Sportspersons and other customers obtained prescription and steroids from “South Beach Rejuvenation” and “LA Health and Rejuvenation” for performance-enhancing effects

Jeffrey George is the founder of a former popular clinic related to hormone replacement therapy. The clinic was called “South Beach Rejuvenation”. Jeffrew George was accused in illegal distribution of anabolic steroids. As it was noted by investigators, he began todistribute controlled substances through his clinic illegally. But in fact the owner of “South Beach Rejuvenation” was involved in illegal activity of pain clinics located in Florida. Jeffrey George sold steroids via internet.
George and his twin brother Chris were leaders of a pain clinic activity. They got 40 million dollars due to illegal sales of oxycodone and other analgesics during 2 years. This resulted in their several charges. Jeffrey George faced also a charge of a murder because a client of “South Beach Rejuvenation” had died due to overdosing.
Jeffrey George hid his illegal activity through his clinic “South Beach Rejuvenation”. Anabolic steroids were advertising on the internet and in various magazines linked with fitness as a part of treatment conducted by the clinic.
It was not the first arrest of George due to steroids. He was charged with possession of anabolic steroids , intending to distribute them in 2003. This person was sentenced to eight-month imprisonment. Then Jeffrey George was involved in illegal distribution of anabolic steroids, intending to bypass Florida’s laws that allowed clinics to prescribe and sell steroids legally. This man didn’t have any medical education. But he founded the clinic “South Beach Rejuvenation” and employed several physicians who prescribed steroids without any fear. One of his employees was Daniel Hauser. This doctor got 5, 000 dollars per week for prescriptions of steroids for clients of “South Beach Rejuvenation”.
Since steroids were sold over internet and customers lived far from the clinic, they were required to perform certain tests in clinics that were located near to them. Then they filled results of lab tests in the certain blanks and sent to the “South Beach Rejuvenation” per internet. Hauser wrote them prescriptions.
Numerous sales consultants of the clinic applied anabolic steroids too. Moreover, they purchased large amounts of steroids with prescriptions and sold them on the side. They also advised their clients how to take and use together some steroids in order to achieve better results in bodybuilding and sports.
Chris, George’s brother, helped his friend, Chris Hutson, financially to establish a clinic to sell steroids. Thus, “LA Health and Rejuvenation” was opened.
Cynthia Cadet and Robert Meek were two physicians who were employed by Hutson to prescribe anabolic steroids. They were paid 1, 000 dollars per week.
The owners of these clinics and physicians employed by them were indicted on some charges, including illegal distribution of anabolic steroids and prescriptions per internet.

A former sex symbol used testosterone for enhancement of libido

Jane Fonda is an actress that was born in New York, America. She received 2 Academy Awards. This well-known person played the role of the queen in the film “Barbarella”.
This famous woman told in an interview for “The Sunday Telegraph” that she had used the steroid testosterone. It was her first time, when she made her administration of testosterone public. This woman is 73 years old. She mentioned that she had started to use testosterone at the age of 70. Her purpose was to induce her sex drive. The actress intended to improve her sex life.
It is necessary to mention that Jane Fonda was considered to be the sex symbol of 1960s. Recently the actress published a new book. It was entitled following: “Prime Time: Love, health, sex, fitness, friendship, spirit-making the most of all of your life”. You may guess that she writes what a person has to do in order to achieve healthy life, healthy sex and to have satisfaction the whole life. A chapter describes methods to enhance libido in older people. But there is no any reference to steroids.
Jane Fonda noticed about side effects of the anabolic steroid testosterone in the interview for “The Sunday Telegraph”. She told that she had stopped using testosterone because of acne . Nevertheless, the actress recommends administrating this steroid to improve sex life.
It is known that the anabolic steroid testosterone is a good medicine for increase of libido. But unwanted reactions of this product may be quite serious. The Food and Drug Administration didn’t approve this medication to enhance libido in females. Some people are sure that conservative attitudes to sexuality of women disturbed the FDA from approval of this remedy for female libido.

