Over 10 players of the Iowa Hawkeyes football team were taken in hospital

Over 10 players of the Iowa Hawkeyes football team were taken in hospital because of rhabdomyolsis. This is an illness linked with prompt damage of skeletal muscle that results in leakage into urine myoglobin, a muscle protein. Persons with this disease suffer from serious muscle aches, weakness and soreness. Since byproducts of the muscle damage become toxic to the kidneys, there is an induced risk of kidney failure under this circumstance.
Specialists started promptly to demonize nephrotoxic supplements or anabolic steroids in occurring of rhabdomyolsis in players of the Hawkeyes but there was no any connection between these preparations and this disease in them. James Williams, a physician, told to CBS during an interview that nephrotoxic supplements were responsible for the condition in these football players. He confirmed that individuals had dehydration, when their muscles became broken due to hard trainings. When supplements are administrated in such cases, they are turned to be toxic to kidneys directly, according to James William. He added that this condition caused rhabdomyolsis.
Unfortunately, the media didn’t interview real high-qualified specialists. Just so-called specialists were asked by media. That’s why the explanations were misleading.
It is supposed that Mike Gimbel of a Maryland anti-steroid and anti-supplement organization doesn’t possess enough knowledge. He just claims that however they do not know how the supplements act in body and whether they cause any benefits, these preparations are very dangerous for health.
Nonetheless, certain facts displayed that anabolic steroids were not responsible for rhabdomyolsis of the football players. They submitted to tests for prohibited medicines and they tested negative. Furthermore, an expert has studied and displayed that there was no any link between muscle disorders and anabolic steroids or HGH. Richard J. Auchus, a specialist on steroid metabolism at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, is sure that gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid is the only product that could cause this illness. Sometimes this product is applied for anabolic effects too. This is an illegal medication. Several experts like Auchus, a consultant of the U. S. Anti-Doping Agency, assure that no any medicine is to be demonized for this disease of these football players. He confirms that the muscle damage is caused by extremely hard training to which the trainers pushed the athletes.
The trainer Chris Doyle will be probably blamed for rhabodomyolsis of the football players, if steroids or other supplements will be not turned to be the reasons of the condition. Who knows? Even sport in itself is associated with some risks.