"Steroids in our Gyms" British anti-steroid TV show.

"I found it startlingly easy to get hold of steroids online. I spent £42 on a course of Anabol, a brand of the compound methandrostenolone. Dr Ken Checinski, senior lecturer in addictive behaviour at St George’s Hospital, London, warned me I might see effects on my skin and mood within 72 hours, even on a 5mg daily dose. "

She found it very easy to buy what was most probably FAKE Anabol from a website mailing from Czechoslovakia.

IMHO it was rather reckless of a frail looking middle aged woman to risk taking real or fake Anabol. She was in contact with hospitals during the report and I'm sure they would have been willing to test the tablets for her prior to use had she bothered to ask them.

Chances are the fake Anabol sold by dealers based in Eastern Europe is a mix of methyl test and caffeine.

Real Dbol normally makes male users feel happier and yes it does often make your skin a little oilier.

You have to wonder why as a woman she didn't chose to try something like oxandrolone instead.

Even weirder if you watch the video you'll see the product she takes out of the padded envelope appears to be a box of Spiropent ( clenbuterol ) which seconds later turns into a ziplock bag full of tabs the colour of which isn't easy to determine ).

Her visual transformation throughout the show reminds me of one of those b4 and after meth addiction commercials.

Low testosterone under-diagnosed, easy to treat.

"The gel-form testosterone Basil Irwin uses to help him feel vibrant and healthy again arrives in the mail every 90 days with an orange warning sticker that reads: "Controlled substance, dangerous unless used as directed."

Because this signature male hormone develops muscle and fuels sex drive, bodybuilders and others have abused it and jeopardized their health — one reason doctors must write 6-month prescriptions versus the standard 12 months.

However, for the estimated 13 million men suffering from low testosterone in the United States, legitimate testosterone replacement therapy represents an elixir for those diagnosed and treated.

Therapy benefits include reduced fatigue, depression and anger; a rekindled interest in sex and more frequent erections; and increased muscle mass and bone density. Yet, only 5 percent to 10 percent of those considered eligible for HRT receive it.

Irwin, 57, said that unraveling his tangled health issues, which include pernicious anemia and hypothyroidism, delayed the low testosterone diagnosis he got three months ago.

HRT boosted his total testosterone blood levels from a low normal score of 378 nanograms per deciliter to 719 ng/dL by late last month. The range for men runs from 300 to 1,000 ng/dL, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Within one week of starting HRT, he felt positive treatment results."

List of 'illegal supplements' Bodybuilding .com is in trouble for.

"The following is the government list of products alleged to contain anabolic steroids and unapproved/misbranded new drugs and fraudulently marketed as dietary supplements.

1. 4EVER FIT D-Drol
2. ADVANCED MUSCLE SCIENCE Dienedrone
3. ADVANCED MUSCLE SCIENCE Liquidrone UTT
4. ANABOLIC XTREME Hyperdrol H2
5. APS (aka ADVANCE MUSCLE SCIENCE) Mastavol
6. APS (aka ADVANCE MUSCLE SCIENCE) Revamp
7. APS (aka ADVANCE MUSCLE SCIENCE) Ultra Mass Stack
8. APS (aka ADVANCE MUSCLE SCIENCE) Ripped Stack
9. BETTER BODY SPORTS Finadex
10. BLACK CHINA LABS Straight Drol
11. BLACK CHINA LABS Straight Phlexed
12. BODY CONDITIONING SOLUTIONS TestraFLEX
13. BJORKLUND Methyldrostanolone
14. BOSC ENTERPRISES Epi-Tren
15. BOSC ENTERPRISES Magna Drol
16. CHAPARRAL LABS Epivol
17. CHAPARRAL LABS Pheravol-V
18. COMPETITIVE EDGE LABS M-Drol
19. COMPETITIVE EDGE LABS P-Plex
20. COMPETITIVE EDGE LABS X-tren
21. DIABOLIC LABS Epio-Plex
22. DIABOLIC LABS Finabolic 50
23. DIABOLIC LABS Revenge
24. ERGOPHARM 6-OXO
25. ERGOPHARM 6-OXO Extreme
26. EST (aka ENGINEERED SPORTS TECHNOLOGY) MethAnstance
27. EXTREME LABS Susto-Test Depot
28. FIZOGEN ON Cycle II Hardcore
29. GET (GENETIC EDGE TECHNOLOGIES) SUS-500
30. GET (GENETIC EDGE TECHNOLOGIES) Tren-250
31. HARDCORE FORMULATIONS T-Roid
32. IFORCE NUTRITION 1,4 AD Bold 200
33. IFORCE NUTRITION 17a PheraFLEX
34. IFORCE NUTRITION Dymethazine
35. IFORCE NUTRITION Methadrol
36. IDS (aka INNOVATIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS) Bromodrol
37. IDS (aka INNOVATIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS) Grow Tabs TR
38. IDS (aka INNOVATIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS) Mass Tabs
39. IDS (aka INNOVATIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS) Oxodrol Pro
40. IDS (aka INNOVATIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS) Ripped Tabs TR
41. KILO SPORTS Massdrol
42. KILO SPORTS Phera-Mass
43. KILO SPORTS Trenadrol
44. MONSTER CAPS Monster Caps
45. MYOGENIX Spawn
46. NUTRA COASTAL D-Stianozol
47. NUTRA COASTAL H-Drol
48. NUTRA COASTAL S-Drol
49. NUTRA COASTAL Trena
50. PERFORMANCE ANABOLICS Methastadrol
51. PERFORMANCE ANABOLICS Tri-Methyl X
52. PURUS LABS E-pol Inslinsified
53. PURUS LABS Nasty Mass
54. RAGE RV2
55. RAGE RV3
56. RAGE RV4
57. RAGE RV5
58. REDEFINE NUTRITION Finaflex 550-XD
59. REDEFINE NUTRITION Finaflex Ripped
60. TRANSFORM SUPPLEMENTS Forged Extreme Mass
61. TRANSFORM SUPPLEMENTS Forged Lean Mass"

TheSourceCheck FREE FULL access this weekend only.

