Ban Information! Read!

House Passes H.R. 3866 - Victory for DHEA

This afternoon, H.R. 3866, the Anabolic Steroid Control Act, was overwhelmingly passed by the U.S. House of Representatives with an exemption for the safe and beneficial dietary supplement DHEA intact.

Thanks to all who sent messages and made phone calls to key members in the House urging them to keep the exemption for DHEA and not to classify it as a controlled substance. Your legislators listen to you and your e-mails and letters can really make a difference.

A companion bill in the U.S. Senate, S. 2195, is currently being considered by the Judiciary Committee. To expedite passage and enactment of this bill, the Senate can adopt the same provisions of the House bill, including the exemption for DHEA. If the Senate decides to pass a bill with provisions that are different from the House bill, these bills will need to be reconciled in a conference committee.

We’ll be monitoring the progress of the S. 2195 to ensure DHEA continues to receive the protection it deserves in the Senate. We’ll let you know if we need your help in contacting your Senators to keep DHEA legal.

Peace

TT

A small victory in a very large war.

At the risk of sounding ignorant, (see name) what can a BBer specifically use DHEA effectively for?

DHEA, i.e., dehydroepiandrosterone, is a natural steroid hormone produced from cholesterol by the adrenal glands. DHEA is chemically similar to testosterone and estrogen and is easily converted into those hormones. DHEA production peaks in early adulthood and declines in production with age in both men and women. Thus, many diseases which correlate with age also correlate with low levels of DHEA production. Advocates of DHEA recommend it to prevent the effects of aging. There has been no scientific evidence, however, that low levels of DHEA is a significant causal factor in the development of diseases associated with aging. Nor is there any evidence that increasing DHEA slows down, stops, or reverses the aging process.

For years DHEA was promoted as a miracle weight loss drug, based upon some rodent studies that indicated DHEA was effective in controlling obesity in rats and mice. Other rodent studies found similar promising results for DHEA in preventing cancer, arteriosclerosis and diabetes. Studies on humans have not yet duplicated these results. Despite the lack of sufficient scientific evidence, DHEA supplements are being promoted as having therapeutic effects in many chronic conditions including "cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, disorders of the immune system, depression, and osteoporosis." The healthy truth is that very little is known about DHEA. Long-term effects of self-medicating by using DHEA supplements may be beneficial, neutral, or harmful, but it is unlikely that DHEA supplements will affect each individual in the same way. Increasing DHEA may well increase testosterone, which in men may lead to prostate enlargement and in women may lead to facial hair. Increasing estrogen may help prevent osteoporosis or heart disease but may increase the risk of breast cancer. In short, taking DHEA is a high-risk gamble based on insubstantial evidence.

The question is what can mad chemists make from DHEA? We get M1T from Andro. I am sure some very cool ph can be made from DHEA by making some small changes.

Peace

TT

Thanks tool.

I'm hip, TT!

Excellent post!! Very informative, Tool.

DHEA sucks for me...broke out bad on it

Understand that the mad chemists will change DHEA so that it has much more pronuced effects. Andro sucks but look at what you can turn it into!

Peace

TT

into what?

andro and dhea can be converted into test, but it is very very very very difficult and should not be attempted under any circumstances, just in case anybody out there is reading this who cares..lol

You never know, but simply a puric victory.