; The scars on [Michael Harris]' knees from replacement surgery are a permanent reminder about the perils of steroid use. Only now, 15 years after he stopped using steroids, is the former Ferguson High School football player and bodybuilder speaking out. He hopes his story will prevent young athletes from following his example. Although he cannot prove it, Michael Harris is convinced that steroids are to blame for several ailments, including a bleeding ulcer, asthma, liver problems and black spots on his lungs. Photo (color) Courtesy Michael Harris During his bodybuilding years, Michael Harris had a 60- inch chest, 27-inch waist and 23-inch biceps. But he also was feeling the effects of using steroids: His breasts were secreting milk and his testicles were shriveling.
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Re: Swimmers Must Compete Naked, Swimsuits Give Unfair Advantage

rick — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:11:15 -0000

I think they should level the field. they should swim naked. Its not like its a sex thing

Re: Roger Clemens and Lidocaine

YVonne — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:17:12 -0000

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Re: Gatorade and Pro-Steroid Agenda of Major League Baseball

Bodybuilding — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:45:58 -0000

Very nice aricle, its very importend to have a hobby at school!

Re: Difference Between Growth Hormone and Testosterone

eddie — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:54:05 -0000

dont have a comment but would rather ask what is the difference between hgg and testosterone

Re: Diuretic Bumetanide Used by NFL Players to Mask Anabolic Steroid Use?

Balan K — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:48:24 -0000

Ignorance is the main defence for most of the players accused of using steriods. If the stuff is taken in consultation with the coach and team doctor they are to be addressed.

Re: DEA Identifies 22 Dietary Supplements Containing Anabolic Steroids

Roids — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:08:45 -0000

Is there a specific timeframe your allowed to unload old products such as 1,4,6 etiocholan-dione? If they were in your warehouse just sitting for a year or so.

Re: Athletes Using Steroids and Amphetamines for Legitimate Medical Conditions

CabrinhaKite — Sun, 17 May 2009 23:28:03 -0000

Taking drugs of any kind whether vitamins or what, for an athlete - takes a lot of questioning. I wonder for other side board sports like kiteboarding - might be washed by the flashing water (lol)-just some humor for the serious ones.

Re: Misconception that Anabolic Steroids “Enhance Looks, Strength and Speed”

millardbaker — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:42:41 -0000

It is one thing to ban anabolic steroids for athletes who agree to abide by to IOC rules prohibiting certain substances. But doping rules for sports should not infringe on the therapeutic use of androgens in medicine. Unfortunately, the Anabolic Steroid Control Act and resulting steroid hysteria and witch-hunt has clearly done this. Furthermore, it has criminalized possession and use for physique enhancement by otherwise law-abiding bodybuilders who do not compete and/or do not compete in drug-tested events.