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Anabolic Steroids and Heart Health
Scientists studied the effect of oral administration of testosterone undecanoate for three months on serum lipid levels, and on the occurrence of anginal attacks and daily ischemic episodes in patients with coronary heart disease (CAD). Yes, you read that right. CAD. If this stuff is so bad for your heart, why on earth would doctors give it to folks with heart disease? As you well know, the scientific truth often differs from the mainstream press? idiotic assertions.
Eighty-seven diabetic male subjects with CAD were randomized to a 12-week treatment with either testosterone (T) undecanoate (40 mg administered three times daily) or placebo (P) in a double-blind protocol. Weekly episodes of angina attacks, number of ischemic episodes daily and total ischemic burden on ambulatory ECG Holter were evaluated at baseline and at the end of the study. Serum total cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations were also measured at the same time points. So what did they discover?
Compared to P, T significantly reduced the number of anginal attacks per week by 34 percent; the silent ischemic episodes by 26 percent, and the total ischemic burden of 21 percent on ambulatory ECG monitoring. If you don?t have your medical dictionary handy, that means taking the anabolic steroid testosterone (T) undecanoate actually improved heart performance by allowing more oxygen to be delivered to the heart muscle. Also, after 12 weeks, total cholesterol and plasma triglycerides were significantly reduced in the T group, compared to the P group.
So is the data actually suggesting that folks with CAD take an anabolic steroid? If you answered ?yes,? then go to the head of the class. There is a plethora of data supporting the beneficial effects of T. For instance, in older men, lower total testosterone levels predict increased incidence of stroke.
So why do folks still believe this hormone is so deadly?
I don?t know. Heck, some folks actually believe astrology.
Scientists studied the effect of oral administration of testosterone undecanoate for three months on serum lipid levels, and on the occurrence of anginal attacks and daily ischemic episodes in patients with coronary heart disease (CAD). Yes, you read that right. CAD. If this stuff is so bad for your heart, why on earth would doctors give it to folks with heart disease? As you well know, the scientific truth often differs from the mainstream press? idiotic assertions.
Eighty-seven diabetic male subjects with CAD were randomized to a 12-week treatment with either testosterone (T) undecanoate (40 mg administered three times daily) or placebo (P) in a double-blind protocol. Weekly episodes of angina attacks, number of ischemic episodes daily and total ischemic burden on ambulatory ECG Holter were evaluated at baseline and at the end of the study. Serum total cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations were also measured at the same time points. So what did they discover?
Compared to P, T significantly reduced the number of anginal attacks per week by 34 percent; the silent ischemic episodes by 26 percent, and the total ischemic burden of 21 percent on ambulatory ECG monitoring. If you don?t have your medical dictionary handy, that means taking the anabolic steroid testosterone (T) undecanoate actually improved heart performance by allowing more oxygen to be delivered to the heart muscle. Also, after 12 weeks, total cholesterol and plasma triglycerides were significantly reduced in the T group, compared to the P group.
So is the data actually suggesting that folks with CAD take an anabolic steroid? If you answered ?yes,? then go to the head of the class. There is a plethora of data supporting the beneficial effects of T. For instance, in older men, lower total testosterone levels predict increased incidence of stroke.
So why do folks still believe this hormone is so deadly?
I don?t know. Heck, some folks actually believe astrology.
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