Anabolic steroids should not be blamed for appearing of rhabdomyolsis

Over 10 players of the Iowa Hawkeyes football team were taken in hospital because of rhabdomyolsis. This is an illness linked with quick destruction of skeletal muscle which results in leakage into urine the muscle protein myoglobin. Individuals with this condition suffer from serious muscle pains, weakness and soreness. Since byproducts of the muscle destruction become toxic to the kidneys, there is an increased risk of kidney failure in this case.
Experts started immediately to blame nephrotoxic supplements or anabolic steroids in appearance of rhabdomyolsis in the Hawkeyes’ football players but there was no any link between these drugs and this disease in them. James Williams, a doctor, told to CBS during an interview that nephrotoxic supplements were responsible for rhabdomyolsis in these football players. He confirmed that individuals had dehydration, when their muscles became broken due to hard trainings. When supplements are applied in such situations, they are turned to be toxic to kidneys directly, according to James William. He added that this condition caused rhabdomyolsis.
Unluckily, the media didn’t interview real high-qualified specialists. Only so-called specialists were asked by media. That’s why the explanations were misleading.
It is said that Mike Gimbel of a Maryland anti-steroid and anti-supplement organization doesn’t possess enough knowledge. Mike Gimbel just claims that however they do not know how the supplements act in body and whether they lead to any positive effects, these medications are very dangerous for health.
Nevertheless, certain facts showed that anabolic steroids were not responsible for rhabdomyolsis of the football players. These patients submitted to tests for banned products and they tested negative. Furthermore, a specialist has studied and displayed that there was no any connection between muscle damages and anabolic steroids or HGH. Richard J. Auchus, a specialist on steroid metabolism at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, confirms that gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid is the only product which could lead to this disease. Sometimes this medication is taken for anabolic effects too. Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid is an illegal medication. Several specialists like Auchus, a consultant of the U. S. Anti-Doping Agency, assure that no any medicine is to be demonized for this condition of the players. He claims 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 may be accompanied by certain risks.