Links between steroids and rhabdomyolsis

Over 10 players of the Iowa Hawkeyes football team were taken in hospital due to  rhabdomyolsis. This is an illness connected with fast damage of skeletal muscle which results in leakage into urine myoglobin, a muscle protein. Persons with this disease 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 situation.
Experts started promptly to demonize nephrotoxic supplements or anabolic steroids in occurring of rhabdomyolsis in players of the Hawkeyes but there was no any  link between these products and this disease in them. The physician James Williams told to CBS during an interview that nephrotoxic supplements had to be blamed for the condition in these football players. He claimed that persons had dehydration, when their muscles became broken due to hard trainings. When supplements are administrated in such situations, they are turned to be toxic to kidneys directly, according to James William. He added that this condition led to rhabdomyolsis.
Unluckily, the media didn’t interview real high-qualified specialists. Only so-called specialists were asked by media. That’s why the conclusions were misleading.
It is suggested that Mike Gimbel of a Maryland anti-steroid and anti-supplement organization doesn’t possess sufficient knowledge. He just claims that although they do not know how the supplements act in body and whether they cause any benefits, these products are quite dangerous for health.
Nevertheless, certain facts displayed that anabolic steroids were not responsible for rhabdomyolsis of the football players. These patients submitted to tests for banned products and they tested negative. Furthermore, an expert has studied and shown that there was no any link between muscle disorders and anabolic steroids or HGH. Richard J. Auchus, a specialist on steroid metabolism at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, claims that gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid is the only medicine that could cause this condition. Sometimes this drug is taken for anabolic effects as well. Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid is an illegal preparation. Some experts like Auchus, a consultant of the U. S. Anti-Doping Agency, believe that no any substance is to be demonized for this condition of the players. He believes that the muscle damage is caused by extremely hard training to which the coaches pushed the athletes.
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 disease. Who knows? Even sport in itself may be accompanied by some risks.