Jason Momoa, Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth confirm that they do not take steroids

Anabolic steroids are definitively applied by different actors. You can see obvious changes in actors’ physique in short period of time. For example, a certain actor has played a role in a film, being quite thin, then, after short time he plays a role with induced muscles. How may actors increase their muscle size in short period of time? The answer is self-evident. They use anabolic steroids. But actors deny that they administrate performance-enhancing drugs.
Jason Momoa in “Conan the Barbarian”, Chris Hemsworth in “Thor” and Chris Evans in “Captain America: The First Avenger” increased their muscles essentially to play certain roles. Undoubtedly, this factor led to questions about administration of steroids. But the actors refused to answer the questions connected with administration of medicines that have performance-enhancing effects.
As it is known, Jason Momoa increased his muscle mass by 30 pounds in order to play Conan. An actress, Rose McGowan, who also played in “Conan the Barabarian” noted that Momoa achieved that results not due to steroids. Jason Momoa mentioned that he wanted to correspond to a Frank Frazzeta painting without intake of steroids. It would be ideally, according to this actor. But he noted that our world and life were not ideal. Momao pointed out that he had trained hardly. Moreover, he followed a strict diet. He ate broccoli, peanut butter, yams and chicken breast continually.
As for Chris Hemsworth, this actor increased his muscle mass by 20 pounds in order to play Thor. Chris Hemsworth claimed that he had eaten a lot. Chris Hemsworth said that he had eaten and he seemed as if he were busy with an important thing. He confirmed that it had been quite difficult to eat, when he was not hungry. Furthermore, the actor had to eat large amounts of food. According to his words, it was too exhausting.
It is interesting to notice that Hemsworth never lifted weights before playing his role in “Thor”. Couldn’t you find this aspect unreal without steroid use? Nevertheless, he confirmed that he hadn’t used anabolic steroids.
Chris Evens also induced muscles dramatically to play Steve Rogers in the film “Captain America: The First Avenger”. He claimed that he had induced muscles because of trainings and a strict diet.

Players of the NFL agree to perform blood tests for HGH

NFL players don’t trust methods applied by the WADA. Why did the distrust appear? Let try to understand the reason.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) decided to test players of the National Football League for HGH. However the NFL Players’ Association has agreed, several skeptic arguments linked with the level of trustworthiness of blood test for HGH were expressed. This test is going to be only a part of the testing for anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.
Certain experts who are not involved in the WADA activity directly are skeptic to the methods applied by this agency. They support the skepticism of the NFL players.
Matt Chaney, a main chronicler of intake of steroids in American football, confirms that the NFL players are skeptic to the WADA anti-doping tests not without any reason. The point of view of the players is justified by Matt Chaney.
Don Catlin, the director of Anti-Doping Research, says that methods of the WADA for detection of HGH have to be transparent. The WADA utilizes the HGH isoform ratio test elaborated by Christian Strasburger.
It is important to mention that according to some specialists, the method of this test is not proved scientifically. It is not trustworthy. The Director of Anti-Doping Research claims that this test is not good for detection of HGH at all.
There is another test which may be applied by the WADA to identify sportspersons who use HGH. Sonksen introduced a certain HGH testing method that is based on physiological biomarkers. But the WADA doesn’t use the method of Sonksen to detect consumers of HGH.
According to Sonksen, workers of the WADA are not specialists in this area. That’s why they do not see the priority of one method over the other. But as it was proved scientifically, the HGH biomarker test is more useful than HGH isoform test.
Although experts claim about difference between these two tests, the WADA doesn’t want to change the method.

