America on Steroids: A Time to Heal: The Anabolic Doc Weighs Bro-Science Against Evidence-Based Medicine

Dr. Thomas O’Connor, AKA The Anabolic Doc, is a Board Certified Internist located in Bloomfield, CT and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. In addition to his practice men’s health, testosterone replacement and anabolic steroid recovery, he is a clinical instructor in medicine at University of Connecticut School of Medicine. A record-holding powerlifter himself, Dr. O’Connor has witnessed the spread of the use of anabolic steroids across all sectors and all walks of life. In this book, he describes the dangers of these drugs, particularly at the unprecedented amounts in which they are now being taken, and especially when used, as they are increasingly now, by very young people who are not yet fully grown. As the popular Anabolic Doc, he has been writing regularly about these topics in fitness publications like, Muscle Development, Powerlifting USA, Muscle Fitness, Steroidology; and he is a featured author in Bill Llewellen’s ＂Anabolics 2018,＂ the anabolic steroids bible. His podcast is seen weekly on the Online with Ron Harris, editor of Muscle Development, and on his own You Tube channel, Anabolic Steroid Recovery. Despite the spread of his message throughout the powerlifting community about illicit anabolic steroids and many legal over-the-counter supplements which contain these drugs, Dr.O’Connor notes that the dangers of these highly addictive drugs are scarcely recognized elsewhere. Narrow media focus on cheating Olympians and pro-ball players and government response which is primarily focussed on law enforcement have deluded the public into believing that anabolic steroids use is limited to Pro cheaters and the usual knuckle-grazing gym rats who have always been associated with these drugs. The 4 million Americans reported to be currently using steroids are testimony to the narrowness of that view, and the 1 million among these users who have become addicted underscore their dangers. It is Dr. O’Connor’s belief that these alarming figures, while they are reported by experts from prestigious institutions like Harvard University, are an underestimation of this illicit underground activity. A underground activity which is nonetheless boldly evident in thousands of Internet sales sites and user forums-in plain sight.