Several players of the Iowa Hawkeyes team were hospitalized

Over 10 players of the Iowa Hawkeyes football team were taken in hospital because of rhabdomyolsis. This is a disease linked with quick damage of skeletal muscle which results in leakage into urine myoglobin, a muscle protein. People with this condition suffer from serious muscle aches, weakness and soreness. Since byproducts of the muscle destruction become toxic to the kidneys, there is an enhanced risk of kidney failure in this case.
Specialists began immediately to blame nephrotoxic supplements or anabolic steroids in occurring of rhabdomyolsis in the Hawkeyes’ football players but there was no any link between these medications and this disease in them. The physician James Williams told to CBS during an interview that nephrotoxic supplements were responsible for the condition in these football players. He claimed that individuals had dehydration, when their muscles became broken due to hard trainings. When supplements are applied in such situations, they are turned to be toxic to kidneys directly, according to James William. He added that this condition caused rhabdomyolsis.
Unluckily, the media didn’t interview real high-qualified specialists. Only so-called specialists were asked by media. That’s why the explanations were misleading.
It is suggested that Mike Gimbel of a Maryland anti-steroid and anti-supplement organization doesn’t have sufficient knowledge. This person just confirms that although they do not know how the supplements act in body and whether they cause any benefits, these medications are quite dangerous for health.
Nevertheless, some aspects displayed that anabolic steroids were not responsible for rhabdomyolsis of the football players. These players submitted to tests for prohibited medicines and they tested negative. Furthermore, an expert has studied and shown that there was no any relation between muscle damages and anabolic steroids or HGH. Richard J. Auchus, a specialist on steroid metabolism at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, is sure that gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid is the only preparation that could cause rhabdomyolsis. Sometimes this medication is used for anabolic effects as well. Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid is an illegal medication. Some experts like Auchus, a consultant of the U. S. Anti-Doping Agency, believe that no any drug is to be demonized for this condition of the players. He claims that the muscle disorder is caused by extremely hard training to which the trainers pushed the players.
The trainer Chris Doyle will be probably condemned for rhabodomyolsis of the football players, if steroids or other supplements will be not turned to be the reasons of the condition. Who knows? Even sport in itself may be accompanied by several risks.