Athletes trading steroids for hormones.

"Pope said that, increasingly, scientists believe growth hormones, like steroids, may be very effective in building muscles. He has spent the past four years interviewing bodybuilders in Boston, Los Angeles, and Florida, and has found that about 27 percent of them use anabolic steroids and growth hormones simultaneously. A similar study in Wales reached similar findings.

“It leads me to conclude that growth hormone is a rapidly expanding market,’’ Pope said. “It used to be used just by people at the very top, by the people who can afford it,’’ he said. “But as price has come down, it’s being used by everyday athletes.’"

For the most part it's anti-steroid propaganda however the comments on increasing HGH usage are interesting.

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