Sport in itself is associated with certain risks

Over 10 players of the Iowa Hawkeyes football team were taken in hospital because of  rhabdomyolsis. This is an illness related to prompt destruction of skeletal muscle that results in leakage into urine the muscle protein myoglobin. Persons with this condition suffer from severe muscle pains, weakness and soreness. Since byproducts of the muscle damage become toxic to the kidneys, there is an enhanced risk of kidney failure in this case.
Specialists started promptly to demonize nephrotoxic supplements or anabolic steroids in appearance of rhabdomyolsis in the Hawkeyes’ football players but there was no any  connection between these medicines and this disease in them. The doctor James Williams told to CBS during an interview that nephrotoxic supplements had to be blamed for the disease in these football players. He claimed that individuals had dehydration, when their muscles became broken due to hard trainings. When supplements are applied in such cases, they are turned to be toxic to kidneys directly, according to James William. He added that this condition caused rhabdomyolsis.
Unluckily, the media didn’t interview real high-qualified experts. Only so-called specialists were asked by media. That’s why the affirmations were misleading.
It is said that Mike Gimbel of a Maryland anti-steroid and anti-supplement organization doesn’t possess needed knowledge. He just claims that although they do not know how the supplements act in body and whether they cause any positive effects, these products are very dangerous for health.
Nevertheless, some facts displayed that anabolic steroids were not responsible for rhabdomyolsis of the football players. These persons submitted to tests for forbidden drugs and they tested negative. Moreover, a specialist has studied and displayed that there was no any relation 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 which could cause rhabdomyolsis. Sometimes this medicine is applied for anabolic effects too. Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid is an illegal medication. Some specialists like Auchus, a consultant of the U. S. Anti-Doping Agency, believe that no any medicine is to be demonized for this condition of the players. He points out that the muscle disorder is caused by extremely hard training to which the trainers pushed the sportspersons.
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 is associated with certain risks.