The former NBA player and Maryland star, Juan Dixon, who delivered an anti-steroid message to the Congress, may have tested positive for using an over-the-counter supplement, his wife said.

Robyn Dixon, his wife, said in an interview with The Baltimore Sun that Juan was of the view that there was nothing wrong in the over-the-counter supplement, Juan was however unavailable for any comment.

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Dixon was indefinitely suspended Friday, according to the Spanish team Unicaja, which said he had a positive result for Nandrolone, an anabolic steroid, during a test conducted in Greece. Dixon had played in Greece late last year before joining Unicaja.

Unicaja’s Web site said that the suspension was imposed by Switzerland-based FIBA, the basketball governing body, and would last at least until the issue is resolved.

Robyn Dixon, who lives in the family’s home in Silver Spring with the couple’s two young children, said her husband’s urine sample is to be tested again next Monday.

His wife said she didn’t know which supplement might have triggered the positive. She said the player, Maryland’s career scoring leader, will “go into GNC and see something and say, ‘I’ll try this.’ It’s probably something more to help the muscles repair.”

E-mails to FIBA requesting information about Dixon’s case were not immediately returned Sunday night.

It is worth remembering here that Juan Dixon testified in 2005 by a U.S. House committee and said that he and other NBA players had succeeded “through hard work and dedication to our dreams, not through the use of steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.”

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Steroids have reached every part of the world and Dominican Republic was not an exception. Young sportsmen are making use of anabolic steroids to get name, fame, money, and recognition to support themselves and their families despite being aware of the possible side effects of steroid use.

Bernardino Jimenez was a child in San Pedro de Macoris with big dreams for baseball. He got selected to play baseball but was lured by an agent who injected a mixture of Boldenone by saying that it was legal vitamins. Bernardino tested positive for Boldenone and received suspension for 50 games.

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Jimenez’s case is just one example of a disturbing trend in this hotbed of baseball talent.

Of the 69 minor leaguers suspended for using banned substances in 2008, nearly two thirds — 42 — came from the Dominican Summer League, a developmental program for Latin American players housed in secluded palm tree-lined campuses owned by big-league teams. This year, 31 of the 71 minor leaguers suspended for using banned substances came from the DSL.

In the major leagues, where performance-enhancing substances have been a divisive issue for more than a decade, players with Dominican roots have also been at the center of several high-profile drug cases.

Sammy Sosa and Manny Ramirez have been accused in stories by The New York Times of being on a list of more than 100 players alleged to have tested positive during an initial drug survey of MLB players six years ago. David Ortiz has acknowledged the union told him he was on the list, and slugger Alex Rodriguez, following a February report in Sports Illustrated, said he used steroids while with Seattle from 2001-03. Rodriguez said a cousin obtained a substance he knew as “boli” in the Dominican Republic.

This incident once again highlighted the fact that side effects of steroids, amphetamines, or performance enhancing drug are not the influencing factor when it comes to maximizing performance.

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A new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has indicated that improvements in terms of surgical repair of massive or recurrent tears of the shoulder’s rotator cuff tendons can be facilitated when anabolic steroids are used.

The study was led by Dr. Spero Karas, assistant professor of orthopedic surgery in UNC’s School of Medicine, and appeared in an issue of the American Journal of Sports Medicine.

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“We clearly found that when you looked at the bioartificial tendon matrices that were treated with anabolic steroid and then mechanical load or strain, we saw significant increases in their biomechanical properties,” Karas said.

“The tendons were smaller, more dense, stronger, more elastic and had better remodeling properties than tissue cells not treated with steroid or placed under strain,” he said. “They responded better to the load and formed a more normal appearing tendon, versus a more disorganized matrix we see in the untreated bioartificial tendon.”

Thus, said Karas, it appeared that load and anabolic steroid “act synergistically” to improve the characteristics of tendon.

Karas said the research had clinical applications, including the possibility of a day when bioartificial tendon matrices might literally help bridge the gap between deficient human tissue and the normal state – that is, to bridge the holes that remain following surgery for large rotator cuff tears.

In the less distant future, the new study’s crucial implications may apply to the post-surgery healing of tendons that have been torn or retracted for a long time, he said.

The study was supported by the National Institutes of Health.

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According to results of a survey released at the 52nd American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tenn., concerning trends pertaining to use of steroids by non-athletes is on a rampant rise and health concerns due to steroid use are not deterring the users.

The survey results highlighted the fact that non-medical and self-administered use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) for improving athletic performance or physical appearance is sparse and poorly documented.

