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Testosterone and Men's Health Articles
Dr. Larry Lipshultz - TTh expert
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<blockquote data-quote="BigTex" data-source="post: 248387" data-attributes="member: 43589"><p>[USER=19127]@JimGainz[/USER], this all goes back to so many doctors that treat numbers and refuse to treat symptoms. If you have all the symptoms of low T and you serum T level is 500, then you need to be treated. </p><p></p><p>There was a study done in Australia of guys who were bodybuilders and died suddenly. Most all of the deaths were caused with guys doing steroids and recreational drugs.</p><p></p><p>Darke S, Torok M, Duflou J. <strong>Sudden or unnatural deaths involving anabolic-androgenic steroids.</strong> J Forensic Sci. 2014 Jul;59(4):1025-8. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.12424. Epub 2014 Feb 19.</p><p></p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AASs) are frequently misused. To determine causes of death, characteristics, toxicology, and pathology of AAS positive cases, all cases (n = 24) presenting to the New South Wales Department of Forensic Medicine (1995-2012) were retrieved. All were male, and the mean age was 31.7 years. <strong>Deaths were mainly due to accidental drug toxicity (62.5%), then suicide (16.7%) and homicide (12.5%).</strong> Abnormal testosterone/epitestosterone ratios were reported in 62.5%, followed by metabolites of nandrolone (58.3%), stanozolol (33.3%), and methandienone (20.8%). In 23 of 24 cases, substances other than steroids were detected, most commonly psychostimulants (66.7%). In nearly half, testicular atrophy was noted, as was testicular fibrosis and arrested spermatogenesis. Left ventricular hypertrophy was noted in 30.4%, and moderate to severe narrowing of the coronary arteries in 26.1%. To summarize, the typical case was a male polydrug user aged in their thirties, with death due to drug toxicity. Extensive cardiovascular disease was particularly notable.</p><p></p><p>In two-thirds of the cases the post mortem showed that the men had died from accidental drug toxicity. In one of every three cases, the death was the result of a fatal combination of steroids and stimulants such as cocaine [chemical structure on the right], amphetamines or XTC. In thirty percent of the cases it was a combination of steroids and opiates that was the cause of death.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://ergo-log.com/plaatjes/deathbysteroids3.gif" class="bbImage" alt="" data-url="https://ergo-log.com/plaatjes/deathbysteroids3.gif" style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://ergo-log.com/plaatjes/deathbysteroids2.gif" class="bbImage" alt="" data-url="https://ergo-log.com/plaatjes/deathbysteroids2.gif" style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Damaged organs</strong></p><p>While doing the post mortems the pathologists noticed damage to the organs in many of the deceased, which was probably the result of substance abuse. Almost half of the steroids users no longer produced sperm for example [Arrested spermatogenesis], had undersized testicles [Testicular atrophy], or had testicles in which healthy tissue had been replaced by connective tissue [Testicular fibrosis].</p><p></p><p>Interestingly, the pathologists also found crystals [birefringent material] in the lungs of a quarter of all of the deceased. This was probably evidence of material that the deceased had ingested via injections or the oral route.</p><p></p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong></p><p>"In summary, the typical case in this series was a male polydrug user, aged in their early thirties, with drug toxicity the being most common cause of death", the researchers summarize. "Extensive cardiovascular disease was a particularly notable feature."</p><p></p><p>You would be absolutely schocked at how many top level BB'ers also use psychostimulants, opioids, and benzodiazepines. Sad but true.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/Paper%20published%20online%2019%20Feb.pdf[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigTex, post: 248387, member: 43589"] [USER=19127]@JimGainz[/USER], this all goes back to so many doctors that treat numbers and refuse to treat symptoms. If you have all the symptoms of low T and you serum T level is 500, then you need to be treated. There was a study done in Australia of guys who were bodybuilders and died suddenly. Most all of the deaths were caused with guys doing steroids and recreational drugs. Darke S, Torok M, Duflou J. [B]Sudden or unnatural deaths involving anabolic-androgenic steroids.[/B] J Forensic Sci. 2014 Jul;59(4):1025-8. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.12424. Epub 2014 Feb 19. [B]Abstract[/B] Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AASs) are frequently misused. To determine causes of death, characteristics, toxicology, and pathology of AAS positive cases, all cases (n = 24) presenting to the New South Wales Department of Forensic Medicine (1995-2012) were retrieved. All were male, and the mean age was 31.7 years. [B]Deaths were mainly due to accidental drug toxicity (62.5%), then suicide (16.7%) and homicide (12.5%).[/B] Abnormal testosterone/epitestosterone ratios were reported in 62.5%, followed by metabolites of nandrolone (58.3%), stanozolol (33.3%), and methandienone (20.8%). In 23 of 24 cases, substances other than steroids were detected, most commonly psychostimulants (66.7%). In nearly half, testicular atrophy was noted, as was testicular fibrosis and arrested spermatogenesis. Left ventricular hypertrophy was noted in 30.4%, and moderate to severe narrowing of the coronary arteries in 26.1%. To summarize, the typical case was a male polydrug user aged in their thirties, with death due to drug toxicity. Extensive cardiovascular disease was particularly notable. In two-thirds of the cases the post mortem showed that the men had died from accidental drug toxicity. In one of every three cases, the death was the result of a fatal combination of steroids and stimulants such as cocaine [chemical structure on the right], amphetamines or XTC. In thirty percent of the cases it was a combination of steroids and opiates that was the cause of death. [IMG]https://ergo-log.com/plaatjes/deathbysteroids3.gif[/IMG] [IMG]https://ergo-log.com/plaatjes/deathbysteroids2.gif[/IMG] [B]Damaged organs[/B] While doing the post mortems the pathologists noticed damage to the organs in many of the deceased, which was probably the result of substance abuse. Almost half of the steroids users no longer produced sperm for example [Arrested spermatogenesis], had undersized testicles [Testicular atrophy], or had testicles in which healthy tissue had been replaced by connective tissue [Testicular fibrosis]. Interestingly, the pathologists also found crystals [birefringent material] in the lungs of a quarter of all of the deceased. This was probably evidence of material that the deceased had ingested via injections or the oral route. [B]Conclusion[/B] "In summary, the typical case in this series was a male polydrug user, aged in their early thirties, with drug toxicity the being most common cause of death", the researchers summarize. "Extensive cardiovascular disease was a particularly notable feature." You would be absolutely schocked at how many top level BB'ers also use psychostimulants, opioids, and benzodiazepines. Sad but true. [URL unfurl="true"]https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/Paper%20published%20online%2019%20Feb.pdf[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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