John Perricone at Only Baseball Matters continues his commentary on the steroids issue. He links to a Journal of the American Medical Association study on steroids and weight-training. John then states:

The authors concluded that there were no benefits from using steroids while weight-training.

While that's true, I want to throw in a big caveat that John missed. The article is looking at oral doses of androstenedione. When you take a drug orally, it has to go through the stomach. The stomach is a nasty place and can degrade chemical compounds. That's why athletes will inject steroids rather than swallow them.

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