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09.11.2014 |
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Designer supplement Super DMZ Rx 2.0 can cause jaundice
Even with normal use, the designer supplement Super DMZ Rx 2.0, which contains a mix of two designer steroids, can cause cholestasis and jaundice. Researchers at Ohio State University College of Medicine described a case in a medical journal.
Super DMZ Rx 2.0
The manufacturer advises users to take 1 or 2 caps a day in a cycle of no more than 4 weeks. Users should then wait at least 8 weeks before starting a new cycle.
Jaundice
The man stopped taking the steroids, but his symptoms became worse. He started to itch and then went to A&E at a hospital. The doctors found raised concentrations of the liver enzymes AST, ALT and ALP in his blood, but the levels were not alarmingly high.
The doctors also did scans and biopsies of the man's liver, but found little damage. Nevertheless his concentration of direct bilirubin and total bilirubin were high.
Bilirubin is found when the body is clearing up old red blood cells. It's a waste product of haem. When enzymes attach glucose molecules to bilirubin it becomes soluble in water, and this is what doctors call bilirubin 'direct'.
The figure above shows that the man recovered spontaneously. All the doctors had to do was prescribe diphenhydramine for the man's itching.
Conclusion
"Although the manufacturer of Super DMZ Rx 2.0 did not conceal methylstenbolone and dymethazine as the major ingredients of the product, unregulated anabolic steroids use is unsafe. It is important for physicians to be aware of this while considering causes of jaundice since anabolic steroids induced liver injury can become fulminant."
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