Sunday, November 21, 2010

Legal Steroids and Steroid Alternatives - The Law

Hi,
I wanted to discuss the topic "Legal Steroids".
What exactly are "legal steroids"?
What makes them different from illegal steroids?
Are "legal steroids" safe, or do they have side effects?
Do legal steroids work?
Where can I buy legal steroids?
I found an intersting video or 2 on youtube also making reference to "legal steroids":


This is the definition link I found: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_legal_steroids
Let's start with the definition of "legal steroids". According to wikipedia, the definition of "legal steroids"is this: A) "Legal steroids are any steroids that were legally obtained (through prescription) on the order of aphysician for a legitimate medical purpose where evidence proves or suggests that the medication would be beneficial in treatment of the medical condition.

The second definition is this : "legal steroids is a term used within the bodybuilding community to define any product, chemical, combination or formula of ingredients that has anabolic / muscle building effects. The products usually consist of alkyloids, precursors, altered prohormones, highly concentrated amount of known herbal/amino acid formulations and some are even molecularly modified versions or the original anabolic steroid. Since these "legal steroid compounds" are usually non-fda approved in formula and use, they contain no illegal ingredients.

For those of you unsure of the law and how this works let me give you a simple example. Testosterone Propionate and trenbolone are both schedule III controlled substances. That means owning or having in your posession either of these 2 compounds is the equivalent of having cocaine. Same legal statute. However, both of those 2 chemicals can be purchased 100% legally in the form of cattle implants for farmers. It would require no documentation whatsoever and no veterinary prescription. As long as its in the form of that pellet (cattle implant), there is no crime. Another example: when they first banned ephedrine hcl 25 mg tablets, they were allowed to legally sell 8mg tablets. The solution was simple, "eat more tablets to get your dose." Through all my bodybuilding chat forum research here is what I concluded. The idea behind "legal steroids" is basically to get products that work and avoid criminal prosecution.Like I mentioned, the chemicals used are usually fda approved HOWEVER the concentration or strength is not.

The fda approves caffeine, ma huang (ephedra) and white willow bark (aspirin). That formula is known to be the absolute best fat burning combination on the planet. Although all involved products are legal, they are NOT APPROVED or permitted to be sold/ used in that formula or strength. Chemists who design these products look at it another way. Let's take the color RED and we'll say red=(Illegal)=a tesosterone molecule. Now remove a few shades of red(maybe remove or relocate the carbon molecule) and all of a sudden it's pink.In summary they said RED was illegal they(fda) never mentioned pink was illegal. It's no longer the same chemical. Hence no classification
exists for it.

The fda moves quickly on these compounds. Youtube and google have a wealth of good information on the topic. Go to youtube and use the key words "legal steroids" and see for yourself what all the hype is about. According to users legal steroids are safe, side effects are only reported from using high doses, and they produce muscle building result just as well and in some cases even better than the illegal versions. You'll find these legal steroids carry names like dianabol dbol dekka deccabolan anadroll tren and winstroll. The names are the manufacturers way of expressing to consumers the results that are intended to produce.

 I hope you found this reading helpful. These products are not for children or amateurs, so if the bottle looks unlike a familar GNC or vitamin bottle, google the name and see what you find. The products should be for very serious athletes only.

Thanks friends.

-Cinco Demayo      
Sources: wikipedia / yahoo answers /