Equipoise directly raises EPO if someone wanted the benefits of EPO they can just take EQ
For a so called bodybuilding board the lack of basic knowledge here is amazing
How come anabolic steroids have become almost obsolete in medicine today. There is almost no use for anabolics in medicine, there are better drugs for every indication. Sure, I think they would be valuable and useful in different disease states, like muscle wasting and weakness due to whatever but they aren't outright essential. Came to think of an interesting case I saw on the news. A fetus was about to be burn but doctors were worried the child was too weak to endure natural childbirth. So they have the fetus anabolic steroids in the womb! I'm sure it's easy to find googling in case anyone doubts me. But these are highly experimental cases. Anadrol was of course the preferred treatment for anemia until EPO came along. EQ was never a human drug, they were about to introduce EQ under the trade name "Parenabol" but for some reason they didn't go through with it.
As I said earlier, EPO is more effective and controllable than an anabolic steroid with fewer side effects. When Bostin damaged his kidneys he was scripted EPO by some doctor but either he couldn't get it paid for by insurance or some new doctor didn't see the need, I forget. So his "fans" were sending him large amounts of EPO. Most all AAS have this documented property, and we know many HRT patients have this "problem" with as little as 100mg of test week. Which the HRT provided see as a problem, with little data to back them up as far as the "danger" and "risk" with it. Like I said high altitude people are not recommended phlebotomy despite the same numbers. I talked to an HRT providing Dr and he said they "treat" high numbers with phlebotomy. But I got him to admit there was little proof of it actually being beneficial, "we just don't want to see those high numbers on paper, you know?"
AND, EPO offers numerous other potential/theoretical benefits for an athlete.