I was planning to do a review of The Source Check for some time and have been a free member since it begun ( the free section is ok but I was more interested to see which sources they endorsed / allowed to promote themselves on their site's pay for access section ).

Today I found a message from them in my inbox informing me that their Paypal signup was currently down and as a result they are doing FREE memberships ( eg full access to source reviews and feedback ) until the end of this weekend.

This is a great opportunity for you to see some honest and uncensored reviews of the biggest paying sponsors on the open forums. You'll probably be quite shocked to see what their ex-customers really think of many of them.

If you like what you find on there continuing access to their site will cost you $5 a month ( when I last checked ) of course the smarter readers will have already realized they only need to pay for access during the months they plan on actually placing an order :-)

Insulin Boost Restores Muscle Growth In Elderly.

"When most people think of insulin, they think of diabetes — a disease that arises when, for one reason or another, insulin can't do the critical job of helping the body process sugar. But the hormone has another, less well-known function. It's also necessary for muscle growth, increasing blood flow through muscle tissue, encouraging nutrients to disperse from blood vessels and itself serving as a biochemical signal to boost muscle protein synthesis and cell proliferation."

FDA raids headquarters and warehouses of Bodybuilding !

"Food and Drug Administration investigators executed a search warrant Thursday on an Idaho-based supplement company that does an estimated $150 million in sales a year over the Internet, looking for evidence it deals in designer steroids and andro.

Investigators searched the headquarters of bodybuilding.com, a company based in Meridian, Idaho, according to a person familiar with the search. The person, who requested anonymity, was not authorized to discuss the investigation.

The affidavit filed in Idaho District Court listed more than 60 products sold by the company that contained five controlled substances or designer steroids, including andro and madol, a designer steroid the FDA identified in a similar probe that prompted the July raid of American Cellular Labs."

"The affidavit claims that the Web site has been illegally selling five anabolic steroids with the names “Madol,” “Tren,” “Superdrol,” “Androstenedione,” and “Turinabol,” despite five “warning letters” from the FDA since 2002 informing the company that it was in violation of the law.

“It's a significant step but it also unfortunately highlights the ineffective regulation of this industry,” said Travis Tygart, president of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. “We've got to wonder how many others are out there continuing to sell these and other anabolic steroids.”

Rob Blenkinsop, the FDA special agent who signed the 86-page affidavit, was also involved with the BALCO crackdown and was listed as a government witness in last year's perjury trial against Tammy Thomas. In the document, Blenkinsop claims to have been involved with the execution of four search warrants in the last four months at firms “involved with the illegal distribution of misbranded and unapproved drugs being marketed as dietary supplements.”

"According to the documents, 26 of 31 products purchased by the Food and Drug Administration as part of the investigation tested positive for at least one steroid. Among the steroids found in the products were Madol, Tren, Superdrol, androstenedione, and Turinabol."

"The F.D.A.’s investigations of supplements have caught the attention of members of Congress. Senator Arlen Specter, Democrat of Pennsylvania, has called a hearing on Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs titled “Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids: Enforcement Barriers.”

For some strange reason no other BB sites / blogs seem to be reporting this story so far.

A big corporation can of course "accidentally" sell juice without fear, blame their suppliers etc

I can pretty much guarantee no jail time will result from this raid and fines if any will be laughably small relative to their yearly turnover :-)

Ex-tribal officer Jimmy Russell Hamm pleads guilty to steroid-related charge.

"Federal prosecutors say a former tribal police officer has pleaded guilty to a charge of drug possession with an intent to distribute anabolic steroids.

U.S. Attorney Sheldon Sperling said Thursday that the case against Jimmy Russell Hamm stemmed from an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Sperling says Hamm purchased anabolic steroids for personal use and to distribute between September 2005 and June 2008. He says the purchases and deliveries of the steroids were done while Hamm was on duty for the Creek Nation Lighthorse division, the tribe's police force.

Hamm's attorney didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.

Sperling says statutory range of punishment is not less than five years in prison and/or up to $250,000 in fines."

Sciroxx label preview - some proof reading needed :-)

Very nice graphic design on these, the horizontal labels I presume are for use on tubs, the longer ones for their orals packaged in pouches.

Snurf ( legal herbal high ) supplement creator busted.

a pill that can be bought on the internet through random hrbal dealers. Is said to be made out of "herbal supplements", but is actually a large quantity of pure DXM. Great for recreational use."


"A Las Vegas woman was arrested this morning on federal fraud charges for falsely advertising and distributing on her website an “herbal” alternative to street drugs which was actually an active ingredient in cough syrup and a known drug of abuse among teenagers and young adults, announced Greg Brower, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.

Yamila Abraham, 34, was arrested this morning at her residence in Las Vegas, and is scheduled to appear at 3:00 p.m. today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lawrence R. Leavitt. Abraham is charged in a criminal Indictment with seven counts of mail fraud, one count of misbranding a drug, one count of introducing goods into U.S. commerce by means of false statements, and criminal forfeiture.

