Dr. John Pierce, is an emergency medicine doctor who heads Las Vegas Ageless Forever clinic.
Instead of having a physician involved in the care of a patient monitoring their levels, where youre getting a test all the time, much more so than you would a normal patient because of the nature of their work youre going to get people doing it underground, using black market steroids, not bio-identical hormones that have not been tested. They could potentially get themselves sick injecting themselves with whatever."
And then, at that juncture, theyre cheating because theyre not being forthright about it.
NSAC representatives repeatedly defended the practice of granting exemptions in the past, citing safeguards to avoid abuse, but they starkly reversed course in the recent meeting that produced the ban.
I actually have had people tell me that doing it the illicit way was much easier, he said. They wouldnt even consider doing it the legal way, because it would be much easier to do it the illicit way. They wouldnt be under as much scrutiny.
Pierce on misconceptions about TRT:
If any of these people that are saying they have any experience dealing with people whove done steroids in the past, you can get their systems turned back on, unless theyve done high dosages for years, he said. Then, Ive had very difficult times getting their system back on. But for the majority of people, they can be on testosterone, and you can take them off and get their natural system producing right back to normal within six weeks.
So its laughable when I read some of the stuff that you guys write. People that are naysayers go, If he did steroids, then thats why he has a low level. Well, no, because No. 1, you guys dont know how to read the labs. I do. And you can see the other hormones that are being sent from the brain down to the testicles to get them to work, and theyre not working. It has nothing to do with steroid use in the past.
http://mmajunkie.com/2014/03/anti-ag...-black-market/
I found his comments interesting regarding people who have done steroids in the past, and that usually you can get their systems turned back on six weeks unless they have done high dosages for years.
People on this forum seem to swear up and down that they know for a fact that the only reason Belfort needs TRT is due to past steroid use, but according to this doctor, unless Belfort did high dosages for years, then he should have been able to get his levels back up within six weeks.
So, is it possible that maybe, just maybe, Belfort needed TRT for a reason other than past steroid use?
I used to follow bodybuilding back in the 90's when I first started lifting weights. Now, most of those competitors are retired now. Many of them have had health problems for sure, but this could be a result of high dosages of other things in addition to steroids, such as insulin, HGH, painkillers, diuretics, etc.
I still read up on bodybuilding from time to time, sometimes to see what former bodybuilders are up to nowadays. They used steroids for years, and for the ones who never experienced any health problems after they stopped competiting, I've never read anything so far about any of them needing TRT to maintain normal levels.
So maybe the doctor is correct about most people being able to get their levels back up within six weeks after stopping their steroid usage?
Instead of having a physician involved in the care of a patient monitoring their levels, where youre getting a test all the time, much more so than you would a normal patient because of the nature of their work youre going to get people doing it underground, using black market steroids, not bio-identical hormones that have not been tested. They could potentially get themselves sick injecting themselves with whatever."
And then, at that juncture, theyre cheating because theyre not being forthright about it.
NSAC representatives repeatedly defended the practice of granting exemptions in the past, citing safeguards to avoid abuse, but they starkly reversed course in the recent meeting that produced the ban.
I actually have had people tell me that doing it the illicit way was much easier, he said. They wouldnt even consider doing it the legal way, because it would be much easier to do it the illicit way. They wouldnt be under as much scrutiny.
Pierce on misconceptions about TRT:
If any of these people that are saying they have any experience dealing with people whove done steroids in the past, you can get their systems turned back on, unless theyve done high dosages for years, he said. Then, Ive had very difficult times getting their system back on. But for the majority of people, they can be on testosterone, and you can take them off and get their natural system producing right back to normal within six weeks.
So its laughable when I read some of the stuff that you guys write. People that are naysayers go, If he did steroids, then thats why he has a low level. Well, no, because No. 1, you guys dont know how to read the labs. I do. And you can see the other hormones that are being sent from the brain down to the testicles to get them to work, and theyre not working. It has nothing to do with steroid use in the past.
http://mmajunkie.com/2014/03/anti-ag...-black-market/
I found his comments interesting regarding people who have done steroids in the past, and that usually you can get their systems turned back on six weeks unless they have done high dosages for years.
People on this forum seem to swear up and down that they know for a fact that the only reason Belfort needs TRT is due to past steroid use, but according to this doctor, unless Belfort did high dosages for years, then he should have been able to get his levels back up within six weeks.
So, is it possible that maybe, just maybe, Belfort needed TRT for a reason other than past steroid use?
I used to follow bodybuilding back in the 90's when I first started lifting weights. Now, most of those competitors are retired now. Many of them have had health problems for sure, but this could be a result of high dosages of other things in addition to steroids, such as insulin, HGH, painkillers, diuretics, etc.
I still read up on bodybuilding from time to time, sometimes to see what former bodybuilders are up to nowadays. They used steroids for years, and for the ones who never experienced any health problems after they stopped competiting, I've never read anything so far about any of them needing TRT to maintain normal levels.
So maybe the doctor is correct about most people being able to get their levels back up within six weeks after stopping their steroid usage?