European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday october 5,1989 later users find steroids do More than add muscle steroids in the military from Page 1 West Germany. The risks Are just emerge  steroid hormones arc Only one class of hormones produced by the body that arc essential in controlling body function. Hor Mones serve As chemical messengers to or Gans within the body. The main building Block of steroid hormones is cholesterol. Anabolic steroids arc those hormones either natural or artificial that enhance the development of muscle the effect sought by athletes. This muscle building property is one characteristic of the male my hormone testosterone. Other prop erties of testosterone arc responsible for Many of the sex Ual differences Between men and women. Anabolic steroids arc Only effective in an athlete who is actively engaged in a training program before taking the " steroids and who continues the program while using the drugs. Steroids will not transform a 150-Pound weakling into a 200-Pound Muscleman overnight. In the highly conditioned actively training athlete anabolic steroids probably do what they want them to  bulk them up and increase their strength and endur Ance Schoomaker said. We re talking about a real elite group of people who probably get the Best  a military athlete named Tom who has used steroids agreed with Schoomaker. Some of the athletes use steroids As a Crutch not As a training Aid. They think it s some kind of magic potion that will do the work for them and they Don t train said Tom who was interviewed in june. Jerome a former Power lifter in the army said that when he started using steroids he got them from other lifters who also warned him they would not work magic. They told me to get to my Peak get to the Best that i can then take the tablets and i would see the Gam Jerome said in  said he increased his lifts by 40 percent while using steroids for just two weeks. Tom estimated his per for manic in his sport increased by 20 percent after he used  positive effect of steroids is that it gives the athlete the ability to produce muscle mass at a much greater rate said it. Col. Bill Diehl the Usa eur All army and inter service record Holder in the Hammer throw. It in creases their endurance level in the weight room which Means they can lift More weight longer and that trans lates into throwing the weights farther in Competition. Earlier claims that anabolic steroids did not build body mass or increase strength and endurance caused the medi Cal Community to lose credibility among athletes schoo maker  athletes All knew it did something. They were watching their Muscles getting bigger and they were put Ting on weight  was t just the heavyweights who saw the advantages of  use is certainly not restricted to the heavyweight group said Dischi who was on the . National team from 1974 to 1976. Sprinters High jumpers and football players have All used them for years. Some steroids arc put on collegiate training tables under the guidance of coaches. The use is widespread and to think otherwise is contrary to what athletes  studies May have focused on people who were using steroids but not engaged in training programs per haps explaining Why some people concluded the drugs were  medical and scientific communities Lack Well de signed controlled studies to determine with certainty the harmful effects of habitual use of anabolic steroids said or. Col m Ichael Benenson preventive Medicine Consul Tant for 7th medical come. Minor problems such As acne occur More often than severe effects such As liver tutors. Side effects can include develop Mcnol of severe acne. A decrease in inc ratio of Hal Good cholesterol to Bdl bad Choles Terol and a possible increase in the risk of coronary artery disease. Development of facial hair a lowering of inc voice male pattern baldness and a cessation of menstruation in women. The development of liver Lumores is asocial cd Wilh inc use of Oral Ster oids although it is in uncommon event. Inject talc steroids do not cause tutors because inc drug passes through other tissues in the body before being filtered through the liver. The determination of some Side effects asocial cd Wilh steroid use has been based on the subjective an Swers of steroid users collected in an unscientific Fash Ion Benenson said. There is a Strong suspicion that the use of anabolic steroids leads to mood swings and in creased aggressiveness termed " raid  but Iacre is no scientific evidence to prove this. Said Schoomaker you can t Tell me that there in t a certain amount of rage that goes along with being paid handsomely to inflict  steroid experts know of Only one Case in the unite states in which a Coroner has stated steroids Contri Fulcd to an athlete s death according to an associated press report. That was the death of a 17-year-old High school student who suffered cardiac arrhythmia three Days after a football game. Steroid use by adolescents is of particular concern