It will be soon possible to bulk up without any side effects

Scientists intend to elaborate alternative preparations to anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. They point out that sportspersons may soon have another way to increase muscles. The Salk Institute has claimed that the efforts of the scientists have got success. Recent researches have shown that inactivation of a genome regulator that is known as “NCoR1” causes increase of muscle size, energy and endurance. The leader of the researches conducted in the Salk Institute, Ronald Evans, says that this knowledge may contribute in introduction of some new medications that will benefit not only for athletes and bodybuilders who train but also for persons who are sedentary.
The scientists of the Salk Institute mention about individuals who can’t do physical exercises because they suffer of various health problems, such as diabetes, frailty, immobility and other physical or mental factors that cause sedentarism. The specialists put efforts to develop several specific medications that could benefit for sedentary persons so, as exercises benefit for healthy people. Now they experiment with sedentary mice.
As for anabolic steroids, they can lead to enhancement of muscle size in sedentary people. But people who administrate anabolic steroids must train and modify their diets to reach more essential effects.
If new drugs that block NCoR1 are developed by specialists successfully, they will make significant changes in sedentary people. But could you imagine which benefits will be caused in sportspersons?
But there is also an essential difference between anabolic steroids and NCoR1 suppression. As it is known, anabolic steroids cause side results; some of them can be quite dangerous for health and even for life. Furthermore, anabolic steroids can cause severe unwanted effects especially in women. But as for NCoR1 suppression, specialists assure that preparations which will block this genome regulator will not lead to undesirable symptoms.
There is an article about NCoR1 suppression which has the following title: “NCoR1 Is a Conserved Physiological Modulator of Muscle Mass and Oxidative Function”. It represents results of various experiments that enrolled mice and nematodes. The experiments have displayed that NCoR1 suppression benefits for muscle size significantly. The mice with suppression of this genome regulator had got more induced muscles and ran faster than others.
Unfortunately, the mice with NCoR1 suppression were not compared with the mice that were given anabolic steroids. If these two types of mice were compared, the results of the experiments would be very valuable for further studies and conclusions.
It is possible to notice that elder persons and individuals who have muscle dystrophy will be soon enrolled in studies to find out benefits of new potential preparations.

Fletcher, an athlete that never tested positive for steroids, was suspended from competitions for steroid business

Carl Fletcher, a shot-putter from Britain, can’t take part in competitions 4 years. The ban was pronounced by the United Kingdom Anti-Doping Agency (UKAD) because he was charged with trafficking anabolic steroids. Carl Fletcher sold more than 15 types of steroids. It was found out that HGH, testosterone and Trenbolone were among the medicines that had been sold by this famous sportsperson. The Liverpool Crown Court sentenced this sportsperson to 9 months in jail.
It is interesting to note that Carl Fletcher never tested positive for any steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs by the WADA. Don’t you think that it is strange? What could it mean? One may suppose that methods used by anti-doping agencies are not effective enough to catch consumers of steroids that take part in multinational sport competitions.
The WADA and the UKAD put significant efforts to make sports free of cheating and intake of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. These organizations also collaborate with law enforcement organizations in order to get the necessary effects.
The UKAD pointed out that anti-doping officials would be allowed to supply information about names of athletes who applied anabolic steroids.
This case displayed that the collaboration between the UKAD and law enforcement benefits a lot. It proved that law enforcement organizations may help greatly to catch the athletes that administrate anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs. It is not possible to overvalue the role of these organizations in detection of cheaters in sports. Andy Parkinson, the CEO of the UKAD, is sure that if law enforcement agencies work together with the UKAD, they will have success.
The Merseyside Police and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) investigated a certain situation related to intake of steroids by officers at the St. Helens Basic Command Unit. It was found out that Fletcher had taken part in the illegal activity conducted by some of his relatives. This resulted in Fletcher’s suspension from competitions till November 8, 2015.

