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To: NYCVirago
[Baseball guy compares steroids to aspirin and cigarettes!]

This blurb is inaccurate. From the article:

Orza cited two national studies on androstenedione, a steroid precursor. One done at Iowa State University concluded that the supplement, when taken in doses suggested by the manufacturer, does not increase muscle mass. The other study, jointly commissioned by the league and the union, concluded that if a person takes more than the suggested dosage, andro could increase muscle mass.

"You can take two aspirin, you can take 40, but should we in fact regulate aspirin sales more than we do now, because if you exceed the recommended dosage, it will have harmful effects?" Orza asked.

Andro isn't a steroid, and it isn't a banned substance so far as I'm aware..


3 posted on 03/04/2004 5:53:24 PM PST by Sabertooth (Malcontent for Bush - 2004!)
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To: Sabertooth
I disagree. The andro studies he's talking about do not suggest, according to the article, that taking too much andro has harmful effects. He is making the point that steroids have harmful effects if you take too much, but so does aspirin. He's not talking about andro in that comparison.
6 posted on 03/04/2004 6:03:31 PM PST by NYCVirago
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