Some people consider mistakenly that steroids may cause rhabdomyolsis

More than 10 players of the Iowa Hawkeyes football team were taken in hospital because of rhabdomyolsis. This is an illness related to quick destruction of skeletal muscle that results in leakage into urine myoglobin, a muscle protein. Persons that have this disease suffer from severe muscle pains, weakness and soreness. Since byproducts of the muscle destruction become toxic to the kidneys, there is an increased risk of kidney failure under this circumstance.
Experts started immediately to blame nephrotoxic supplements or anabolic steroids in appearance of rhabdomyolsis in players of the Hawkeyes but there was no any relation between these drugs and this disease in them. The doctor James Williams told to CBS during an interview that nephrotoxic supplements were responsible for the disease in these football players. He claimed that persons had dehydration, when their muscles became broken due to hard trainings. When supplements are used in such situations, they are turned to be toxic to kidneys directly, according to James William. He added that this condition caused rhabdomyolsis.
Unluckily, the media didn’t interview real high-qualified experts. Only so-called specialists were asked by media. That’s why the conclusions were misleading.
It is said that Mike Gimbel of a Maryland anti-steroid and anti-supplement organization doesn’t have enough knowledge. This person just confirms that however they do not know how the supplements act in body and whether they cause any benefits, these preparations are very dangerous for health.
Nonetheless, certain aspects displayed that anabolic steroids were not responsible for rhabdomyolsis of the football players. These patients submitted to tests for prohibited products and they tested negative. Moreover, a specialist has studied and shown that there was no any link between muscle disorders and anabolic steroids or HGH. Richard J. Auchus, an expert on steroid metabolism at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, assures that gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid is the only product which could cause rhabdomyolsis. Sometimes this preparation is administrated for anabolic effects as well. It is an illicit preparation. Certain experts like Auchus, a consultant of the U. S. Anti-Doping Agency, consider that no any product is to be demonized for rhabdomyolsis of these football players. He points out that the muscle destruction is caused by extremely hard training to which the trainers pushed the athletes.
The coach Chris Doyle will be probably condemned for rhabodomyolsis of the football players, if steroids or other supplements will be not turned to be the reasons of the disease. Who knows? Even sport in itself may be accompanied by some risks.