Participants for AAS Study - Approved by Stevesmi

[chankle]

Thanks to Stevesmi for approving this thread.

Thank you for viewing this post. I'm a 4th year Urology resident performing a study concerning the current usage patterns of testosterone , associated AAS, and potential side effects including fertility outcomes. To be a candidate for the study you must be a male (18+) with a history of testosterone use (in any form with or without other AAS) for any period of time. People providing their own TRT/HRT are encouraged to participate, but those on TRT/HRT with physician guidance are excluded. This is not an anti-steroid study, we are merely looking at usage patterns, reasons for use, and our primary interest is future fertility since we see many similar patients in clinic. The study is an anonymous 5 minute survey. No future contact will be made with study participants and there's no legal liability. I would greatly appreciate your time and participation. Feel free to post any questions in this thread and I will address them as promptly as possible. When the results are in and I have the manuscript written, I'll be sure to share them with all participating forums.

The study is currently posted on 4 AAS forums, 2 bodybuilding forums, and 1 HRT/TRT forum. In addition it has been distributed widely in my local area. I have accrued ~250 participants as of this morning. I have had excellent feedback from most people taking the survey and they have been great to work with.

*Feel free to skip or answer N/A to any questions you prefer not to answer.

I need 25 posts before placing a direct link. Please copy and paste the below link into your browser. If someone would be willing to post the hyper link I'd really appreciate it.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/testosterone_use

 

[chankle]

Thanks to Mr. Spellwin for also granting study approval. I've pick up a few more participants since posting on this forum. I really appreciate the help. Hopefully I can get some more of you interested. Let me know if you have any questions/concerns. After I run the stats and write the paper, I'll be sure to post it here.

 

[George Spellwin]

Hi chankle, I took care of the hyper link for you. Looking forward to hearing your results!

 

[chankle]

Hi chankle, I took care of the hyper link for you. Looking forward to hearing your results!

Thank you Sir! I'm up to 255. Looking forward to the 300 mark and running the stats.

 

[chankle]

Bumping the threads on all participating forums 1 last time. I need 15 more to complete the study. Thank you to all those who have participated. Expect the manuscript and data in the next couple of months. Please take the survey posted in the first post to finish up the last 15 if you have time.

Greatly Appreciated,
Chankle

 

[George Spellwin]

This is a pretty interesting survey for anybody who's used AAS, and it only takes a few moments.

 

[chankle]

This is a pretty interesting survey for anybody who's used AAS, and it only takes a few moments.

Thank you Sir. I still need a minimum of 10 more. More is optimal, but a minimum of 10 to complete accrual.

 

[chankle]

Hey guys. Thanks for the patience. I've finished the rough draft for the fertility manuscript and attached below. I left the institution and author's names off until all have reviewed and it's ready for submission. I wanted to update the forum and show this was a legitimate study made possible by your willingness to participate. For that I thank you. Couple caveats to the paper

1. I'm limited to 2500-3000 words depending on the journal submission so I had to keep things somewhat short

2. This paper focuses only on fertility and sexual function. Multiple other papers will come from the data, but this is the first

3. The study is retrospective and based on a survey. Thus, nothing will be truly groundbreaking and much of the paper will likely seem like commonsense to you guys. That said, there's minimal reports in the literature and even though this data is somewhat intuitive it fills a void in the current literature

4. I did my best to stay neutral and avoid propaganda often associated with AAS. That said, the practice is not completely benign and there are known health risks associated with it.

5. Forums and participants were kept anonymous.

6. I thought the fertility rates were encouraging and unexpectedly high. Also, the use of PDEI and sexual enhancement meds was much higher than previously described cohorts. Again interesting, but somewhat concerning when the purity of these drugs is questioned in the literature.

7. I'm open for any constructive criticism

8. Thanks again for your participation