Certain persons confirm that Yannick Noah’s thoughts about steroid use in sports do not deserve public attention

Sportsmen from Spain criticized the former tennis player from France, Yannick Noah. This person wrote an amazing article “La Potion Magique” that was published in the French newspaper “Le Monde”. This former sportsman notices in his work that athletes from Spain have several priorities and win competitions because they administrate anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. He claims that Spain has got more loyal attitude to steroid use than France; that’s why Spanish athletes have more increased muscles and are successful in competitions.
Rafael Nadal, a famous Spanish sportsperson, claims that Yannick Noah wrote completely stupid statements and comments in his work. He is surprised how Noah’s work was allowed to be published in the newspaper. Rafael Nadalthat won 10 Grand Slam titles confirms that Yannick Noah doesn’t write such things which are worthy to be published. According to the Spanish athlete, articles of the former tennis player from France don’t deserve being made public.
David Ferrer, a celebrated tennis player from Spain, points out that Yannick Noah is an ignorant man. Ferrer doesn’t understand how a man like Noah who was a professional tennis player and knows the way sport works is able to say such things.
Tennis is not the only area of sports in which Spain won competitions. Spanish basketball players won the 2011 FIBA European Championships. Alberto Contador, the Spanish cyclist, won the 2010 Tour de France and the 2011 Giro d’Italia.
Josep Guardiola, a Spanish football director, says that Yannick Noah must prove, if he claims that sportsmen from Spain administrate steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs. But if he is not able to prove it, he must not write about it.
French athletes support attitude of Spanish sportspersons towards Yannick Noah. They criticize him too. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, a well-known tennis player from France, David Douillet, the Sports minister of France, and Frederic Moncassin, the manager of the cycling Team Type 1 belong also to that persons that don’t agree with the idea of Noah’s article.

Connections between manufacture of steroids and child abuse

Ruben Jaramillo, a man in New Mexico, is charged with child abuse. Police invaded his house and discovered that his house was an underground lab that had produced anabolic steroids. According to New Mexico laws, anybody may be charged with child abuse, if he\she just allows children to be there, where the chemical compounds or proper equipment applied for production or storage of these banned drugs are present.
When the Albuquerque Police Department’s Eastside Narcotics Team invaded the house, they saw that there was a clandestine lab in it. Law enforcement discovered some kilograms of raw powder for production of steroids, such substances, as benzyl alcohol and sunflower oil, more than 150 vials of the controlled substances. Certain vials had following labels: “Testosterone Cypionate”. Furthermore, police officers mentioned that information linked with prices, quantities and types of steroids had been recovered too. Chemical compounds were in different rooms around the house, including the bedroom and the kitchen.
Ruben’s 2 daughters of 11 and 13 years old were at home, when police raided the house.
It is known that New Mexico is not the only state where the manufacture of anabolic steroids may be treated as child abuse. At least 10 other states have similar laws. Such laws are established not without any reasons.
Chemical substances may be toxic. They may have negative influence on children’s health. It is important also to remember that there is a risk of fires and explosions of several chemical substances. Parents that produce anabolic steroids at home do not take in consideration their children’s health. The children face essential dangers in such cases. How may children live in a methamphetamine lab and avoid dangers?
Parents who only apply steroids differ from those who manufacture them, especially at home.
This is the first situation in Albuquerque, when production of anabolic steroids is defined as child abuse by prosecutors.

The main idea of the book “The story of the NHL’s unlikeliest tough guy” is not connected with steroid use