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“Clearly, the alarm is not ringing for the users who responded to our survey,” said Nick A. Evans, M.D., lead author for the study and physician at UCLA-Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles. “They are not sensing or seeing the extremely dangerous game they are playing with these drugs. There are severe health risks associated with steroid use and abuse, but four out of five of our respondents report a greater desire to improve their physical appearance than to protect their health. Creating awareness among influencers like parents, coaches, trainers and health professionals may be a way to reach users and help them guide them back to safe health and fitness habits.”

Anabolic steroid use has been implicated in early heart disease, including sudden death, changes in blood cholesterol profile (increased LDL, lower HDL) resulting in increased risk of coronary artery disease, testicular atrophy, gynecomastia (abnormal enlargement of breasts in males), male pattern baldness, severe acne, premature closure of growth plates in adolescents, emotional disturbances, and other significant health risks.

Nick A. Evans, M.D., lead author for the study and physician at UCLA-Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles, said that users making use of steroids without medical guidance do not understand the possible risks associated with non-medically guided steroid use and this is extremely dangerous.

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John Gay, executive director and CEO of the Natural Products Association (NPA), the largest and oldest trade association with representation of dietary supplements and other natural products issued a statement in response to the U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) classification of boldione, desoxymethyltestosterone, and 19-nor-4,9(10)-androstadienedione as “anabolic steroids“‘ under the Controlled Substances Act.

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“The Natural Products Association and its members are very excited to see the DEA use the additional power the NPA and many others worked so hard to give to it through the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004. The association has maintained all along that federal regulators have the authority they need. The DEA’s listing of these three steroids demonstrates that federal regulators can indeed safeguard the shelves against these substances.

“While this was the DEA’s first action under the 2004 law, we hope it will not be the last. As it stated at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in September on enforcement barriers affecting body building products and hidden steroids, the DEA anticipates that after these first steroids are scheduled it will be easier to follow up with more enforcement and in greater frequency. The Natural Products Association looks forward to working with the agencies as they use this ability to schedule any anabolic steroids that are masquerading as supplements.”

The statement clearly highlighted the fact that the NPA was excited to see a favorable response from DEA towards the aim of scheduling any anabolic steroid that is mischievously sold as supplement.

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The abuse of human growth hormone can lead to serious health complications, a fact that was highlighted by Dr. Alan Rogol, testifying before the U.S. House of Representatives Government Reform Committee on behalf of The Endocrine Society while outlining the legal medical use of human growth hormone (HGH) and possible complications regarding its abuse.

It is worthwhile to note that the off-label usage of human growth hormone (HGH) has been linked with severe health complications in the recent past. The same was affirmed by Dr. Alan Rogol who highlighted that abuse of HGH can lead to consequences such as muscle weakness and heart disease.

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“Magazines and the internet are replete with advertisements for substances marketed as ‘growth hormone’,” said Dr. Rogol. “Growth hormone, however, can only work if injected, and many of these preparations are taken orally, so they cannot possibly be HGH.”

These compounds falsely sold as HGH may contain other unlisted ingredients, including anabolic steroid hormones or steroid precursors, which have been found to promote the growth of tumors. These unlisted ingredients can also appear in unknown quantities, while the entire preparation is of unknown purity.

In addition, the vast majority of clinically administered growth hormone is made by recombinant DNA techniques and not from human tissue. “Growth hormone made from human tissue has largely been removed from the market because of the rare but fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease,” said Dr. Rogol. “Some of the HGH now available clandestinely is of human origin and may carry this deadly biological agent.”

It was further remarked by Dr. Rogol that HGH use has to made only in strict accordance with qualified medical advice and not otherwise.

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Bernardino Jimenez was a young child in San Pedro de Macoris who had a great flair for baseball and with big dreams in the eyes.

Years later, he became victim to an agent who injected a mixture of Boldenone by saying that it was legal vitamins. After being signed for a contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks’ training squad in 2008, Bernardino tested positive for Boldenone, anabolic steroid used in horses, which leaded to a suspension of fifty games.

From TimesUnion.com:

Jimenez’s case is just one example of a disturbing trend in this hotbed of baseball talent.

Of the 69 minor leaguers suspended for using banned substances in 2008, nearly two thirds — 42 — came from the Dominican Summer League, a developmental program for Latin American players housed in secluded palm tree-lined campuses owned by big-league teams. This year, 31 of the 71 minor leaguers suspended for using banned substances came from the DSL.

In the major leagues, where performance-enhancing substances have been a divisive issue for more than a decade, players with Dominican roots have also been at the center of several high-profile drug cases.

