Anabolic steroid induced hypogonadism treated with human chorionic gonadotropin.

Anabolic steroid induced hypogonadism treated with human chorionic gonadotropin.

A case is presented of a young competitive body-builder who abused anabolic steroid drugs and developed profound symptomatic hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism. With the help of prescribed testosterone (Sustanon) he stopped taking anabolic drugs, and later stopped Sustanon also. Hypogonadism returned, but was successfully treated with weekly injections of human chorionic gonadotropin for three mont...

Increased Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Due to Hypogonadism

nonsignificant differences between cutoffs for serum and plasma and between assays are encouraging regarding the ease of interpretation by clinicians and laboratories. Also encouraging were improvements in the analytical sensitivity of these newergeneration assays. Interestingly, only 3 samples were identified as above the 99th percentile by all 3 assays. The mechanisms responsible for this lac...

Anabolic steroid-induced hypogonadism--towards a unified hypothesis of anabolic steroid action.

Anabolic steroid-induced hypogonadism (ASIH) is the functional incompetence of the testes with subnormal or impaired production of testosterone and/or spermatozoa due to administration of androgens or anabolic steroids. Anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS), both prescription and nonprescription, use is a cause of ASIH. Current AAS use includes prescribing for wasting associated conditions. Nonpres...

Anabolic steroid-induced hypogonadism: a challenge for clinicians

Fertility Rates of Ewes Treated with Medroxyprogesterone and Injected with Equine Chorionic Gonadotropin plus Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in Anoestrous Season

The aim of the present paper was to investigate the efficiency of the equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) plus human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) associated with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MAP) to estrous ewes synchronization. Ninety Texel ewes were investigated during seasonal anoestrous. The ewes received intravaginal sponges containing MAP (60 mg) for nine days. At the time of sponges' wit...