You can use more or less what I wrote above. I have a myspace account of course.
Here's what I just sent to the mag via their contact/feedback section:
To whom it May Concern:
I read with disgust “From Mr Average ... to superman In 16 weeks” by Craig Davidson, Sunday May 18, 2008
As a writer myself who has been published in a wide variety of magazines on the very topic Mr. Davidson pretends to understand, does your paper have any fact checkers? It appears none were consulted for this article.
I kept waiting for the punch line and him to admit it was a put on. He's either doing a parody, or he's purposely fabricating, or both. For example:
"Another sleepless night, a week later, I felt a ridge on my forehead. Cranial swelling - most often a neanderthal-like ridge forming above the brow - is commonly associated with the steroid HGH, or Human Growth Hormone, originally made from the crushed pituitary glands of fresh cadavers. But cranial swelling assumes many forms: in addition to 'caveman brow', some users find semi-solid lumps forming on their foreheads. Some lumps grow to the size of hard-boiled eggs, at which point they require surgical removal."
There is no such thing as cranial swelling from the use of HGH, and it appears he was not even using HGH (read his cycle) and knows so little about these compounds he calls it "steroid HGH" when HGH is not a steroid, etc, etc, etc. The article is 90% fantasy and fiction, and 10% hyperbole…
Now a known effect of MASSIVE amounts of HGH is acromegaly due to pituitary tumors or genetic diseases and such, but it's not seen in people using HGH.
There is also a rare condition called Pseudotumor cerebri which is a fancy way of saying benign intracranial hypertension which = big headache...
The amount of misinformation, disinformation, and flat out fabrications in this article are difficult to even count it's so bad. I suspect it's beyond simple ignorance, but an active attempt to drum up interest for his novel via hyperbole and sensationalism, and Mr. Davidson does his reputation as an author no favors with this piece of trash article.
Next time, please have Mr. Davidson consider consulting someone who actually knows something about these drugs, and perhaps consider using a fact checker/editor to prevent future writers from wasting space in your fine publication.
