Yeah that was pretty cool of Dryer - he said he had used Dianabol and Maxibolan among other things back in the 60's, and highlighted that there is a big difference between steroid use and steroid abuse.
DrG
PS: about THG,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/3210876.stm
Also, THG is NOT a progesterone derivative. Here is something posted by Spidey at EF on it:
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Gestrinone is a known steroid; look it up in the Merk Index. It has the same double bond pattern as trenbolone as well as the same missing 19-methyl group. The 13-methyl in most steroids is replaced by a 13-ethyl in gestrinone and it is 17-alkylated with an acetylene (ethyne) group.
Now, if one were to fully hydrogenate the ethyne group (adding 4 hydrogens), that could technically be called tetrahydrogestrinone. What one would get from that conversion is basically a 17-ethyl trenbolone with the minor change of 13-methyl --> 13-ethyl. These small, biologically negligable changes (13-methyl --> 13-ethyl and 17-methyl --> 17 ethyl) would have the effect of changing its mass spec profile so as to make it undetectable unless you already knew what to look for. I expect that was the whole objective.
One thing I don't understand though is why they were injecting it. Being 17-alkylated, it would have been just as bioavailable taken orally. Maybe it was a liver toxicity concern. The analogous steroid, metribolone (17-methyl trenbolone) is reported to be madly livertoxic. One report I read claimed it made taking large doses of anadrol and halo look like candy.
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