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We all know the negative risks associated with steroid use. And using a sane approach in terms of dosages coupled with regular bloodwork can help prevent an early death.
Is there anything you guys do regularly to prevent the negative cardiac affects (primarily dilated myopathy) short of doing regular scans?
Usually one can see the downhill path one is taking when they run bloodwork, and see progressively worse values. But an enlarged heart isn't usually recognized until it's too late? (correct me if I'm wrong PM residents much smarter than myself).
Here's a case study of a guy who was a bodybuilder/strongman (kind of vague) who was taking 1.5 g of test, 500 mgs of tren, and 40 mgs of Dbol with some arimidex; he stopped taking everything 6 weeks prior to being admitted for symptoms of heart failure (I'm assuming because he felt the symptoms at that point). He had been using steroids for 7 years. Short of not using steroids or running high doses; was there anything this guy could have done to prevent this from happening?
He weighed 290 lbs which I'm sure contributed.
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2015/203/5/steroid-induced-cardiomyopathy
P.S- I'm 99% sure I have a variable missing here that one of you geniuses will point out.
Is there anything you guys do regularly to prevent the negative cardiac affects (primarily dilated myopathy) short of doing regular scans?
Usually one can see the downhill path one is taking when they run bloodwork, and see progressively worse values. But an enlarged heart isn't usually recognized until it's too late? (correct me if I'm wrong PM residents much smarter than myself).
Here's a case study of a guy who was a bodybuilder/strongman (kind of vague) who was taking 1.5 g of test, 500 mgs of tren, and 40 mgs of Dbol with some arimidex; he stopped taking everything 6 weeks prior to being admitted for symptoms of heart failure (I'm assuming because he felt the symptoms at that point). He had been using steroids for 7 years. Short of not using steroids or running high doses; was there anything this guy could have done to prevent this from happening?
He weighed 290 lbs which I'm sure contributed.
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2015/203/5/steroid-induced-cardiomyopathy
P.S- I'm 99% sure I have a variable missing here that one of you geniuses will point out.