THE EFFECTS OF LARGE DOSES OF THE ANABOLIC STEROID, METHANDROSTENOLONE, ON AN ATHLETE

Abstract

Doses of the anabolic steroid, methandrostenolone, nearly ten times greater than those used therapeutically, have resulted in a marked depression of levels of testosterone in urine and blood, and in some depression of gonadotrophin excretion by a male athlete. The administration of the drug has been checked and its metabolism studied from the pattern of urinary metabolites.