Re: Deca-durabolin

August 3, 2002

Ron Dobrin wrote:

<<. . . the company that made deca-durabolin let the patent expire

and no other company has tried to pick it up. At this time, there

is no deca available in the United States that is of pharmaceutical

quality. MD's are at a loss as to what to give their HIV patients

and, at NYU Medical Center, they are substituting oxandrin which

seems totally unsuitable. >>

**** This is the first I heard about this. I'm sure the gym will be

a-buzz with the news. As I reported some months ago, a similar

incident occurred when Upjohn stopped manufacturing injectible

testosterone cypionate.

My brother, who is a pharmacist, said that the government probably

hassled Upjohn with reams of paperwork to the point where this

low-cost product was no longer worthwhile for them to keep

producing. Hence the VA had to turn to testosterone enthanate,

which is much more expensive. This seems to make little sense since

the taxpayers foot much of the bill. If the reasons behind the

discontiuation of production are caused by government interference,

it seems like one hand doesn't know what the other is doing.

According to " Built To Survive, " by Mooney and

Vergel, Deca is one of the steroids of choice (test cyp is another)

in treating AIDS wasting due to it's lack of androgenic side effects

(or at least less than many other drugs). One thus wonders what is

going on here as well. I can read a lot into this, but I don't want

to assume. My comment for now is that I think we need a new slate

of elected and appointed officials in the U.S. who can get the

entire pharmaceutical debacle under control.

Rosemary Vernon, Editor

Dolfzine On-Line Fitness, Inc.

A Not-For-Profit Corporation

Marina del Rey, CA

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