Improved game competitors run the risk that their libido is “killed” as well as the greater chances of heart attacks and psychiatric problems taking improved performance, leading experts have warned.
Professor Broadley, whose research was supported by the World Anti -Doping Agency, and his colleague Martin Chandler, a researcher specializing in PEDs, also told the Guardian that the assertions of the organizers according to which prohibited drugs can be made safer if they were taken into account in the context of medical surveillance.
The organizers of improved games revealed on Wednesday that they would organize a four -day event in Las Vegas next year, but confirmed that they had already given the Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev 1 million dollars to dive under the world record of 50 meters free using prohibited drugs.
Meanwhile, the former Australian Olympic swimmer, James Magnussen, said that he “felt 18 again” after taking testosterone, peptides and prohibits drugs, including BPC-157, CJC-1295 and Ipamorelin growth hormone to prepare for the event.
However, Boardley and Chandler warned that Magnussen and other improved games of games underestimate the risks and dangers of taking steroids and other experimental drugs.
“The BPC-157 had very limited human trials, so we have no robust human data for this, while the iPamorelin which was interrupted when it was a pharmaceutical medication,” said Chandler. “The FDA is not approved either.”
“We are also starting to see serious long-term effects of the use of steroids in research,” he added. “Things like reproductive function or libido are just killed without clear understanding of reason.
In their new article, the reduction of harms in improved games: can drugs improving performance be sure?, Academics of the University of Birmingham can also warn potential dangers to take testosterone for the heart.
They write that it has been linked to “serious cardiovascular conditions such as dyslipidemia, myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, atherosclerosis, cardiomyopathy and left ventricular hypertrophy as well as the volume of the coronary artery significantly higher and the reduced ejection fraction … in relation to witnesses not for not for use.”
“With testosterone, there are a lot of unwanted side effects,” said Chandler. “But symptoms like acne, the narrowing of the testicles or the development of man’s breasts are obvious, and can be managed or fade once you have stopped using. But the risks for cardiovascular function are probably the most serious problem, because it is hidden and more difficult for people to follow what is going on.”
“With a reduced ejection fraction, the heart must work very hard to pump blood around the body,” he added. “And if you do not take measures to mitigate this, it will probably end up with a heart attack. And although some people go a year after their testosterone stops, others are really not.”
The document also highlights studies showing “evidence of a range of psychiatric conditions, including depression, anxiety and mania which seem to be much more widespread in steroid users than the general population”.
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Dr. Dan Turner, improved director of safety and performance athletes, insisted that with appropriate surveillance, the risk of taking prohibited medications can be minimized. “It is not the use of these substances which is intrinsically dangerous,” he says. “It is the abusive use of these substances.”
However, Boardley does not agree. “They give the impression that it can be done safely, as it is medically supervised,” he said. “It’s not fair. It is incorrect and deceptive.
“Some of the evidence of harmful effects only start after 10 to 20 years of people using these substances. So, monitoring something in the short term will not give any information on some of the most harmful effects. ”
Boardley added: “Often, one of the hidden dangers is the probability of developing an anabolic steroids dependence. When you stop using, it has very serious effects on your mood state, because the production of your testosterone body stops, which then encourages people to restart.”
The warning came while the AMA also published a statement attacking the organizers and warning dangers for athletes.
“Wada condemns improved games as a dangerous and irresponsible concept,” he said. “It has become clear from the launch of the event in Las Vegas that an objective of the organizers is to sell their products and include the associated risks. Inducing elite athletes to use their profiles to promote the use of prohibited and potentially dangerous substances is harmful, especially for young athletes. ”
