Bulgarian bodybuilder dies at twenty six, steroids blamed.

A 26-year-old Bulgarian man has passed away in Bulgaria's Varna as a result of the continuous intake of anabolic steroids. The young man died just hours after he was admitted to the Toxicology Clinic at the hospital of the Bulgarian Navy in the Black Sea city of Varna. He was diagnosed with steroid intoxication, and it has been confirmed by the doctors that this was the cause of death. The 26-year-old man, who is known to have been working out regularly, and to have used anabolic steroids in order to enhance his performance, first sought medical aid from his GP when he had difficulty breathing. Medical tests showed that the steroids he had been taking caused his heart to swell substantially. He was planned to be admitted to hospital for medical treatment but in the meantime he felt very sick, and was admitted immediately to the Naval Hospital in Varna, the head of the Toxicology Clinic, Dr. Snezha Zlateva, told reporters. The medics found that, in addition to his swollen heart, he had blood clotting in his lungs and legs. "The young men took steroids both orally and hypodermically," Dr. Zlateva explained, while also reminding that several young sportsmen from around the world have died as a result of steroid intake. "Parents must be very careful in order to prevent their children from taking such substances. It should also be known that steroids are sometimes found even in food supplements for professional sports players. In her words, the autopsy has proven irrefutably that the 26-year-old died of steroid intake but the histological tests are yet to show what type of substances he had used.

Another British teenager dies and steroids are blamed.

A teenager died from heart failure after taking steroids he had ordered from a website, an inquest heard.

Mohammed Belkhair, 19, suffered a deadly reaction to the performance-enhancing drugs which he took secretly.

Mr Belkhair, from Beamish Close, Longsight, Manchester, was rushed to hospital after his sister found him vomiting and ‘blue’ in his bedroom on May 20 last year.

The teenager’s body temperature shot up and he died from heart failure at Manchester Royal Infirmary later that day.

Manchester assistant coroner Robert Chapman said Mr Belkhair was fit and intelligent, and it was ‘a dreadful waste of a young life’.

The inquest heard how the teenager was a keen swimmer and boxer, and went weight training three times a week.

He was due to start a medical degree at Liverpool University later that year.

But the coroner was told that police arrested Mr Belkhair the night before he died, and found four types of anabolic steroids under his bed.

The reason for his arrest was not revealed at the inquest.

Mr Belkhair's sister Sama told the coroner she knew he had steroids in his room, but he denied ever using them on himself.

He had ordered the drugs from the internet, police said.

Toxicology reports showed that Mohammed had anabolic steroids in his system when he died, including DHEA and Tamoxifen.

There were no traces of any other drugs, or alcohol.

Pathologist Dr Georgina Howarth said the evidence showed Mr Belkhair died from acute heart failure brought on by a combination of the anabolic steroids and heavy exercise.

The coroner said: 'This was a dreadful, dreadful waste of a young life but it does appear he was entirely healthy and the thing that ruined his health was taking anabolic steroids.

'Had it not been for taking the anabolic steroids he would have been here today. That was the cause of his death, ultimately. It’s a lesson for us all that we must keep clear of these things.'

He also urged others to learn a lesson from the tragedy and ‘keep clear of these things’.

Mr Chapman recorded a verdict of death by misadventure, ruling that Mr Belkhair either ate or injected the steroids that led to his death.

Father claims son's steroid use lead to his death from heroin.

A distraught father told an inquest he believed his son had turned to heroin after becoming hooked on performance enhancing steroids.

Amateur bodybuilder Ian Karl Jens Barlow, from Oakridge Road, Basingstoke was found dead by his parents on September 27 having overdosed on the class A drug.

North Hampshire coroner Andrew Bradley recorded a verdict of accidental death at Alton Magistrates Court earlier this month.

Ian’s father Karl told the inquest that he had become increadingly concerned over his son’s wellbeing around 10 years ago when the 33-year-old started taking steroids to fuel his bodybuilding.

He said he had taken him to drug rehabilitation in a bid to wean his son off the substances. “I did try to warn him off steroids in the beginning,” he said. “It did not work so I took him to the Priory - that was a waste of time.”

When asked by Mr Bradley when his son’s heroin habit started, he said it was during his time lifting weights.

“It just started when he was doing bodybuilding and weight lifting,” Mr Barlow said. “A lot of his friends had gone the same way.”

Mr Barlow said that Ian had moved back to the family home following the break-up of a previous relationship.

The father told the inquest that the night before his son’s death “everything was normal”. The next day, Mr Barlow and his wife had left to go shopping. When they returned at 5pm, Ian’s curtains were still drawn.

After entering his room, Ian was pale and unresponsive.

He was lying with a syringe still in his right arm, and a bandage covering his left palm.

PC Richard Right, from Basingstoke police station, said at the inquest said the death was not suspicious.

In recording the verdict of accidental death Mr Bradley said: “There are no thoughts that he was trying to kill himself.

“It is a horrible overdose situation, but that is the risk you run with drug use.”

Suspected steroid dealer arrested after customer dies.

( Picture of the deceased Lewis Allan borrowed from his Twitter account )

Detectives launched an inquiry into steroid-dealing after a 23-year-old’s death.

Police believe Lewis Allan, who died early on Monday morning after falling ill at home in Eastbourne, used anabolic steroids over the last year.

They have arrested a man on suspicion of supplying drugs.

Mr Allan was taken ill at his home in Bridgemere Road, Eastbourne, at about 2am on Monday.

He was taken to Eastbourne District General Hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after 3.30am.

Sussex Police are investigating his use of anabolic steroids – a prescription drug sometimes used by bodybuilders.

Possession or importation of the drug for personal use is legal, but supplying it is illegal.

Officers believe Mr Allan’s weight had grown by as much as four stones over the last year as he trained.

His death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious. The East Sussex Coroner is expected to hold an inquest and a post-mortem examination has not yet taken place.