Sammy Sosa and Manny Ramirez have been accused in stories by The New York Times of being on a list of more than 100 players alleged to have tested positive during an initial drug survey of MLB players six years ago. David Ortiz has acknowledged the union told him he was on the list, and slugger Alex Rodriguez, following a February report in Sports Illustrated, said he used steroids while with Seattle from 2001-03. Rodriguez said a cousin obtained a substance he knew as “boli” in the Dominican Republic.

This incident is not just one-off case but a regular event with players coming from the Dominican Republic. The lure of fast and easy money leads most of the players coming from this country to take on steroids.

What is ignored by these sportsmen is the possible side effect(s) of steroids, amphetamines, or performance enhancing drugs and they are not reluctant to admit that steroids are still worth the risk.

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Thirty-six-year old Kirsten Mealer of Timbo, Arkansas was charged of illegal steroid distribution. Mealer was sentenced to a nine-year imprisonment and two years of supervised release. The gym owner pleaded guilty to distributing 185,029 dosage units of various anabolic steroids, under Hell Fire Labs brand. This happened from January 2007 until the ring was broken up in February 2008.

Four individuals have been connected to Hell Fire Labs, according to Mary Beth Buchanan and Mary Houghton, prosecutors at the US Attorney’s Office for Western District of Pennsylvania. They will be charged with conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids.

Others connected to Hell Fire Labs were David Edward Retter, who is accused of shipping laboratory equipment and supplies for an operational underground laboratory to Kristen Mealer in January 2007. Retter denies knowing Mealer.

Jason Hobbs, also known as “Heretic”, from Auburn, Washington was suspected to be the original owner and founder of Hell Fire Labs. Another individual from Indianapolis, Indiana, but was only identified as “Freak” was also linked to the said anabolic steroids lab.

Mealer’s home and Arkansas business, Stone County Fitness Center were raided by agents as part of the investigation.

Mealer and Retter were sentenced last October 30 in US District Court.

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Two men have been sentenced for their role in a ring that distributed steroids in Western Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

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According to a study presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s 42^nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego, kidney function is affected among athletes using anabolic steroids to gain muscle mass and strength.

The study indicated that prolonged use of steroids bring about previously unrecognized harmful effects on the kidneys.

The first study performed to prove and describe the injury to the kidneys due to habitual use of steroids was conducted by Dr. Leal Herlitz, MD and her colleagues from Columbia University Medical Center. The team studied a group of bodybuilders who have been steroid users for many years. All 10 bodybuilders developed protein leakage into the urine. Kidney functions of these bodybuilders were also severely reduced. Nine out of ten bodybuilders developed focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, a condition where the kidney gets severely scarred.

Fortunately, when the bodybuilders discontinued steroids use, their condition improved. However, one bodybuilder whose condition is in the advanced stage developed end-stage renal failure, which required him to undergo regular dialysis. One of the bodybuilders started taking steroids again. As a result, he suffered a relapse of severe kidney dysfunction.

Researchers suspected that steroids might have either direct toxic effects to the kidneys or indirect effects such as an increase in the filtration rate due to rapid muscle mass growth.

From Renal Business Today:

SAN DIEGO— Athletes who use anabolic steroids may gain muscle mass and strength, but they can also destroy their kidney function, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego.

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In 2002, the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) due to testing positive for steroids use suspended Josh Barnett, 31, for six months. His post-fight urinalysis revealed traces of three anabolic agents, namely, Boldenone metabolite, Fluoxymesterone metabolite and Nandrolone metabolite. This was after he defeated Randy Couture at UFC 36, which earned him the heavyweight title. Despite the positive steroids test, he denied using any anabolic steroids, and even challenged NSAC’s testing protocol.

Last July, he requested for a re-licensure and filed an appeal before the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC). However, on July 21, Barnett was notified by CSAC that he again tested positive for the anabolic steroid 2a-methyl-5a-androstan-3a-ol-17-one, in his pre-test supposedly as a pre-requisite to renew his license. A second sample was obtained, also reflecting the same results as the first testing.

Last Monday, CSAC granted his appeal to extend his hearing. It was re-scheduled on December 8, 2009.

According to CSAC Interim Executive Officer David T. Thornton, it was Barnett’s attorney, Michael DiMaggio, who contacted the commission to request for an extension. According to DiMaggio, their law firm is still awaiting additional information from the UCLA laboratory that conducted Barnett’s tests.

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LOS ANGELES –- Josh Barnett was granted a second extension Monday for an appeals hearing the fighter had requested after the California State Athletic Commission denied his re-licensure in late July due to a positive pre-test for an anabolic steroid. The new hearing will be held on Dec. 8.

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