From about January 2004 to August 2006, Abraham allegedly operated a website called, www.Pleasureherbs.com, which falsely and fraudulently offered for sale “herbal” alternatives to recreational street drugs, including a product known as “Snurf.” Abraham represented that “Snurf” is “the long awaited pill form of 10X extractions of Fevizia, Palenzia and De la Amazon. Each tablet contains 500 mg of these herbal extractions per pill.”

In reality, “Snurf” contains no herbal supplements, but rather exclusively contains dextromethorphan hydrobromide (DXM), which is a stimulant and the active ingredient in over-the-counter cough suppressants. The amounts of DXM in “Snurf” far exceeded the FDA’s recommended dosage for cough suppression. The Indictment alleges that the labeling of the “Snurf” was false and misleading and did not bear adequate directions for use or adequate warnings against use. Abraham purchased DXM in bulk from sources around the country and caused it to be repackaged in capsules for sale as “Snurf.”

The indictment alleges that on May 25, 2005, Abraham fraudulently entered into U.S. commerce approximately 20,000 tablets containing DXM by stating that the packaged contained 20,000 tablets of vitamin B-12. The indictment further alleges that between November 22, 2005, and May 1, 2006, Abraham mailed seven packages of “Snurf,” from Las Vegas, Nevada, to several locations in California, and to Springfield, Illinois, and Indianapolis, Indiana.

If convicted, Abraham faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each mail fraud count, up to one year in prison and a $250,000 fine on the drug misbranding count, and up to two years in prison and a $250,000 fine on the introduction of goods into commerce by false statements count. Additionally, if convicted, the Government seeks forfeiture of properties of the defendant derived from the proceeds of the crimes of up to $186,680, as well as 20,000 tablets of DXM and any equipment used by the defendant to make counterfeit drugs."

I'm confused why it's taken three years for the arrests to have finally been made. There were numerous press reports of Snurf posioning in 2008. An article on the dangers of Snurf can be found on WebMD.

The domain pleasureherbs.com currently redirects you to reddawnpill.com another 'herbal high' product, the reddawnpill.com site has links to various bodybuilding and MMA sites.

The accused also owns an Anime company specializing in gay and gothic comics, perhaps it was being used to launder funds from her other projects.

Interesting article on testosterone testing methods.

"Measurement of hormone levels by salivary testing is currently in vogue, yet for now, the enthusiasm to embrace this approach far exceeds its capacity to reliably achieve precise and accurate estimates of testosterone at low levels."

and yes I realize the article focuses on the testing of T levels in women however the same accuracy issues also apply to men :-)

Ex-narcotics agent and Universal Nutrition sponsored athlete faces steroid charge.

"A former South Mississippi law enforcement officer turned power lifter and personal trainer was out of jail on $50,000 bond Monday following his arrest on a drug charge, according to Marshall Fisher, director of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics.

Fisher said MBN agents and other state and federal authorities assisted in the arrest of Joseph “Joe” Edwin Ladnier, 45, at his home on Overlook Road in the Vancleave community Friday.

Fisher said agents went to the home armed with a search warrant and seized 1,000 dosage units of anabolic steroids, a Schedule 3 narcotic."

"The investigation was launched, Fisher said, after authorities “received information that led us to believe that he was going to be receiving a shipment of these drugs.”

Ladnier, who could not be reached for comment Monday, has a Web site, Joeladnier.com, which lists his current profession as a personal trainer and coach for bodybuilders and power lifters."

Sounds to me like he may have been set up by an enemy :-(

I presuming as it's exactly 1000 units that he was probably caught with just a single tub of Dbol.

Dominican baseball prospects frequently play fast and loose with the rules.

"Take a stroll along the leafy Calle Independencia, a block from this capital's bustling seafront highway, and at every intersection there are two or three pharmacies where steroids are sold openly.

At the brightly lighted Farmax, which shares a crowded strip mall with a cafeteria and a camera repair shop, powerful injectable steroids such as testosterone enanthate can be found behind the toothpaste and cough medicine.

A block away at the Carol pharmacy -- open 24/7 with free delivery -- you can buy not only plush toys and school binders, but the young women in white lab coats at the back of the store will sell you Deca-Durabolin, the anabolic steroid taken by former American League most valuable player Jason Giambi.

In the provincial capital of San Cristobal, about 45 minutes west of here, scantily clad women near the checkout stand of a La Sirena supermarket pass out fliers for a dozen products banned under most drug-testing protocols.

One of the drugs highlighted in the Mitchell Report is the steroid Dianabol, which is available virtually everywhere here, over the counter, for 30 cents a tablet."

Another main stream article with coverage of roid shopping in the Dominican Republic. Shame there are no pics to accompany the story.

New Jersey - expanded high school steroid testing sought.

"More than three years ago, New Jersey's lawmakers and members of the state's governing body for high school athletics flexed their muscles by agreeing to allocate $100,000 per year toward testing high school athletes for performance-enhancing drugs.

In those three years, 1,500 of the state's estimated 258,000 athletes were tested at a cost of $200 each test.

The results? Two high school athletes tested positive and were given a one-year suspension from athletic participation.

"Let's face it, there are good athletes on bad teams and some may try to get bigger, quicker and stronger so that the colleges take a closer look at them."

"Bigger, quicker, stronger" great name for a pro steroid film :-)

Article on hair testing of athletes to detect use of testosterone undecanoate.

The most abused substance in sports testing is testosterone, an anabolic steroid that has been on the International Olympic Committee's list of banned substances for many years. It is regularly found in urines tested in official labs accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), despite the best efforts of sportsmen and sportswomen to disguise their actions.

