Really? Tamoxifen is banned? I'm amazed. My wife takes it as part of her treatment for breast cancer. It mas made her feel awful and has thrown her prematurely (and with great speed) into menopause. No way AT ALL her physical abilities are improved by this.
notefromdoctor wrote:
Hormone and Metabolic Modulators
The following are prohibited:
1. Aromatase inhibitors including, but not limited to:
aminoglutethimide
anastrozole
androsta-1,4,6-triene-3,17-dione (androstatrienedione)
4-androstene-3,6,17 trione (6-oxo)
exemestane
formestane
letrozole
testolactone.
2. Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) including, but not limited to:
raloxifene
tamoxifen
toremifene.
3. Other anti-estrogenic substances including, but not limited to:
clomiphene
cyclofenil
fulvestrant.
4. Agents modifying myostatin function(s) including, but not limited, to:
myostatin inhibitors.
5. Metabolic modulators:
Insulins
Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor δ (PPARδ) agonists (e.g. GW 1516), PPARδ-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) axis agonists (e.g. AICAR)
Peptide Hormones, Growth Factors and Related Substances
The following substances and their releasing factors are prohibited:
Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents [e.g. erythropoietin (EPO), darbepoetin (dEPO), hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) stabilizers, methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta (CERA), peginesatide (Hematide)]
Chorionic Gonadotrophin (CG) and Luteinizing Hormone (LH) in males
Corticotrophins
Growth Hormone (GH), Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1), Fibroblast Growth Factors (FGFs), Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF), Mechano Growth Factors (MGFs), Platelet-Derived Growth Factor (PDGF), Vascular-Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) as well as any other growth factor affecting muscle, tendon or ligament protein synthesis/degradation, vascularisation, energy utilization, regenerative capacity or fibre type switching
and other substances with similar chemical structure or similar biological effect(s).