Anyone know this ?

[monstar]

I was wondering why its so easy for a woman trying to be a guy to get testosterone prescibed by a doctor? It doesn't make sense!

[Rick Collins]

In a nutshell, hormone manipulation for gender reassignment is accepted medically, but hormone manipulation for bodybuilding is not. Why? We could spend hours dissecting the psychological and sociological factors underlying society's love-hate relationship with muscle. (Ex.: The sports anti-doping lobby has been devastatingly effective in couching consumables that promote muscle growth as an athletic cheating issue.) Yesterday, I spent the day in meetings on Capitol Hill concerning the future of prohormones as dietary supplements. (Regardless of anybody's personal feelings about the value of prohormones, the idea of making them all into controlled substances is wild overkill.) Some staffers seemed skeptical of dietary supplements in general, but were particularly opposed to any product that promoted muscle growth. The theory: "If it works, we will ban it." Some even brought up the issue of creatine, suggesting a possible investigation into it.

[ROID WARRIOR]

By their logic then, an investigation and the subsequent criminaliztion of chicken breasts and egg whites is long over due, because we all know that they promote muscle growth.

There is no reason why prohormones can't be banned from sale to minors and by the sanctioning bodies for competitive sports; however, pursuant to DSHEA, otherwise legal for sale.

RW

[Zyglamail]

Originally posted by ROID WARRIOR By their logic then, an investigation and the subsequent criminaliztion of chicken breasts and egg whites is long over due, because we all know that they promote muscle growth. RW

Sad but true, but if they were to do so they would have substantial opposition and more and more it seems that the gov simply strives to follow the path of least resistance. Instead of working to please the majority they strive to suppress the minority.

[nycdefender]

Monstar--I am not sure on what statistics you rely to make the assertion that it is "so easy" for transsexuals to obtain steroids (at least here in the United States). Very few doctors that I know of deal with transsexual medical issues.

I admit that doctors, generally, will not prescribe steroids for bodybuilding purposes. But there are many doctors who prescribe steroids for hormone replacement therapy. And the hormone therapy group, I believe, far outnumbers the number of doctors who prescribe steroids for gender transitions.