Archive for August, 2011

The use of anabolic steroids by athletes for gaining muscle mass and strength could destroy their kidney function.

This finding was disclosed in a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego, CA.

From Sciencedaily.com:

Reports of professional athletes who abuse anabolic steroids are increasingly common. Most people know that using steroids is not good for your health, but until now, their effects on the kidneys have not been known. Leal Herlitz, MD (Columbia University Medical Center) and her colleagues recently conducted the first study describing injury to the kidneys following long-term abuse of anabolic steroids. The investigators studied a group of 10 bodybuilders who used steroids for many years and developed protein leakage into the urine and severe reductions in kidney function. Kidney tests revealed that nine of the ten bodybuilders developed a condition called focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, a type of scarring within the kidneys. This disease typically occurs when the kidneys are overworked. The kidney damage in the bodybuilders has similarities to that seen in morbidly obese patients, but appears to be even more severe.

The finding suggested that habitual use of steroids has serious harmful effects on the kidneys that were not previously recognized.

According to a NFL official, the league will drug test for steroids on game days. The official said he expects the testing to begin with the first week of the season as agreed to under the league’s new collective bargaining agreement.

The league will use the game-day testing only for performance-enhancers and not for recreational drugs like cocaine and marijuana, according to Adolpho Birch, the NFL’s senior vice president of law and labor policy.

From Torontosun.com:

The new 10-year CBA that was hammered out during the NFL’s more than four- month lockout includes blood testing for human growth hormone, the first such test in any of the country’s major sports.

Details are still being hashed out, but Birch said the program is all but finalized at this point.

“The framework of the testing procedures, I think both sides would agree, is largely agreed to and I don’t expect that there will be much more need to discuss those,” he said.

As for game-day testing, Birch said the NFL has avoided it in the past because of the logistics involved.

“But we have now developed a solution that will allow us to do game-day testing in a way that is not overly disruptive to the clubs and respects the game-day process and all of the things going on,” he said.

“This is primarily a competitive issue, so we do not contemplate utilizing it for the substances-of-abuse recreational drugs,” Birch said during a conference call. “But it is something that will involve any of the potential testing we do under the steroid policy.”

Aziz Sergeyevich Shavershian, 22, who was popularly known as “Zyzz” to his legion of online fans died in a Bangkok sauna on Friday.

The Sydney student rose to fame after transforming himself from self-confessed “skinny kid” to the pin-up boy of amateur bodybuilding.

From Smh.com.au:

Mr Shavershian, from Carlingford, was a fulltime business and commerce student who crafted the wildly popular online “Zyzz” persona after discovering bodybuilding in his late teens.

He released a book, began promoting bodybuilding supplements and made countless videos in character as “Zyzz”; an aggressive and flamboyant, heavily-tanned showman. Throughout his studies he also worked part-time as a stripper with the male revue Sydney Hotshots.

Said Shavershian, his elder brother and a personal trainer at Fitness First, was recently fined $479 for the possession of an anabolic steroid.

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Three men accused of sale of steroids have pleaded not guilty on August 10, 2011 to federal drug charges.

According to an FBI affidavit that lays out the allegations, Dr. Mark Peter Koch bought anabolic steroids from a satellite technician from north Alabama from August 2005 until June of this year and then sold them to 2 Monroe County men.

From Blog.al.com:

Those are Frisco City resident Bennie Joe Wiggins, who pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and attempted possession with intent to distribute steroids, and Monroeville resident Terry Duwayne Faulk, who was charged in a separate action with concealing information about steroids.

Faulk has waived arraignment, and prosecutors have agreed to recommend a pretrial diversion program that would offer the chance for the charge to be dismissed.

FBI agents on June 28 seized about 38 grams of steroids from Koch, who is accused of both using and selling the performance-enhancing drugs. The affidavit alleges that an informant saw or participated in at least 8 steroids purchases involving Koch. Investigators estimated the total amount of steroids purchased by Koch at more than 300 grams.

Koch transported the drugs in a portable safe that he stored in the Monroe town of Excel, according to the criminal complaint.

As per the affidavit, Faulk gave the courier — identified in court documents as a “confidential human source” — $1,060 on June 24 to purchase steroids.

A 39-year-old from Cheektowaga has pleaded guilty before Chief District Judge William Skretny to distributing anabolic steroids.

According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael McCabe, who is in charge of the case, Richard Lazzaro obtained and distributed steroids while employed as a detention officer at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia.

From Metrowny.com:

The plea was the culmination of an investigation on the part of special agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Christopher Piehota and special agents of the department of homeland security, office of inspector general, under the direction of Gregory Knull.

The charge on Lazzaro carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $500,000, or both.

Adolpho Birch, who oversees the NFL’s drug-testing program, is confident that game-day testing that can take place before or after games would not be disruptive to teams.

Birch has provided a solution for a concern among players and coaches with the statement.

From NYtimes.com:

Birch said he did not believe H.G.H. is used by 10 to 20 percent of players, as some players have publicly guessed.

He declined to reveal if discussions with the players union had already begun to resolve the final details of growth hormone testing. But he played down concerns about the reliability of tests — concerns that players raised the day before the deal was completed last week — and he said that the N.F.L. hoped eventually to have a test that will expand the detection window for H.G.H.

Birch said game-day testing would be limited to performance enhancing drugs like steroids and human growth hormone, and would not include recreational drugs, such as marijuana and cocaine.

Indian cricket’s prolific opener, Gautam Gambhir, has expressed his concern about the growing doping menace that has affected the country’s sporting fraternity in the past few days.

“Doping in any sport is a concern. What is illegal is illegal. Action should be taken against any sportsperson who is found guilty of doping. Even if a cricketer is also found guilty of taking banned substances, action must be taken against him as well,” said Gambhir.

From Sports.ndtv.com:

Asian Games double gold medallist Ashwini Akkunji, her 4×400 relay gold-winning teammates Mandeep Kaur and Sini Jose, Jauna Murmu, Tiana Mary Thomas and Priyanka Panwar were the quarter-milers who have flunked dope tests.

Besides, long jumper Hari Krishnan Muralidharan and shot putter Sonia were also found to have tested positive. Some of the famous cricketing personalities who were caught for doping include Sri Lanka’s Upul Tharanga, Shane Warne of Australia and Pakistan’s Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif to name a few.

The comments of Gambhir came in wake of eight athletes testing positive for anabolic steroids in the last few days.

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The recommended dosage of Winstrol is 50-100 mg / day orally for men and 25-50 mg / day injectable form for men. For women, doses in oral and injectable 2.5 to 10 mg / day and 2.5 mg / day. Oral Winny can detectable to 3-4 weeks, the injectable version detected over 8-9 weeks. Winstrol can be stacked with anabolic steroids such as Testosterone enanthate, Dianabol, Primobolan, and Trenbolone.

Charlie Gerard Lopez was booked into the Nacogdoches County Jail after he was arrested July 9 by the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Lopez was charged with assault causing bodily injury, family violence, and driving while intoxicated.

From Leesvilledailyleader.com:

In the process of pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute Dihydrocodeinone and one count of distribution of anabolic steroids in Lake Charles federal court in November, 2010, Lopez also admitted to providing Hydrocodone and Valium to then Leesville Chief of Police Bobby Hickman. Lopez said he received a promotion and overtime authorization for providing pills to Hickman.

It was not immediately clear what the effect of the arrest would have on Lopez’ release for the drug charges. ?Lopez’ sentencing on the drug distribution charges is set for 10 a.m. Aug. 11 by United States District Judge Patricia Minaldi.

He was released two days later on a total bond of $4,000.