Ex-MLB All-Star Jose Canseco is a bashed-up low-testosterone steroid mess

Financially ruined, physically drained, and psychologically dulled, Jose Canseco lived the pumped up life too long.  The New York Daily News carries a piece on A&E's one hour special featuring a broken and discouraged Canseco.  Among other sins, Canseco expresses his regret about steroid use, and about writing his best selling tell-all-steroids-in-baseball book "Juiced".

In an interesting detour Canseco visits a California physician who treats his testosterone deficiency.  However, according to this piece, the treatment isn't working.  This may explain why Canseco, desperate for treatment, tried to smuggle in HCG from Mexico to the USA;  HCG can supply testosterone support to steroid users.

Jose Canseco, admitted steroid user and Major League Baseball's black sheep, says that he is sorry he penned his 2005 steroid tell-all "Juiced" and that he is scared for his health after 23 years of hard-core performance-enhancing drug use, a steroid addiction he claims he kicked only this year...

What viewers will see is a much more vulnerable Canseco than the man who wrote "I hate your (expletive) guts" in "Vindicated" when addressing A-Rod, or the confident Canseco at the boxing weigh-in when he described his "incredible knockout power."

"The biggest mistake I made was, I should have not written ("Juiced")," Canseco says in the A&E special. "The more I think about it, the more I regret mentioning these players in my book."

Canseco reiterates his claim that baseball forced him out of the game, angering him to the point that he "wanted revenge." The book "Juiced" was his haymaker, he said, and he named names "to show I was telling the truth" about the steroid culture.

Now Canseco, perhaps broke, expresses contrition about exposing MLB teammates such as Mark McGwure:

But while the hearing led to a stricter drug-testing program, Canseco now says he wants to apologize for those he outed.

"If I could meet with Mark McGwire and these players, I definitely would apologize to them," says Canseco. "They were my friends. I admired them. I respected them."

The special follows Canseco through the medical visits for low testosterone.  It is interesting how the older anabolic steroid users who once pumped themselves up artificially, now suffer from androgen deflation...like the economy these days.

The show also follows Canseco through a series of medical appointments with Santa Monica physician Dr. Brent Michael. Canseco tells Michael he wants to wean himself off steroids for good and restore his testosterone levels, since quitting cold turkey isn't working.

"I have no sex drive whatsoever. Zero," says Canseco, who is filmed in one sequence meeting Michael with current girlfriend Heidi Northcott present. Canseco admits to bouts of depression and wanting to be left alone.

Michael prescribes a gel supplement that is "not a performance-enhancing steroid," but after using the gel for a month, Canseco discovers his natural testosterone levels are still well below normal.

"My body forgot how to make testosterone," says Canseco, which may explain his recent trip to Mexico. According to anti-doping expert Dr. Gary Wadler, HCG is used by males who have abused steroids and want to help stimulate testosterone and sperm production. It is a Schedule III controlled substance in California and is not available in the U.S. without a prescription. Canseco did not have a prescription when he was stopped by border patrol agents.

Comments

[wendy]

I feel sorry for Jose. I just saw an interview with him on tv and he seemed like a real mess. He should take some time to detox his body at a facility like a http://www.drug-rehab.org/California.html?state=California>drug rehab in california that I used to work with. This would allow his body to heal and put some of these issues to rest. Until then I will keep Mr. Canseco in my prayers.

[Tom]

All these guy who take grugs for better performance in sport are really regretable. These guys was never told what price they pay for some minutes of honor in their sport.

[adam]

Jose is a sell out piece of dog #$%^! He gets his fame and a perfect life with the help of steroids. Now that he has everything he ever wanted he goes around and snitches on people and talks down about steroids. My guess is that he doesnt want people to reap the beinifts liek he did. It's our choice to be healthy! With physician aided use there are virtually zero side effects. Cigarettes and alchohol are sold over th ecounter for god sakes and steroids are illegal?
Since just a teen I always fantasized about having the perfect physique. First started training hard at 18 I was a skrawny 6'0 tall 150lbs. I tried everything to get big and put on muscle ; creatine , muscle shakes , perfect workout routines and eating up to 8 times a day! Over 2 years of this with minimal results, I put on a measley 5lbs of muscle. I was fed up. When I turned 20 I took this fantasy/obsession to another level. I purchased my first 3 month cycle of steroids. My choice of drugs was Deca Durabolin , Sustanon and dianabol. I ran 300 mg of deca per week, 400 mg of testosterone (sustanon) per week and 20mg of dianabol tabs per day. First couple days in the gym I was a bit skeptical not feeling much. By the 3rd day I started feeling this insane amount of energy and incredibly huge apetite. Was doing chest that day I remember the most insane pump of my life. My chest and arms felt like the grew over an inch in 3 days and I was putting up 4-5 more reps on every exercise. From then on out I was putting on nearly 5lbs a week of lean mass. I would look in the mirror after a workout and coudlnt believe it was me. I was buffed to say the least. At the end of the 3 months I put on about 30lbs of lean muscle 4 inches on my arms and chest. My bench went from 200lbs to well over 325lbs for reps. In my particular case I had zero side efects and kept over 90% of the muscle after getting off the juice. I am now 27 years old and since have done about 1 cycle per year and am healthy as a horse.
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I want to adress some of the moral issues surrounding steroid use and how the media portrays steroids and users. Steroids are not illegal. In fact thousands of people in the US have legal perscirtions for steroids. These prescirptions are not just limited to the sick. You can legitimatley use steroids for muscle growth if you feel your body lacks it. Muscle is a key ingredient being healthy many people just lack a high enough level of testosterone to build this muscle. No one should be deprived of testosterone and being healthy. Moraly you would say it is illegal and that god would not approve. Well what about people who use insulin because they are diabetic or people who take anti depressents for mental issues. Are these drugs immoral? Physician assited use of steroids is not only 100% legal it is 100% safe and side effect free. It is all this bad portrail of steroids in teh media that makes people turn to the black market to get steroids. Now you have all these un educated kids jabing un sterile needles into their butts having no understanding of any steroid protocal; cycle conditioning,dosage, injection procedure, tapering,post cycle recovery the list goes on. Stop detering steroid use, EDUCATE!!! Over 50% of athletes be it highschool, college, amature, pro have used steroids at one time in their life. I was forced to turn to black market teachers. I happen to find good help http://www.musclescienece.com and http://www.anabolicadvance.com/ but I was lucky. take away what you will from this. Just tyring to shed some light on the subject and have people openly talk about it rather the to keep sweeping it under the rug.

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[Jennifer]

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