Anabolic Steroids in the Treatment of Disease States
with Guest Dr. George Touliatos, MD
While anabolic steroids are exclusively thought of appearance and performance enhancing drugs (APED’s) they serve some amazing life-saving and health-improving roles in a variety of disease states. But few physicians will prescribe them due to the sports doping stigma and that’s very sad. We discuss the various roles of anabolic steroids and their therapeutic effects in a variety of disease states and why more physicians should have the courage to prescribe them.
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Anabolic Steroids in the Treatment of Disease States
[00:05:14] Dr George briefly explains what anabolic steroids are and what they were created for.
[00:10:00] Dr George tells a story about his 108 year old grandmother.
[00:11:04] The discussion changes to the use of anabolic steroids in therapeutic doses for treating both acute and chronic diseases.
[00:12:00] Carl speaks about a book called Built to Survive, going on to share an experience he had in a restaurant in Minnesota – tune in!
[00:15:01] Dr George shares his view on the stigma around anabolic steroids.
[00:16:04] Listen to how and why strength is the one major factor for longevity, Dr George joins in with his opinion.
[00:18:41] Follow the discussion on how doctors should approach the prescribing of anabolic steroids for various diseases. This continues into the subject of treating muscle wastage.
[00:22:25] A listener asks a question about the use of Oxandrolone over Nandrolone followed by a reply from both Carl and Dr George.
[00:24:51] The following listener asks if Testosterone could be used as a drug for insulin resistance and pre-diabetes. The answer follows.
[00:32:05] Dr George explains the process of how a Dr should approach treating i.e., muscle wastage with anabolic steroids without putting their medical licences in jeopardy.
[00:33:26] An description of the side effects of anabolic steroids used therapeutically.
- Rare adverse effects with very long term use and together with a bad lifestyle and abuse:
- Cardiovascular system with dyslipidaemia.
- Hepatoma in the liver.
- Renal failure with Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
- Zero evidence that testosterone use leads to prostate cancer.
- The use of steroids is safe under correctly prescribed therapeutic doses.
- Dr George describes the issues with oral steroids and shares his view on how to take them.
[00:38:00] Carl talks about the methylation of birth control pills.
[00:40:31] Dr George answers a question on which steroids do not cause an increase in red blood cells and Carl shares his view.
[00:41:44] The conversation turns to the possibility of prevention of blood clots with testosterone.
[00:43:11] Dr George shares his view on using enclomiphene citrate as a safe testosterone booster and Carl joins in.
[00:50:29] Carl talks about a study that proved that testosterone is not a feeder for prostate cancer.
[00:53:15] Dr George joins in with his view on the subject.
[00:57:21] A discussion on Accutane follows – very interesting.
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