Steroids are not able to cause rhabdomyolsis

More than 10 players of the Iowa Hawkeyes football team were taken in hospital due to rhabdomyolsis. This is a disease related to fast damage of skeletal muscle which results in leakage into urine myoglobin, a muscle protein. Persons who have this disease suffer from serious muscle pains, weakness and soreness. Since byproducts of the muscle damage become toxic to the kidneys, there is an enhanced risk of kidney failure under this circumstance.
Experts began immediately to demonize nephrotoxic supplements or anabolic steroids in appearance of rhabdomyolsis in players of the Hawkeyes but there was no any relation between these preparations and this condition in them. The doctor James Williams told to CBS during an interview that nephrotoxic supplements had to be blamed for rhabdomyolsis in these football players. He claimed that individuals had dehydration, when their muscles became broken due to hard trainings. When supplements are applied in such situations, they are turned to be toxic to kidneys directly, according to James William. He added that this condition led to rhabdomyolsis.
Unluckily, the media didn’t interview real high-qualified experts. Just so-called experts were asked by media. That’s why the explanations were misleading.
It is supposed that Mike Gimbel of a Maryland anti-steroid and anti-supplement organization doesn’t have sufficient knowledge. This person just confirms that however they do not know how the supplements act in body and whether they lead to any positive effects, these preparations are too dangerous for health.
Nevertheless, several facts showed that anabolic steroids were not responsible for rhabdomyolsis of the football players. These persons submitted to tests for banned products and they tested negative. Moreover, an expert 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, confirms that gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid is the only medicine that could cause this illness. Sometimes this product is taken for anabolic effects as well. It is an illegal drug. Several experts like Auchus, a consultant of the U. S. Anti-Doping Agency, assure that no any medication is to be blamed for this disease of these football players. He points out that the muscle disorder is caused by extremely hard training to which the coaches pushed the sportspersons.
The trainer Chris Doyle will be probably blamed 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 is associated with certain risks.