Therapeutic & Wellbeing Motivations for Steroid & IPED Use (TRT, Injury repair) | Paper presentation

Описание: This presentation explores examples of therapeutic and wellbeing motivations for self-medicated steroid & IPED use from my research. Findings draw from both local gym and digital forum and social media research, and seek to understand how therapeutic motivations inform IPED use and user behaviours, to facilitate better harm reduction policy.

Motivations explored include (1) injury repair and rehabilitation, among competitive lifters as well as broader cultures, as well as for tratment of chronic health conditions. (2) Broader wellbeing motivations such as health-related fat loss, sleep enhancement or IBS treatment, as well as where this may further inform concerns in the sporting world regarding offsetting the severe tolls of hard training on the body, particularly in MMA. (3) Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) and rejuvenation among older gym users, as well as for the treatment of symptoms of 'low T' among younger men, including depression, chronic fatigue, etc.

Beyond this, reasons for choosing to self-medicate with black market product are examined, and beyond convenience and cost, interactions with doctors and the broader medical establishment is an area where users identified issues with feeling they were ignored or dismissed.

This presentation is based on findings from a recent academic article for the journal Performance Enhancement & Health, which can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2021.10...

Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:38 - Background, user typologies
04:45 - Self-medicating IPED use and policy
08:53 - Injury repair and maintenance among sportsmen
14:09 - Knowledge of repair IPEDs beyond hardcore cultures
18:46 - Treating chronic health conditions
22:34 - Broader wellness use: fat loss, sleep, immune system, IBS
26:20 - Health maintenance in sport (test & MMA training camps)
29:47 - Testosterone replacement therapy
33:17 - Older gym users and rejuvenation
37:00 - Treatment of 'Low T' symptoms
40:30 - Case study, Dean's story
43:13 - Why do users self-medicate with black market IPEDs?
46:32 - Negative perceptions of the medical establishment
51:15 - Implications of the research for policy