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Re: HRT and Master Lifters

Posted By: Garry Holmen
Date: Wednesday, 16 November 2005, at 12:53 p.m.

In Response To: Re: HRT and Master Lifters (Jason Burnell)

> That is an issue that is close to me.

HRT does not stand for hairline receding treatments Deep.

> I dunno, it just didn't seem right to me for
> her to have to sit for 3 years for menopause
> meds. Your health and well-being should come
> first.

I agree that personal health should be on the forefront of our minds with this policy. Isn't this the reason why we're advocating drug free powerlifting?

> I suppose that the fear is that someone would
> abuse whatever exemption there is but this one
> never has sat right with me.

This is the catch-22 I am in in my thoughts. Personally, I think that the TUE process should include HRT. But now that you've allowed a lifter a crack into the system how do you make sure they don't widen it to their advantage?

The other issue I see as a problem is that if you're a 55 year old guy adding testosterone into your system to bring yourself up to normal do you get an lifting advantage over other 55 year old men who do not under go HRT. I am guessing not since I do not know many guys who are "on" that are doing dosages any where close to what most HRT delivers. I don't think any AAS user is going to ever tell me that he's getting his dosage from androgel.

Garry

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