Georges Laraque described his difficult life of sports in a book “The story of the NHL’s unlikeliest tough guy”. He desired to tell about his life to others. Georges Laraque noted also about intake of anabolic steroids in the National Hockey League (NHL). These aspects about intake of steroids by the NHL’s players seemed to be very interesting. The Canadian press published just the quotes related to this eternal subject. The rest of the book was ignored.
Georges Laraque told in an interview that he had never used performance-enhancing drugs. Moreover, the author noted that he hadn’t mentioned any names of the athletes that had used steroids. The book is indeed an autobiography.
The author mentions about several ways to determine whether a hockey player uses steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs or not. Here are 2 ways mentioned by him:
1. A hockey player who gains more than 40 pounds in a short period of time must be utilizing performance-enhancing drugs.
2. A hockey player whose weight has been reduced significantly in short period of time to correspond to the rules of the Winter Olympics must be taking performance-enhancing drugs.
Of course, all athletes, including hockey players, know that they will be tested for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs by the WADA. That’s why they stop taking the forbidden medicines certain time before the Olympics. It helps them to avoid probability of testing positive for these medicines.
But this is not the chief idea of the book. The author desired to show that a child has to put immense efforts to become a famous professional athlete enduring racial intolerance and bullying. But the press doesn’t pay attention on this subject. The press is always ready to publish stories related to administration of steroids in sports.
It was not the purpose of the author to to make public the names of the hockey players who used steroids.
Of course, the media tries to convince George Laraque to name steroid users of the NHL.

Positive results of Operation Bulk Up

A two-year investigation detected and shut a large-scale underground lab linked with steroids. The investigation was led under name “Operation Bulk Up”. It was a well-planned activity of the proper authorities in Lebanon (Ohio).
As it was found out, a dealer of steroids sold these drugs to members of the Cardio Strength Center of the YMCA. So, when the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office was said about it, the investigations started. The decision of the Drug Task Force was to send an officer who had to pretend being a member of the YMCA to the steroid dealer. Major John Burke, the leader of the Warren County Drug Task Force, was chosen for this need.
Mike Caroll, the President and CEO of the YMCA, was the only individual at this association who knew about the investigation. He could keep all things he knew about the plans of the Drug Task Force in secret. So, a large-scale organization connected with distribution of steroids was detected.
32 persons were involved in the illegal activity related to selling of steroids. They were charged with corrupt activities, supplying and possession of steroids. The investigation intended to catch only manufacturers and distributors of steroids. Although the investigation didn’t focalize on clients who bought these products, the officers mentioned that professional athletes and bodybuilders belonged to the customers.
The law enforcement seized 600,000 dollars which were claimed to be a profit from selling of steroids, 300, 000 dollars in cash and vehicles and 100 weapons.
Mike Caroll, the President and CEO of the YMCA talked openly to media about the results of the investigation. He was not afraid to notice about his role in this activity to catch the illegal organization. Caroll said that he was very happy to find out about the positive results.
It is important to note that it was quite difficult to detect the criminal organization. The undercover agent had to put efforts to purchase steroids from a distributor. As a result of the investigation, an underground laboratory in Tennessee was detected. It produced steroids in injectable form. The raw was imported from China. The leaders of distribution were Ronald Herbort and Matthew Geraci.
According to the undercover agent, direct interactions between dealers and customers were avoided in this organization. There was a special organized locker system which helped to avoid direct interactions.
However this activity linked with manufacture and selling of steroids was well-organized, the law-enforcement could detect it to shut the laboratory. This investigation is an example that confirms following statement: if the authority gives main priority to such operations, positive results can be achieved.

The HGH isoform ratio test applied by the WADA is not reliable

NFL players mistrust methods used by the WADA. Why did the mistrust appear? Let try to find out the reason.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) intends to test players of the National Football League for HGH. Althogh the NFL Players’ Association has agreed, several skeptic thoughts related to the grade of trustworthiness of blood test for HGH were expressed. This test is going to be just a part of the testing for anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing substances.
Some specialists who are not involved in the WADA activity directly are skeptic to the methods applied by this agency. They support the skepticism of the NFL players.
Matt Chaney, a chief chronicler of administration of steroids in American football, confirms that players of the NFL mistrust the WADA anti-doping tests not without any reason. Skepticism of the players is justified by Matt Chaney.
Don Catlin, the director of Anti-Doping Research, confirms that methods of the WADA for detection of HGH must be transparent. The WADA utilizes the HGH isoform ratio test introduced by Christian Strasburger.
It is important to notice that according to certain specialists, the method of this test is not proved scientifically. It is not trustworthy. The Director of Anti-Doping Research claims that this test is not good for detection of HGH at all.
There is another test that can be utilized by the WADA to catch sportsmen that use HGH. Sonksen introduced a certain HGH testing method which is based on physiological biomarkers. But the WADA doesn’t utilize this method to catch users of HGH.
According to Sonksen, workers of the WADA are not specialists in this area. That’s why they do not understand the priority of one method over the other. But as it was proved by scientists, the HGH biomarker test is more useful than HGH isoform test.
Although specialists confirm about difference between these two tests, the WADA doesn’t desire to to utilize the HGH biomarker test.

