posted March 21, 2000 12:01 AM         

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Bring this into your North American doctor the next time you get lectured about liver damage and steroids.
A study from the University of Texas shows that anabolic steroids may not be as dangerous as previously believed. Your liver is loaded with chemicles called enzymes. When your liver is damaged, it releases these enazymes into your bloodstream, so doctors measure liver damge by measuring blood levels of enzymes. However, many of these enzymes are also found in muscle cells and lifting heavy weight damages muscles, causing these same enzymes to accumilate in the blood stream. An enzyme called GGTP is found in the liver but not muscle cells, and many of the people who were reported to have liver damage did not have elevated levels of GGTP, showing that there was muscle damage from lifting weights and no liver damage. So many reports of liver damgage of anabolic steroids is incorrect because the abnormal liver tests were caused by lifting weights and not a damaged liver.
It goes on to say that , "anabolic steroids are still not safe....athletes, excessive use, etc....."
Anyway, thaught some of you bros would like to hear some good news about steroids from doctors for a change.
--RD Dickerman, RM Pertusi, NY Zachariah, DR Dufour, WJ McConathy. Anabolic steroid induced hepatoxicity: Is it Overstated? Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, 1999, VOL 9, Iss 1, pp 34-39

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posted March 21, 2000 12:46 AM         

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Good to know, thanks-

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posted March 21, 2000 06:33 PM            

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Muy Interasante, senor.

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