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Steroids Detected In Dietary Tablets-Gaspari Halodrol -50 - 12/1/2005 7:26:04 PM
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tdf700
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ok i copied this from another forum and have not taken time to research it.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 30, 2005; Page E01
A dietary supplement marketed to fitness and health enthusiasts on the Internet and in body-building shops contains anabolic steroids linked to two of the biggest doping scandals in sports history, including the renowned case involving East German Olympic athletes in the 1960s and '70s, according to a prominent researcher.
The supplement, which is sold under the name Halodrol-50, contains a steroid that closely resembles Oral-Turinabol, the principal steroid used to fuel East Germany's secret, systematic sports doping program, according to Don Catlin of the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory
Catlin said it also contains DMT, or madol, a steroid federal authorities say was developed for Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO), the California nutritional supplement company at the center of a scheme to provide prominent professional athletes with undetectable performance-enhancing drugs.
Catlin analyzed the makeup of Halodrol-50 for The Washington Post, which purchased the product on the Internet and reimbursed the Los Angeles researcher for the cost of the testing.
The discovery provides further evidence that the country's multimillion-dollar dietary supplements industry also has become a clearinghouse for the distribution of anabolic steroids, which help build muscle and speed recovery from strenuous exercise but also can cause serious health problems when used in excess.
Last month, Catlin tested five other dietary supplements obtained by The Post and found that each contained anabolic steroids, four of which had not been previously detected. The Food and Drug Administration announced after publication of The Post's story on Oct. 18 that it had opened an investigation into the four companies marketing them.
An FDA spokeswoman said yesterday that the investigation is continuing. The official declined further comment.
It is illegal to sell anabolic steroids or any unapproved drugs as dietary supplements.
Halodrol-50, which costs $50 to $80 for a bottle of 30 tablets, is marketed by Gaspari Nutrition, a dietary supplements company based in Neptune, N.J., that sells bodybuilding and weight-loss products. Halodrol-50 claims on its label to "induce maximal visible changes in size and strength in the shortest period of time possible." It also recommends that the product not be used by anyone under age 21.
The Halodrol-50 label further states that it contains polydehydrogenated, polyhydroxylated halomethetioallocholane. Catlin described that chemical descriptor as "hocus-pocus." He said the language was outdated and vague and appeared to be deliberately misleading. The label makes no mention of DMT or other anabolic steroids.
"It's obfuscation," Catlin said. "There is no attempt to be clear and concise and to describe the product for what it is."
Rich Gaspari, owner of Gaspari Nutrition, did not respond to two requests for an interview made by telephone to associates at his company. He also did not respond to two e-mail requests for comment
However, Bruce Kneller, a consultant to Gaspari, wrote in an e-mail late yesterday that he had spoken to Gaspari and was conveying a comment on Gaspari's behalf. "The product . . . was discontinued several weeks ago after the publication of an inflammatory article in The Washington Post," Kneller said, referring to the Oct. 18 Post story. "It is no longer made or sold by Gaspari Nutrition and, in fact, was only available for less than three weeks."
Though Halodrol-50 is no longer available on the Gaspari Nutrition Web site, the product continues to be marketed on other Web sites that sell bodybuilding substances.
In an e-mail sent by a Gaspari official to a distributor, which was provided to The Post, the Gaspari official said Halodrol-50 and another product called Orastan E no longer advertised on Gaspari's Web site would continue to be sold to good customers. The Gaspari official added that he hoped "the government and media will ignore us and think we got rid of them," focusing instead on the "other companies."
Oral-Turinabol anchored the secretive doping program in communist East Germany that led to that country's emergence as an Olympic power three decades ago, according to classified documents uncovered in 1990 following the fall of the Berlin Wall. At the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal, East German women won 11 of the 13 swimming events. But the side effects from the massive doses of steroids administered to the East German competitors were as remarkable as the athletes' successes. Women developed excessive body hair, deepened voices, massive shoulders and male secondary sex characteristics.
Criminal trials in 2000 resulted in the convictions of East Germany's Olympic president and chief sports doctor, but a number of former athletes are still grappling with medical, legal and psychological issues related to the doping program.
One of the two steroids found in Halodrol-50, Catlin said, more closely resembles Oral-Turinabol than any other known steroid, but the two are not identical in structure. The steroid would be undetectable in standard drug tests because it is not an exact match with Oral-Turinabol.
"This is an unknown," Catlin said. "If I had to pick one it's ever so close to, it's Oral-Turinabol. . . . It's very close."
Athletes taking Halodrol-50 would flunk standard sport drug tests, however, because DMT -- which Catlin identified more than a year ago -- is now detectable. DMT was one of three steroids found associated with BALCO. The others were norbolethone and THG, also known as "the clear."