In practice, testosterone itself is not the drug taken, because it is metabolised rapidly to inactive compounds. The preferred alternatives are testosterone esters, which metabolise slowly to testosterone, providing a more gradual release of the steroid into the system. For drug testing labs looking for testosterone esters during the routine testing of urine samples, the focus is on the metabolite testosterone, because the esters are not detectable in urine.

In order to distinguish the drug from natural testosterone, the ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone, a second natural steroid, is measured, although the proximity of the ratios from natural and abused testosterone has caused problems in the past. It would be far preferable to measure the intact testosterone esters.

The esters have been found in blood plasma but a less invasive matrix for collection would be hair, and this has been investigated by scientists in Belgium.

Hair testing of athletes has the bonus that it will be far more difficult to falsify samples, as occurs with urine testing. It would be very difficult for an athlete to refuse permission for an official to remove a few hairs from their head on the basis of privacy. On the other hand, head shaving could be an avoidance technique, so the method would need to be tested on other body hair.

If you pluck all head and body hair in the period before competing, rather than simply shaving, you'd be hairless for longer and have a better chance of testing negative :-)

More news on this weeks DEA and ICE raid on Florida's IDS supplement company.

"Federal agents raided a vitamin supplement company Wednesday. Agents raided I.D.S. Sports office on Alafaya Trail in Oviedo, but it is not clear why.

U-haul trucks were used by law enforcement officers to load up with items from the office. Officers say the items are evidence in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation (ICE).

Officials told Eyewitness News that they served warrants in the Orlando area regarding an on-going state and federal investigation.

An eyewitness said Wednesday’s raid was on a major scale.”They raided the place. They had dogs. They’ve been taking all kinds of stuff out of there, they even had vehicles confiscated. They took all kinds of stuff,” the eyewitness said."

"Witnesses said the raid began mid-morning on Wednesday, with investigators taking vans of items as well as custom and antique cars."

British man jailed for smuggling 14000 Testosterone ampules from Pakistan.

"An unemployed man from Sheffield has been jailed for two years after smuggling £150,000 worth of anabolic steroids illegally into the UK.

Parvez Atta, aged 31 of Main Road, Sheffield, was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court yesterday (18 September 2009) after he was found guilty following a two-day trial last month.

The consignment of drugs was contained in two pieces of hand luggage carried by Atta when he arrived on a flight from Karachi, Pakistan, at Heathrow airport on 1 March 2009.

Detection officers from the UK Border Agency (UKBA) found the haul of 35.6 kilos of Testosterone, around 14,000 ampoules, when they searched his baggage.

Atta claimed to be returning from a friends wedding in Pakistan, although he had no other luggage or personal effects with him.

Assistant Director of Criminal Investigation for HMRC, Peter Avery said: “We are alert to all drugs being smuggled illegally into the UK, including Class C drugs such as steroids. They are as addictive and dangerous as Class A drugs when used in the wrong hands."

How on earth did he clear outgoing airport security with 35 kg of ampules in his hand luggage ?

"They are as addictive and dangerous as Class A drugs when used in the wrong hands."

To compare the danger posed by steroids to that of Class A drugs is crazy. I'd love to hear his definition of the wrong hands ?

The estimated value of 150k pounds is a joke ( 10 pounds for each amp ? ), retail street prices are half that at most ( 5 pounds per amp ). On prescription in UK it's less than 2 pounds an ampule.

Australian anti-steroid propaganda reveals this years current seizure statistics.

"The apparent increasing use of steroids by teenage boys comes as new figures reveal a significant jump in the amount of steroids being smuggled into Australia.

In the year to September 4 there were 401 seizures of illegal steroids at airports and mail exchanges - a 14.7 per cent increase on the 342 seizures for the same period last year and a 23.9 per cent jump on the 303 in 2007. There were 1878 steroid seizures in 2008-09, compared with 1832 in 2007-08.

Customs says most of the steroids - such as methenolone, stanozolol, boldenone and methandrostenolone, which cannot be imported into Australia without a permit from the Therapeutic Goods Administration - are sold on the black market."

Two cops suspended for buying steroids from DPS trooper.

"Two brothers are no longer Kerrville police officers after a probe concluded they allegedly obtained steroids from Department of Public Safety Trooper Jeff Jerman, who was arrested last week on a charge of delivery of a controlled substance."

No prosecution is expected of the pair, who Parton said were suspended this week pending an internal investigation.

He said that inquiry indicated the brothers violated agency policy by allegedly buying steroids from Jerman, who was arrested at the Kendall County Sheriff's Department Sept. 11 and is free on $15,000 bond."

Testosterone Treatment May Have Non-Sexual Benefits.

“Physicians are often reluctant to prescribe testosterone for conditions not related to sexual function,” said co-investigator Farid Saad, PhD, head of scientific affairs for Men's Healthcare at Bayer Schering Pharma in Berlin and an honorary professor in clinical research and endocrinology at Gulf Medical College, Ajman, United Arab Emirates. “However, our study shows that testosterone has a much wider therapeutic role than just for improving sexual desire and erectile function.”

This study sponsored by Schering shows male Testosterone replacement therapy using injectable Testosterone Undecanoate in a very positive light, other testosterone esters would of course have equal benefit but would require more frequent injections.

Interesting counterfeit drug stats from Ghana.

"The Chief Pharmacist also noted that fake drugs extend from ordinary medicines used as pain relievers to highly advanced and complex life-saving drugs such as anti-retrovirals, anti-malaria drugs and antibiotics.

To him, statistics on counterfeit medicines seized each year show that about 43% contain no active ingredient, 24% are of poor quality, and 21% contain low content of active ingredient with 7% containing wrong ingredient and 5% having wrong packaging.

“Drugs most faked by counterfeiters are high cost drugs, fast-moving, top-selling brands scarce and new drugs, consumers must watch out.”

