Viele anabolische Steroidkonsumenten wenden sich an Online -Foren – nicht an Ärzte -, um die Drogen abzubauen, wie eine neue Studie zeigt. Mit Fehlinformationen und inkonsistenten Ratschlägen warnen Experten davor, dass dies vermeidbare Gesundheitsrisiken anregen könnte.
https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/anabolic-androgenic-steroids-post-cycle-therapy-cessation/
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I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dar.70042
From the linked article:
Steroid users rely on risky online advice, not doctors, to quit
Many anabolic steroid users are turning to online forums – not doctors – for help coming off the drugs, a new study shows. With misinformation and inconsistent advice rife, experts warn that this could fuel preventable health risks.
In a new study led by Griffith University, researchers sought to understand how AAS users talk about post-cycle therapy (PCT), which consists of using various medications to bring testosterone levels back to normal and better manage withdrawal symptoms after stopping steroids.
The researchers noted significant debate and misinformation in the forums. Some users shared potentially harmful advice about dosage or combinations of PCT drugs, and others described their bad experiences with certain substances; for example, loss of bone density or hormonal crashes from misuse.
Would they get proper advice on pct from doctors?
My guess only very few doctors have knowledge in that area and way more people need advice.
I have health insurance and just to step into my doctors office for a checkup it costs almost $200. If any tests are run, the cost quickly gets into the thousands.
Maybe steroid users are avoiding doctors because they can’t afford them.
They are returning to the echo chambers that influenced them to start those steroids to begin with. This scales to other things as well like unregulated „nootropics“. Same with kratom. Lots of vicious loops like this everywhere online unfortunately.
I’d imagine your average nhs endocrinologist would have no idea how to come off steroids. I saw one for low T, saw different doc every time, wasn’t responding to the medication as I should and they had no idea what to do. Went to a private clinic in the end. I’d imagine a steroid forum would have much better idea.
The amount of time it would take to find a doctor that would know intimately about this situation, plus the copays for trial and error of these providers; when an online resource is free… that’s really a no brainer. It’s honestly the same for perimenopause women, you gather the information you can and present it to your doctor and hope they are up to date or are just willing to fact check the information gathered.
And that’s if you have insurance!! It speaks to a larger problem, unfortunately. Crowd sourcing has been both life saving and life ruining. It’s a gamble either way.
I already figured that out thanks to this documentary Mariana van Zeller made about it like 5 years ago. It’s cringe inducing. Can’t be posted here because no YouTube but if you search her name plus steroids you’ll find the National geographic episode
It make sense they go to forum, but they get very biased advise… The drug dealer advise
I know 3 people personally who died before age 40 bc of steroid use. One died before 30 in the showers at the gym.
All three were from heart failure.
I’ve been in fitness 22 years and never touched them and never will. For a really long time I was naive and just thought there were a lot of people who trained harder and had way better genetics than me.
Then I came to realize that about 90% of people who have an impressive physique are using and a whole bunch of people who don’t have an impressive physique are using.
The cost is way way way too high.
When I was a teen my doctor told me I would die at 30 if I drank whey protein
Real headline is that people who need healthcare can’t get it and so they’re treating themselves because our economy puts profit over people.