Anabolic steroids making musclemen infertile, say doctors

**Prince** · 01-26-2011, 10:52 AM

Anabolic steroids making musclemen infertile, say doctors

Bodybuilders destroying their chance of becoming fathers in their quest to bulk up, specialists report

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER IN 'PUMPING IRON' -1977 'These patients walk through the door looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger in his younger days,' said Dr Allan Pacey. Schwarzenegger – pictured in 1977 – has said he took steroids when they were legal. Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features

Growing numbers of men are becoming infertile because they take anabolic steroids in their quest for a muscular body, doctors have warned.

Urologists are seeing more and more men whose difficulty in becoming a father is linked to consumption of the muscle-boosting drugs.

Steve Payne, a consultant urologist at the Manchester Royal Infirmary and a council member of the British Association of Urological Surgeons, said: "Many fit young men who believe they are at the peak of physical perfection don't believe it could be their fault when their wives or girlfriends find it difficult to become pregnant.

"They are insulted when it is suggested that they undergo a sperm test, and horrified when the results of those tests show an absence of sperm in the sample."

Such men are then referred to a urologist, and undergo a blood test. If they have been using steroids, they often have what Payne calls deranged levels of sex hormones.

Men who regularly go to the gym should avoid taking steroids to bulk up, Payne added.

Acne, aggression and an unexplained, orangey skin tone akin to a tan are also associated with use of steroids.

Dr Allan Pacey, a senior lecturer in andrology at Sheffield University, warned: "It is a very real risk that men who take anabolic steroids will become infertile. It's almost certain that they [the steroids] will have an effect of some sort on their fertility and, in the worst-case scenario, that sperm production will stop altogether.

"These patients walk through the door looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger in his younger days. They are having fertility problems, and it suddenly becomes obvious where the problem may lie."

Some men who stop taking steroids never regain their reproductive capacity and for others it takes years for normal sperm production to resume, Pacey added.

**stronger4ever** · 01-26-2011, 10:57 AM

LOL I have a son, so it doesn't matter anymore.

I wonder how come most pros are married and have kids.

**irish_2003** · 01-26-2011, 11:01 AM

this is a good thing.....population control.....less people for us taxpayers to take care of then......

**stronger4ever** · 01-26-2011, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by irish_2003

this is a good thing.....population control.....less people for us taxpayers to take care of then......

Unfortunately it's not the really poor that use steroids. Or at least not the people on welfare. You kind of need money for lots food and other crap to be able to train and get big. The welfare crowd are still reproducing like rabbits. The taxpayers are the ones not reproducing. That means less of us to pay for more of them.

**Big Pimpin** · 01-26-2011, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by irish_2003

this is a good thing.....population control.....less people for us taxpayers to take care of then......

But it's also less people to pay taxes and SS, which is why both parties want to legalize those typically young border jumpers.

College educated white people are either not procreating or are only having one 'rat which doesn't do well for the future tax (and spend) base.

**crudadillamonkey** · 01-26-2011, 01:30 PM

Fuck. I wish it had made me infertile. I wouldn't have 5 mouths to feed.

**heavyiron** · 01-26-2011, 01:32 PM

MY son was concieved while I was on test and HCG.

**Buzzard** · 01-26-2011, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by heavyiron

MY son was concieved while I was on test and HCG.

My buddy basically doesn't use hCG and he's continuously ON cruise or blast. He and his wife decided to have a baby, so I ran hCG for just a couple of weeks and BINGO. Now if this kid turns out to messcan, maybe the hcg didn't work.

**tinyfighter** · 01-26-2011, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by stronger4ever

Unfortunately it's not the really poor that use steroids. Or at least not the people on welfare. You kind of need money for lots food and other crap to be able to train and get big. The welfare crowd are still reproducing like rabbits. The taxpayers are the ones not reproducing. That means less of us to pay for more of them.

im from the uk,out of interest what % would you say live on welfare/state benafits in the usa? the area i live in id honestly say 20% have never had a job and have big familys in order to claim more welfare money.

oh and im not one of them and it does seem a big problem here.

**Big Pimpin** · 01-26-2011, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by tinyfighter

im from the uk,out of interest what % would you say live on welfare/state benafits in the usa? the area i live in id honestly say 20% have never had a job and have big familys in order to claim more welfare money.

oh and im not one of them and it does seem a big problem here.

43 MILLION people are currently on food stamps right now, up from 41 MILLION Summer 2010.

**SilentBob187** · 01-27-2011, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by Buzzard

My buddy basically doesn't use hCG and he's continuously ON cruise or blast. He and his wife decided to have a baby, so I ran hCG for just a couple of weeks and BINGO. Now if this kid turns out to messcan, maybe the hcg didn't work.

Does he know you're the daddy?

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