Ferring has sense of humour when naming new anti-androgen.

"FDA has approved the trade name Firmagon for degarelix for injection, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor antagonist indicated for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer."

Obviously 'Hardongone' ( great name for an anti-androgen ) was a little too obvious but they sneaked 'Firmagon' through FDA approval.

Irish source busted over tamoxifen shipment.

"Almost 15,000 prescription pills including viagra and tamoxifen have been discovered in a Tyrone post office, according to Dungannon police. Staff at Cookstown Post Office reported the find after one of three packages addressed to a house in the town burst in the shorting office, spilling out white tablets on the morning of August 29.

Dungannon officers were tasked to the scene and found 14,800 circular white pills in total.

Amongst the finds were 100 boxes of suspected tamoxifen, which is used to combat breast cancer, and 20 viagra tablets.

“We gather that these types of drugs have been abused by bodybuilders,” said Inspector Stephen Moneypenny. “We have no street value yet as these are not your normal illicit street drug.”

One 31-year-old male from Moneymore has been arrested for possession of a class C drug with intent to supply. He denies the charges and has been bailed to October 6."

An unusual and rather unlucky bust. It sounds like most of the tablets were anabolic steroids even though none of them were specifically named in this press report ( perhaps they were unlabelled and required lab testing ).

US parents often request HGH shots for healthy kids.

"Just last week, the father of a young baseball player -- a 14-year-old who was already 5 feet 6 inches tall -- expected Desrosiers to prescribe recombinant growth hormone (rGH) to add height to his budding athlete.

"He wanted to make his kid big, and he thinks he's going to walk out with the shots," said Desrosiers, director of pediatric endocrinology at Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital in Orlando.
"He was willing to pay more than $45,000 a year, and didn't even bat an eyelash."

(nice video of Norditropin hgh on the link )

Italian police stop scam of drugs supplied to UK companies.

"Police in Naples have busted a multi-million pound racket in which Italian fraudsters are said to have supplied illegally obtained pharmaceuticals to UK companies.


Investigators said the culprits used bogus prescriptions to obtain a slew of state-subsidised drugs, from cancer medicines to Viagra (sildenafil), which they then sold to companies in Britain, at a large profit.

The scam, centred on the southern provinces of Naples and Caserta, is estimated to have cost the Italian state several million euros.

A doctor, three pharmacists and a drug company representative were among 25 people arrested, with “five of them caught red-handed,” Italian news agencies have reported. Those arrested may be charged with fraud and illegal trafficking of medicines and the police also seized pharmaceuticals and prescriptions.

Italian authorities have not released the names of the UK companies that received the medicines on the “parallel market”. However, La Repubblica newspaper has reported investigators as saying that the owner of one UK pharmaceutical supplier was involved in the scam."

Growth hormnone possession charges against wrestler Kurt Angle dropped.

"On the charge of possessing the human growth hormone Hygetropin, Angle's lawyer, Michael Santicola, said Tuesday that his client proved he had a legal prescription."

"All I can say is I've been completely innocent of any charges that have been brought to me, and God has shown that today and my attorney has been able to prove it in court," Angle was quoted as saying, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "I'll continue to live my life by the law the way I've always done, and I will always abide by the law and try to be a role model in this community, and that's all I've ever asked for."

I'm happy about this news but a little confused, I was under the impression Hygetropin did not have US FDA approval and was therefore unable to be prescribed. I don't recall Angle claiming it was foreign doctor who prescribed it to him so why were the charges dropped. ( one possibility is that they lab tested the vials and they contained no actual HGH ).

Boxer Pacquiao denies doping.

"Pacquiao, for his part, insisted he always fights cleanly, even stressing that he doesn’t know anything about steroids.

“I don’t even know how it looks and what color it is,” Pacquiao said in a TV interview shortly after arriving at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Sep 17th "

Of course he doesn't need to know anything about steroids coaches and doctors should be looking after that side of things.

Unigen Life Sciences introduces new blister packaging for it's orals.

I wasn't a big fan of their old brown glass bottles that they and sister company Genesis used for tablets so I'm glad to see they have switched to these new blister packs.

They claim the move is to make their products harder to counterfeit but I think the real reason is that Asia Pharma's ( Unigen's main competitor on the Thai market ) current packaging looked more professional, either way it's a welcome upgrade. My apologies for the poor pic it was taken from their website ( and may well show a prototype of the new pack design ).

Australian weightlifter hit with doping ban.

"Former Australian weightlifter Keith Murphy has been banned for two years for an anti-doping violation.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) imposed the maximum two-year ban on Murphy who breached rules involving trafficking of steroids and other prohibited substances during 2003.

Murphy was sanctioned by CAS for a period of two-years and is ineligible from all sport until August 2011.

The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) welcomed the decision which concluded an investigation into the sport by Australian authorities which began back in 2006."

More info on victims steroid use from British murder trial.

"Doherty claimed that Mr Hardy, a frequent gym-goer, regularly used steroids.

She said: "He took lots of different types, tablets and injections. He had taken them ever since I had known him.

"I don't like him doing it. It makes him angry and volatile. His temper goes up about five notches when on them."

Earlier in the trial, the court heard that results from a postmortem examination found possible injection sites on Mr Hardy's body."

Malaysian press hysteria over online steroid sales forces government to act.

"Your days are numbered! That’s the warning by Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai to those selling prescribed drugs such as steroids and drugs with hormone substances over the Internet.

“Over Facebook?! This is a clear violation of the country’s laws and I will instruct my team to look into this,” said Liow.

