Re:East German Doping Victims Die 10 to 12 Years Earlier (2018)
by AlanYx on Thursday June 02, 2022 @09:29AM
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It's hard to generalize because the East German doping program evolved over time and eventually included other compounds, but the levels of testosterone esters that were administered to the female athletes (typically 25mg/week) were actually lower than typical HRT regimes for trans men.
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Re:East German Doping Victims Die 10 to 12 Years Earlier (2018)
by mftrhu on Thursday June 02, 2022 @11:25AM
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> the levels of testosterone esters that were administered to the female athletes (typically 25mg/week)
Comparing generic "testosterone esters" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgen_ester - from the fifties to "testosterone esters" from today, without knowing exactly which kind of medication was involved or how it was administered, doesn't seem like a good way to reach any kind of conclusion.
Re:East German Doping Victims Die 10 to 12 Years Earlier (2018)
by 0des on Thursday June 02, 2022 @12:18PM
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Also a lot of oral test was used at the time, which as we know now is danger. Hepatoconverted hormones turn your insides into granuloma pate'. Even these days people are taking stuff like Methyltest to the point of having liver pain, which they supplement with tudca, milk thistle, etc.