local la professionals. In teen agers steroids could pre maturely accelerate growth culling Short inc Norma growth period and leaving the teen Shorter than nature intended. Some scientists fear steroids May cause abnormal psychosexual Malur Alion and other psychiatric prob lems in youths bul Uherc is Lillic research Inlo this  athletes put themselves Al risk for known and unknown Side effects by using anabolic steroids in an uncontrolled fashion in Large doses. They Are using steroids in such a profoundly unto Nilo Rcd and chaotic Way Hal they arc probably Potentiating All these ill of feels. And there have got to be ill effects from these compounds Schoomaker said. Jerome stopped using steroids after iwo weeks when his urine became discoloured although this is nol a known Side a Fleck of steroids. I really Don l believe people who Lake them arc Edu Cal cd to know whal kind of damage it can do or icy want to win so bad they just Don t care Jerome said. Tom the athlete who saw a 20 percent increase in his performance said people arc i hair own doctors High now. Nobody is going to come Oul and go to the doctor. That s bad  he added i think it would be Betler Ifal Leles were under a doctor s supervision. Then they would know where they stand and be Bill or  most athletes use different anabolic steroids Logcher a method called stacking that is believed to maximize the benefits of steroids while minimizing Side effects. So called cycling is a method where different steroids arc used Over six to 12 weeks in Hopes of maximizing results and avoiding detection. Tom took three to five pills per Day while in a Cycle. He said he look As Many As 200 pills per month at a Cost of 100 Marks Aboul $55. I know whal steroids i want whal s worked for me in inc past said Tom who refused to say what Type of steroids he took. It s nol like i was trying to cram every thing i could get into my system. It does t work like  steroids Are also used in this Way because they be come ineffective As inc body grows accustomed to their s&9 Kofl a org Bill Diehl athletes know steroid use is  use. Athletes use doses that have not been determined Safe by scientific or medical studies and use some drugs intended for use on animals not  medical uses for anabolic steroids in humans arc limited. They occasionally Are prescribed for people who arc losing muscle mass because of chronic illness or severe Lack  classes of steroids have far More medical value. Their functions in the body include regulating Mineral and water metabolism determining the body s response to stress and countering allergic reaction and i Flamma  claims he has t suffered any Side effects. I Don t believe i la have any regrets. I knew what the risks were and i took them. I Don t believe i la have any troubles. Steroids have been around since the mos and they still Haven t come out with any conclusive evidence that steroids kill  it cannot be said with scientific certainty that anabolic steroids cause frequent debilitating problems Schoomaker and Benenson agreed that the potential harm to the user is not Worth the Benefit gained. Said Schoomaker when you use a drug no mat Ter what the drug is you Are basically running a race Between the bad effects and the Good effects of the  secretariat from Page 17 had any horse managed to win All three races let alone do it in the style of secretariat. There were Omaha War Admiral and whirl away All winners of the triple Crown. There was Man o War whom some consider the Best of All time and there were the great Handicap champions like John Henry and forego. But somehow secretariat stood alone. Maybe he was not the world s greatest Racehorse Chenery said but he was a charismatic person. Secretariat won 16 of 21 races in two years and had stood at stud at Clairborne farm since retiring. We arc very saddened Koch said. He was a very special horse to us and to everybody in the horse Busi Ness and the Public. He had fans from coast to coast. He had a whole lot of personality and he will be  but red As the Claiborne farmhands referred to the burnished Chestnut was something of a disappoint ment in the Breeding shed even though he got 85 percent of his mares in foal and managed to be no. 25 among leading Active sires. A Good sire not a great one. Everybody still wants him to duplicate himself and i just Don t think that will happen said John Sosby manager of Claiborne farm. "1 Hope he lives Long enough that we will Sec  course How often can a horse win the i a mile Belmont stakes by 31 lengths How often can he run the 1 a mile Kentucky Derby in 1 59 2-5?secretarial did those things and More winning horse of the year honors at Ages 2 and 3, in route to becoming racing s first triple Crown Winner in 25  slew and affirmed swept the Derby the pc Akness stakes and the Belmont a few years later but secretariat was the horse the people remembered. A dozen years after he left the track pc9plc still trekked to Kentucky to Sec racing s Star attraction