“This is all illegal especially when it comes to steroids. The government has a duty to stop the abuse of the system as this can turn out to be a drug syndicate.”

“If it’s done online, then we will be able to trace the website owners and track them down,” he added. Mailsport highlighted that drugs such as Anabol and testosterone propionate were no longer restricted to pharmacies or even gymnasiums but could be ordered through blogs or Facebook.

When pointed out that such a call was made some 13 years ago, Liow added: “It boils down to enforcement. We need to ensure that this will not be repeated in the future.”

Supplier of painkillers, sleeping tablets and steroids busted in Florida.

"A pill smuggling operation has been busted and stolen merchandise, as well as cash, has been recovered by the Sebastian Police Department.

Investigators say they seized more than 3,000 pills that have a street value of more than $60,000, in a raid conducted Friday afternoon.

Also seized; two firearms, a vehicle, cash totaling $4,500 and stolen merchandise worth $6,500.
Police said most of the stolen items were automotive-related from a store in Brevard County. They say it took three full-size truck loads to transport everything to the police department.

Pills seized include Oxycodone, Xanax, a variety of muscle relaxers and steroids, according to a written release.

Police did not identify any of the suspects involved or where they executed their search warrant. They did say the investigation is on-going and involves as many as six other people."

Affidavit details DPS trooper steroid bust.

"Court records released Monday show the arrest Friday of a Department of Public Safety trooper stemmed from his alleged sale here of $800 in steroids.

“A cooperating individual contacted and negotiated with Jeffrey Jerman the purchase of a steroid cycle,” states an affidavit filed by Texas Ranger Wayne Matthews to obtain an arrest warrant.

Matthews said he observed the transaction on Sept. 7 at 300 Main St. in Kerrville, the address of an H-E-B store.

Citing the ongoing investigation, Matthews declined Monday to say whether Jerman, 33, drove his patrol unit or was in uniform at the time of the alleged sale."

Renewed appeal for information in Paul Duckenfield murder inquiry.

"A nationwide murder inquiry is ongoing as police remain convinced that he has been murdered despite not locating the 41-year-old man's body."

"Police believe the motive for the murder is linked to Mr Duckenfield's involvement in the supply of anabolic steroids used by athletes and body builders."

“We will continue to investigate his murder with vigour and determination until we are able to answer the question as to where his remains are and who is responsible for his murder."

Malaysian press upset by online steroid sales.

"FANCY getting steroids without a prescription?

Many would tend to purchase drugs such as Anabol, D-bol and Testolic at local gyms — established or otherwise.

Today, these drugs are also available through Facebook. Malay Mail tracked down suppliers of steroids and hormonal drugs and was surprised by the easy access to these substances.

It took just two phone calls, and the right words, and this writer was able to obtain Anabol 5mg (1,000 tablets) for RM320 and Testolic (testosterone propionate) 100mg for RM150!"

Australian customs busts Kiwi steroid smuggler arriving from Bangkok.

"A New Zealand man has been charged with smuggling prohibited goods, after allegedly being caught with steroids at Melbourne International Airport.

Customs and Border patrol officers stopped the 23-year-old for questioning when he arrived at Melbourne from Bangkok yesterday.

A search revealed about 7000 tablets, believed to be Dianabol, concealed in four snap-lock plastic bags inside his underwear.

Officers also found a 100ml bottle labelled "Finexol" and 100 "Trenabolone Acetate" tablets.

Customs and Border Protection spokesman Richard Janeczko said steroid smugglers were high on the authority's hit list.

`Whether it's through an airport or through the post, we are in the business of detecting and therefore stopping these harmful performance and image enhancing drugs from reaching the streets and gyms of Australia,'' he said."

Oddly Google has no results for Finexol other than reports about this bust so I've no idea which UG it's from. It could be re-bottled hence the unusual large size ( 100ml ) but then why the odd name on the label.

Hiding 7000 dbol ( 14 tubs worth of 10mg tabs ) in your underwear is pretty crazy, volume wise it's about the same as five cans of Coke. Again I'm presuming the stuff was in his hand luggage and moved to his pants during the flight. ( they are still patting people down at Bangkok airport ).

The name of the guy has not been released, it could be the Kiwi scammer who runs the copycat gear99 sites from Thailand.

Jeff Hardy arrested for drugs ( steroids, cola etc )

"262 Vicodin prescription pills, 180 Soma prescription pills, 555 milliliters of anabolic steroids, a residual amount of powder cocaine and items of drug paraphernalia."

The press doesn't seem to have noticed that 555ml is rather a large amount of juice, over 50 10ml vials / 500 amps.

Hardy had recently left wrestling to start filming a new reality TV show. Maybe the stash was enough juice to last the duration of the show and get him in shape for his comeback.

This bust makes a mockery of the WWE wellness policy that is supposed to be keeping wrestlers drug free and healthy.

"High risk high reward" or just plain old stupidity ?

Texas Rangers arrest a Boerne trooper on steroid charges

"Highway Patrol Trooper Jeffery Jerman, 33, is charged with delivery of a controlled substance (steroids). He has worked for DPS for nine years."

Roid rage excuse used by murderer but this time it's the victim who was using steroids.

"The jury was told when Hardy, a body builder and heavy steroid user, began to throttle Doherty she picked up a kitchen knife and stabbed him in the chest.

Doherty, of Lawn Villas, Calow, denies the murder of Hardy, a former Derbyshire police constable, in the early hours of December 6 last year, claiming she acted in self defence and could not remember grabbing the knife."

Gender row runner turns out to be a hermaphrodite.

"Extensive physical examinations of Semenya (18) had shown the athlete "is technically a hermaphrodite". According to medical reports she has no ovaries, but rather internal male testes producing "large amounts of testosterone".