All 100 meter finalists of the Sydney Olympics took steroids

All 100 meter finalists of the 2000 Sydney Olympics were suspected in application of anabolic steroids. Can you imagine it? Although a lot of things were done to avoid intake of the banned drugs in sport, it is not free from these medicines.
Victor Conte, the founder of BALCO, noted in an interview about intake of steroids by the 100 meter finalists of the 2000 Olympics. Maurice Greene, Ato Boldon, Obadele Thompson, Darren Campbell, Dwain Chambers, Aziz Zakari, Jon Drummond and Kim Collins used the banned drugs.
Victor Conte tells that Dwain Chambers, the British sportsperson, administrated steroids. Conte supplied these medicines to Chambers in 2003. As it was found out, Chambers used tetrahydrogestrinone.
Maurice Green, the American sprinter, utilized steroids, testosterone cream, EPO and some stimulants. Angel Guillermo Heredia reported that he had provided these medications to Maurice Green. But it is important to note that this American sportsman began to buy these products from Heredia after he had awarded with 2 medals in Olympics.
However the founder of the BALCO doesn’t know about all nuances linked with possession and administration of steroids by these all sportspersons who participated in the Sydney Olympics, he assures that performance-enhancing drugs played their role at the women’s 100 meter final of the 2003 Championship in France. Conte sold steroids to five of the finalists.
Kelly White, the winner, purchased the banned drugs from Conte too. After she had tested positive for Modafinil, she forfeited her gold medals. Later Kelly White said that she had taken tetrahydrogestrinone and the blood booster EPO.
Conte wasn’t surprised about the progress of anti-doping companies related to steroids in sport.

Will Kathy Jager get a TUE?

Kathy Jager, a famous sportswoman, tested positive for anabolic steroids at the 2011 USA National Masters Outdoor Track And Field Championships in Berea. That’s why this athlete was excluded from participation in competitions. Kathy Jager must not compete till the age of 70. This decision was made by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
This athlete used steroids because these drugs were recommended by the healthcare provider to improve her hormone balance. According to the rules of World Anti-Doping Agency, sportsmen may use steroids for medical purposes and take part in competitions, if they receive a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE). But as it is known, Kathy Jager did not receive a TUE which could give her the authorization to use these drugs without being forbidden from competitions.
It is important to mention that this famous person doesn’t treat intake of anabolic steroids seriously.
This athlete tested positive for methyltestosterone at the 1999 World Association of Veteran Athletes World Championships in Gateshead (Great Britain) after she had broken world records in running of 100 meters. That competition was between people of 55-59 years old. It was the first time she was banned for intake of prohibited medications. Now it was her second time.
As it was found out, Kathy Jager took EstraTest HS which contained esterified estrogens and methyltestosterone in a pill.
She said that she had administrated EstraTest for medical needs. But the World Masters Association didn’t believe and refused to allow her to compete.
The case related to Kathy Jager caused a lot of debates. Some people condemned her for administration of banned medicines, others justified her.
When this sportswoman was banned the first time, she used steroids in order to prevent menopausal problems. The medications were prescribed by her doctor. Then she discontinued taking recommended drugs and began to apply herbal preparations.
So, this sportswoman must not participate in competitions till the age of 70 years old. If she had received a TUE, she could compete. But nobody is sure whether the World Anti-Doping Agency will give her a TUE or not.