posted January 21, 2001 10:57 PM

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"I'll answer that in two parts: are they effective? Yes, the anabolic steroids that are effective in animals are also effective in humans, that is because the structure of the test. molecule is the same between different mammals. However, GH is not the same, with the only animal GH being effective in humans is simian (monkey). In contrast, IGF-I is the same in humans, pigs, cows, sheep....it just depends on the structure of the hormone. Now, are they safe? Very few people I know have experienced any problems with vet steroids. The level of purity is something like 99.9% as opposed to 99.99% in human steroids. Practically it makes no difference with the only problem being the occasional haematoma (inflammed and possibly infected painful lump that appears 24-48 hours after a shot of (usually) the water based suspensions such as stanozolol and test. suspension). Haematomas can be avoided by using sterile injection techniques. These involve: having a shower and scrubbing the shot site prior, using alcohol swabs to not only sterilize the shot site, but also the rubber bung on the vial before and after putting the needle in, checking to see if the needle is in a vein or artery by pulling back the plunger once the needle is in the muscle (if you see blood go into the syringe, the tip of the needle is in a blood vessel and you need to withdraw it a little and check again before injecting the liquid), and after a shot, swab the site again with an alcohol swab. For some reason, haematomas usually occur with the water based suspensions, probably due to their greater inflammatory properties as compared to the oil based. If you suspect you may have one, get to a Dr and tell him you had a shot of B-12 out of an old vial. You should only need some antibiotics to take care of it, although bad cases need to be drained with a large (19 gauge) needle, or even surgically opened and swabbed.

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