The current cost of 'real' first world Viagra tabs.

"The price of Pfizer’s Viagra has doubled since it was launched, according to a list of wholesale acquisition costs paid by pharmacies, obtained by BNET. In May 1999, a 100-count bottle of the blue diamonds cost $700. Today, that same bottle costs $1,457.61, a 108 percent increase, according to the list"

Prices for the real thing from Pfizer are similar in most countries. I remember several years ago a Pfizer rep claimed any tabs sold for under $10 a tab online couldn't possibly be real, today the prices are even higher.

Repros Therapeutics news - financial analysts think Androxal / Enclomiphene is dead.

"This is best described as a drug candidate in search of an indication. The company originally tried to develop this for testosterone deficiency, but in the company’s own words: “After a Type "C" meeting held with the FDA on October 15, 2007, we believed that there was no clear clinical path to develop Androxal® for this indication in the U.S.” The company then tried to develop it for men of reproductive age with low testosterone levels who want to maintain their fertility while being treated for their low testosterone condition, but again in their own words: “Given that there is an acceptable treatment regimen for men with low testosterone, there is significant uncertainty as to whether or not an additional approach such as Androxal® would be approved by the FDA or accepted in the market.” Finally the company proposes to develop it for diabetes (presumably in men with low testosterone), but this is purely speculative and the company has not even filed an IND in this indication. Realistically the company would need $20 million and over a year to file an IND and enroll and complete a Phase II trial in this indication. "

All tested New Jersey high school athletes drug free.

"No New Jersey high school athletes tested positive for steroids in 2008-09.

The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic association tested 500 athletes involved in state tournaments for the third straight school year. One athlete tested positive in in both 2007-08 and 2006-07.

New Jersey is one of three states to test high school athletes for performance enhancing substances. The testing will continue this school year with 500 more athletes being tested.

"Our only evaluation is anecdotal and that has been positive," NSIAA assistant director Bob Baly said Wednesday morning during the organization's executive committee meeting. "Parents and students are telling us they're leary of taking substances because they might get caught. Just because no one tested positive doesn't mean the program's a success."

Considering how many nutritional supplements are spiked with ingredients that will give you a positive test result these statistics seem almost too good to be true.

Australian Rugby Club prop banned for prohormone online purchase.

"Troy was initially cleared by the Australian Rugby Union because he had not collected the drugs from Australian Customs and it had not been proven that the intercepted drugs were indeed what the packaging said they were. Customs had seized one package addressed to Troy from the United Kingdom containing ''one sealed container said to contain 21 packets of testosterone-1 a mixture of Androstenes'' in February, 2006. The second package, intercepted in August 2006, was addressed to the player from the United States containing ''one bottle x 100 capsules of DHEA 200 containing 200mg dehydropepiandrosterone per capsule''.

Troy had told ASADA: ''I acknowledge that I may have been naive to order [over the internet] but did so in good faith with no intention of using any prohibited substance. However at no time did I have possession of such items due to them being seized by Australian Customs.''

M.L.B. Prospect (to Be Named) Barred for Steroids.

"Major League Baseball announced on Wednesday the suspension of a Dominican prospect named Damian Arredondo for testing positive for steroids."

Many Dominican prospects have been suspended for performance-enhancing drugs in the last two years, but in a twist, this prospect’s real name is not Damian Arredondo.

In July, the Yankees signed a player they believed to be the 16-year-old Arredondo. DNA tests, however, showed that the player had lied about his identity and age. A spokesman for Major League Baseball declined to comment when asked if the player’s real identity was known.

As for the suspended player previously known as Damian Arredondo, he is a free agent apparently searching for a new team under his birth name."

Pics from recent Canadian bust in Paradise.

"The RCMP have seized a quantity of anabolic steroids or 'performance enhancing drugs' from a home in Paradise. The St. John's Drug Section executed a search warrant on a residence on Gosse's Road Thursday and seized a quantity of the drugs, syringes and 43 hundred dollars cash. A 38 year old man from Paradise is being charged with 3 separate counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking"

Wall Street Journal story : "What's Really in Supplements ?"

"An FDA spokesman said the agency can't comment on supplement makers' intent. But Ed Wyszumiala, general manager of dietary supplement programs for NSF International, a nonprofit organization in Ann Arbor, Mich., that certifies supplements' safety, says the drugs and steroids likely get into the products through a combination of deliberate spiking and inadvertent contamination."

MMA fighters enjoy low legal risk anabolic steroid use in Japan.

"What happened when [Filho] came to America, he got beat up really bad. Now he’s back in Japan and he feels like a kid in a candy story. He can use all kinds of steroids and I think the steroids have gone to his head. He didn’t perform the same as he does in Japan as he does in America and now he suddenly has a big mouth again. I would say that he’s a little donkey on steroids. He thinks he’s a running horse but he’s more like a little pony. I really believe that he used steroids. He also backed out a couple of times when he had to fight Chael Sonnen. He said he was crazy. Maybe he is crazy, I don’t know. I think he wasn’t feeling very good mentally because he cannot use his magic stuff. I also fight in Japan and I don’t use anything. If there’s an athletic commission test, he can fight me everywhere, everywhere he wants."

-Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Gegard Mousasi talks to Fighters.com about Paulo Filho's recent comments that he'd fight Mousasi for free to prove Mousasi's no good.

More info on Thai UG brand MaxPro's owner surfaces on the forums.

