Influence of public fights against doping on manufacture of steroids

It is believed that steroid scandals must influence negatively on manufacture of these medicines. But manufacturers of these products find ways to take advantages of various steroid scandals. So, pharmaceutical companies use them in order to advertise own preparations.
Let take as an example the governmental case against Barry Bonds. However one may suggest that this steroid scandal must suppress purchase of some preparations, the reality has displayed opposite things. The pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories could avail itself of the case. The company found many possibilities to advertise transdermal testosterone because of the accusations connected with Barry Bonds’ doping.
It was claimed that the former baseball player Barry Bonds used the transdermal testosterone product “AndroGel”. Of course, numerous journalists published news about this case. The pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories utilized this public scandal and started to advertise this product. Many Barry Bonds’ fans started purchasing and using this gel. This situation influenced on profits of the company significantly. According to certain sources, the profits of Abbott Laboratories turned out to be great.
Testosterone products are widely prescribed and used. Numerous individuals administer them for testosterone replacement therapy. The number of steroid prescriptions has increased by 90 % during last five years. So, the number of those that use steroids is growing.
The pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories manufactures and sells the testosterone product “AndroGel”. Since other companies noticed that testosterone gel was in high demand, they also started to produce it. So, such products, as  AndroDream and Axiron, appeared. While AndroDream is manufactured by Watson Pharmaceuticals, Axiron is sold by Eli Lilly.
Pharmaceutical companies promote selling their preparations. They claim that steroids have positive influence on males’ health. It is obvious that any company comprehends that since many males have insufficient secretion of testosterone and since these drugs are administered for obtaining of muscle mass and endurance, the number of potential customers is great.