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Luke Wood t3 accident...

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From Milos:

I will gladly share with all of you what happened – and I am sure Luke will be glad to tell everyone what really happened…

Needless to say – it was devastating to even watch him…and what photos can’t show – all of us that had a chance to be around him – witnessed how Luke was really feeling each and every day in his last two weeks of preparation…

If I would tell you guys that he was EATING LIKE FOOD IS GETTING OUT OF STYLE…that he didn’t do any cardio in last 10 days…hadly trained…and also DID NOT TOUCH ANY KIND OF DIURETICS – would you believe me?

While I can’t go into great detail at this point (I just returned from my trip and have soooooo much to do…) I will share with you this much:

Many bodybuilders (majority of competitors that I know…me included…) in their contest preparation use specific THYROID medication protocol…(namely: T3 – CYTOMEL or TRIACANA…+ T4 – SYNTHROID, TEVOTHYROXINE) to pharmacologicaly enhance metabolism – in effort to get leaner and loose some body fat…

So, that is something that everyone considers pretty much normal. However, IF anyone attempts to abuse thyroid – results could be devastating.

What I’ve learned from Luke – upon his arrival to California is that he feels some strange exhaustion lately and that he is running out of breath quite easily. Also, he was always hot, sweating just way too much and way more than ever before…and certainly much more than ordinary…

First thing I asked him was to hit few posses – so I could asses his condition and when he did that – I was speechless…Luke was in THE MOST INCREDIBLE CONDITION I have ever witnessed…Absolutely “skinless” yet – big, full and hard…Winning combination any which way you look at it. The only problem was: he could not hit any pose without shaking uncontrollably…

When I asked him “how come you are shaking so much?” – he answered – ” I really don’t know what is happening to me…but last few days I am running out of breath doing simplest things…and I have no energy for the life of me…”

I asked him: “Well, are you doing anything different?”…thinking our usual stuff…and he told me – NO….

Than why would you shake like a leaf? I asked….

“Mate – I have no idea…but this has to stop – as I don’t know how would I last during the prejudging?”

OK Luke – how much thyroid are you taking?

Not much…just 2 + 2 / that means in “our terminology” 2 tablets of T3 and 2 tablets of T4 daily…(T3 or “cytomel” comes in 25 mgc per tablet and T4 or “synthroid” comes in 50 or 100 mcg per tablet…

Well, that is OK I guess…so what’s next?…

By process of elimination I would have analyze everything he was doing/taking just to find out WHAT in the world is doing “IT” to Luke…until I realized – CATASTROPHIC NEWS…

Compounded pharmaceuticals Luke got a hold of as his substitute for CYTOMEL and SYNTHROID… had 2.5 and 10 per tablet…ONLY PROBLEM IS:

NOT mcg (micrograms) but mg (milligrams)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now to understand this – you must calculate:

2 tablets of 2.5 mg of T3 = 5 mg of T3 (which is: 5000 mcg of T3 – equivalent to 200 tablets of CYTOMEL per day!!!!!)

Add to this 2 tablets of 10 mg of T4 (or 20000 mcg of T4)…and you’ll understand WHAT WAS GOING ON…

What is worse — it is still NOT OVER…

Luke is trying his hardest to re-establish NORMAL levels of thyroid…but that will take some time…
 
Do you know if it has affected his thyroid permanently?

Is he on hormone replacement for life?
 
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Shrek said:
Do you know if it has affected his thyroid permanently?

Is he on hormone replacement for life?
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I would say so mate - I think 90% of pros would be on hormone replacement once they finish.

But from the sounds of things hes still on...but hes prob got to a point where he cant come off and/or hormone replacment.
 
With the dosages they are on there is often damage to the hypothalamus.

When large amounts of substances are introduced to the body the body down regulates receptors to help maintain homeostasis.

There is an interesting study I'll post here regarding restarting proper production.
 
I cant see any pro or normal person for that matter taking larger amounts of steroids/gh/t3 etc etc etc for long peroids of time without coming off without them having to go on hormone replacement or never being able to come off gear if they are training or not...

Its a really sad thing to see - with the guys that are trying to become pro or just want to get huge...I wonder if they think about the long term effects on their hormones...
 
This is the problem you see with young people.. Once they use to get to a size once how can they maintain that size once they come off if they couldn't grow before?

This is sort of the same concept as women who want to know how long after there diet they can return to being pigs..

Then they need more and more to maintain "normal gains"

It isn't too far fetched to see 20yos on 4 or more substance with a test base of 2g weekly..

I have seen it.

Where do these people go from here?
 
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They take more and more and introduce more substances lik HGH and insulin. That's when it would get real scary.
 
Christian said:
This is the problem you see with young people.. Once they use to get to a size once how can they maintain that size once they come off if they couldn't grow before?

This is sort of the same concept as women who want to know how long after there diet they can return to being pigs..

Then they need more and more to maintain "normal gains"

It isn't too far fetched to see 20yos on 4 or more substance with a test base of 2g weekly..

I have seen it.

Where do these people go from here?
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Very true mate! - once you start taking over 1g of test a week + dbol and other drugs theres no where to go - most ppl should not need more than 250-500mg of test on its own to grow nicely and be able to somewhat safely come off...of course your always going to have dramas but you should recover from that.

But your right some of these young guys 18-20ish are taking more than some pros do...I dont understand how they dont get it....I guess just lack of research and the thought they they will be massive over shadows everything else.
 
It's just simply ignorance to the topic these kids get told by drug pushers at the gym to take this this and that. These people sell the products and these people have no idea what they are or how they work.. They just make you "big and ripped" these people have no idea the implications and often have no idea what pct is. I have seen a few cases of this... They take large cycle then just come often ten wonder why they have problems...
 
Christian said:
It's just simply ignorance to the topic these kids get told by drug pushers at the gym to take this this and that. These people sell the products and these people have no idea what they are or how they work.. They just make you "big and ripped" these people have no idea the implications and often have no idea what pct is. I have seen a few cases of this... They take large cycle then just come often ten wonder why they have problems...
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Lol so true man...
 
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