"i've heard from several people that used to deal with the pig, the story is real and that is a real picture of Fatpro. Fats was taking out the trash at Universe gym for a while. after he lost that job he got a Bhat job watching the door at tonys gym.. funny cause the guy never hit the weights, cant even walk fast.. i was told he learned his dirty trade from a guy that got shot 3 or 4 years ago. Steve, i think..

Posted on the BodybuildingArea forum.

( a forum I appear to have sadly been banned from )

Malaysian cyclist caught using steroids.

"Promising Malaysian cyclist Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lufti has admitted his stupidity for taking medication for a knee injury that led to a two-year ban for doping at the weekend."

"Fauzan was banned by Anti Doping Agency Malaysia -- and dismissed from the country's elite training programme -- on Sunday after testing positive for anabolic steroids."

Combination Clomiphene Citrate And Antioxidant Therapy For Idiopathic Male Infertility

"We conclude that the combination of clomiphene citrate as an antiestrogen and vitamin E as an antioxidant can significantly increase the pregnancy rate and improve sperm count and progressive sperm motility in cases of idiopathic oligoasthenozoospermia, with normal testicular size, normal or low normal FSH, and no known male or female factors. The treatment protocol is inexpensive, safe and easy to administer."

Dosage was just 25 mg of clomiphene citrate per day.

Australian police bust more steroid and rec dealers.

A police raid of a Nunawading house uncovered steroids and Viagra on Wednesday night, leading to the arrest of two men.

The men were arrested after officers from the Drug Task Force found a pink powder believed to be used to make ecstasy, 3000 ecstasy tablets and steroids and Viagra in the Cypress Ave house about 10.30pm.

A 53-year-old and 21-year-old, both from Nunawading, were arrested at the scene and taken to Glen Waverly Police Station where they were questions about possessing and trafficking commercial quantities of drugs of dependence.

Both men have been released pending summons."

Two charged in connection with death of British teen bodybuilder Matthew Dear.

"Matthew Dear, 17, of Southend, died on 20 April after taking a course of anabolic steroids.

Essex Police said a 21-year-old man has been charged with being concerned in the offer to supply a class C drug.

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with possessing anabolic steroids with intent to supply.

Both are from Westcliff and have been bailed to appear before Southend magistrates later this month.

A 25-year-old man who had also been arrested has been released from his bail with no further action to be taken against him, police added."

I'd still like to know how thirty pounds worth of oral steroids caused a fatal brain swelling.

If the steroid tablets he took pose such a potential danger to the public why aren't we being told which ones to avoid ?

Australian police bust Melbourne steroid dealers.

"Police seized more than $68,000 in cash, a loaded handgun and steroids and amphetamines in a series of searches in Melbourne's south-east. As part of a planned operation, officers from the Moorabbin Regional Response Unit stopped a car travelling along Station St in Carrum about 2.30pm.

In that search the officers found $68,000 in cash and arrested the two occupants of the car, a 28-year-old male and a 25-year-old female who are believed to have lived together. After searching the pair's Patterson Lakes house, police uncovered a large amount of steroids.

A second car was stopped by police about 15 minutes later, and the male occupants, a 19-year-old and a 23-year-old both from Dandenong addresses, both were found to be carrying a large amount of steroid tablets.

"The arrests and seizures we hope have interrupted the flow of amphetamines and steroids to Melbourne's south east which is only a good thing as these drugs cause significant harm to the youth,'' he said.

Sadly no pics of the steroids they found, I was interested to see what brand they would be.

American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine claims Wikipedia defamed them.

"The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine claims Wikimedia defamed it. The group, also known as A4M, says Wikipedia reported that "many exhibitors at A4M trade shows ... have been indicted in federal and state investigations into illegal trafficking of human growth hormone and anabolic steroids." But A4M says that "only one [A4M] exhibitor has ever been investigated for wrongdoing" and "the charges against the exhibitor were later found baseless and dropped."

The group also claims that Wikipedia falsely reported that A4M's mission statement was "never growing old." In fact, A4M says, its mission is to "promote research into methods to retard ... the human aging process."

The group says Wikipedia also made other "misleading and disparaging" statements about it.

Wikipedia allegedly stated that A4M's founders claim to "have medical degrees from Central American Health Sciences in Belize, despite never actually studying there." This "improperly implies that [the founders] did not receive appropriate or sufficient medical training," A4M says. In fact, it says, "that [the founders] completed the requisite medical education ... to earn their Doctor of Medicine Degrees ... is not in any doubt."

The plaintiff also disputes statements made about their receipt in absentia of "a bottle of cooking oil labeled as 'snake oil'" for being "promoters of quackery" during a 2004 conference in Australia.

Drs. Robert M. Goldman and Ronald M. Klatz are co-plaintiffs. They demand damages for "injury to their business and professional reputations." They are represented in New York County Court by Sigmund Wissner-Gross at Brown Rudnick. "

Retired Sweden goalie convicted of doping.

A retired goalkeeper who played in two World Cups for Sweden was convicted of doping Tuesday after police tests revealed traces of anabolic steroids in his blood.

Magnus Hedman was fined $757 by the Solna district. Using anabolic steroids for nonmedical purposes is illegal in Sweden. He has denied deliberately taking steroids.

The 36-year-old Hedman played with Chelsea and Coventry in England and Celtic in Scotland. He played 58 games for Sweden, including the 1994 and 2002 World Cups and two European Championships.

Hedman was tested for drug use by police in May after they found suspected illegal substances in his car. No charges related to drug possession were filed.

In an interview with the Swedish tabloid Expressen he suggested the drug might have been included in a nutritional supplement he believed was vitamins.

"I find it very difficult to assess when I made my mistake," he said. "I was unaware of it myself."

No risk of me moving to Sweden any time soon.