The FDA is investigating four other dietary supplement companies named in the Oct. 18 story in which The Post reported that Catlin had found anabolic steroids in five products produced by four companies: Anabolic Xtreme, Applied Lifescience Research Industries, Legal Gear and PharmaGenX. The story led Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.) to demand that the FDA explain its efforts to ensure that dietary supplements did not contain steroids. The FDA said in a Nov. 7 letter to Davis that the companies could face punitive action.
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RE: Steroids Detected In Dietary Tablets-Gaspari Halodr... - 12/2/2005 10:37:50 AM
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Lord Byron
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I have Oristan-E on the shelves in my store. Keep me updated. Gaspari also made a product called Pro-Turnabol based off of the east german steroid. IT EVEN SAID IT ON THE BOTTLE!!! Anyways, i did about half the bottle and didn't get crap for results. I still have the rest of it in the back of the store.
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RE: Steroids Detected In Dietary Tablets-Gaspari Halodr... - 12/2/2005 11:26:57 AM
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I used the Oristan-E and noticed nice results, only side effects was some acne on my back.
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RE: Steroids Detected In Dietary Tablets-Gaspari Halodr... - 12/2/2005 12:52:04 PM
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all i got to say is if this isnt true then i think we should all slap the post editor and writer in the face
if it is true then i think rich gaspari is an idiot
to do somethin like that is retarded in that eventually he would be found out and would result in many a lawsuit and repremands galore
here is what i really think tho
in the article it said that it "resembled" not was the steroid oral-turinabol
it also did not say how many tests were run on the "supplement"
third if this "supplement" has "steroids" in it then why arent more people humongous and super strong
people use your brains
if it was a supp with steroids then there would be alot more jacked up people
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RE: Steroids Detected In Dietary Tablets-Gaspari Halodr... - 12/5/2005 5:23:46 AM
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You are right it says resembles, but how many people out there won't be paying that much attention to that. They will look at what the article implies and make their opinion from that. Well the article just looks bad, and what does that have to say for the industry and any future legislation.
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RE: Steroids Detected In Dietary Tablets-Gaspari Halodr... - 12/5/2005 5:45:45 AM
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It is a derivative of T-bol, bruce kneller (gaspari's R&D man) gave up the structure over on bb.com. Big Cat said it look like a mild oral steroid on paper. While it is not technically on the banned list there is a catch all in the law referring to like substances though it is ill defined. halodrol isn't laced with steroids and is not a "dietary supplement". It's an anabolic steroid, plain and simple.
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RE: Steroids Detected In Dietary Tablets-Gaspari Halodr... - 12/5/2005 5:48:30 AM
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quote:
ORIGINAL: DaddyDanDan
if it was a supp with steroids then there would be alot more jacked up people
In all honesty, nobody gets "jacked up" on real oral turinabol. It's a mild steroid, better suited for athletes and women.
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RE: Steroids Detected In Dietary Tablets-Gaspari Halodr... - 12/5/2005 6:02:23 AM
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Hey thank velikimajmun, I cant check out bb.com at work so I will have to wait to get home.
I did not really think anyone would be getting "jacked up" by a "legal" supplement, but what is the benefits of using this
product? Is it really worth trying? and is it so weak a steroid that you dont have to worry about major side effects?
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RE: Steroids Detected In Dietary Tablets-Gaspari Halodr... - 12/5/2005 9:00:55 AM
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quote:
ORIGINAL: tdf700
Hey thank velikimajmun, I cant check out bb.com at work so I will have to wait to get home.
I did not really think anyone would be getting "jacked up" by a "legal" supplement, but what is the benefits of using this
product? Is it really worth trying? and is it so weak a steroid that you dont have to worry about major side effects?
Its not technically "legal" just like superdrol. Its a designer steroid, being marketed through a percieved loophole. I generally don't advise people to take pro-hormones/ designer steroids. But certainly gains could be made with it, but a proper PCT would be adviseable as well.
Edit: side effects would be similar to most any oral steroid and use should be limited to 4-6 weeks max.
< Message edited by velikimajmun -- 12/5/2005 9:01:56 AM >
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RE: Steroids Detected In Dietary Tablets-Gaspari Halodr... - 12/5/2005 9:05:51 AM
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Ok so as stated in another post of mine, but along the same lines, if I was going to take these designer products, with the same results as the illegal stuff, why not just go for the illegal stuff to begin with, legality reasons?
thanks for all the informened replies, that why I like this site so much, I am constantly learing.
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RE: Steroids Detected In Dietary Tablets-Gaspari Halodr... - 12/5/2005 9:18:19 AM
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Ok you answered in my other post.
Thanks so much, just curious.
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