The New York Times, in their article, cited that the debate surrounding the bodybuilding/steroid is sketchy because there are few financial fundings that are willing to invest in the research on such a small, extreme population. This wasn’t a hindrance for Columbia University Medical Center. They? did such a study involving ten men who had extensive kidney damage and admittedly used steroids (nine bodybuilders including and one power-lifter) and concluded? a direct link between long-term steroid use and kidney disease.
The New York Times further reported: “Several experts not affiliated with the study said that while the claims were intriguing, the study’s value was limited because it focused only on intensive steroid users and because the bodybuilders’ layered training practices had to be taken into account. ‘I think it’s hard to be certain what’s causing their kidney disease,’ said William Bremner, chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington and an endocrinologist who studies steroids.”
I bet each of the men also regularly took protein supplements; so maybe it’s protein supplements that caused it.
It seems like the study concluded the original hypothesis. People who uneducatedly over use and abuse any substance rather it be as acknowledged as tobacco or under the radar, like Tylenol, can cause serious harm to their body.? The New England Journal of Medicine reported: “The Food and Drug Administration estimate(s) NSAID use accounts for 10,000 to 20,000 deaths per year in the United States alone.”
The issue at hand is obviously the health of the athlete. At the same time,? I am certain that no one is going to be surprised to find out that extreme steroid use come with potential health risks. I don’t think a published medical journal is going to change anything.