The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) appears to be using deceptive and misleading spin tactics to manipulate public opinion in their defense of J.C. Romero and Sergio Mitre. The MLB baseball players have been suspended after testing positive for androstenedione which is classified as an anabolic steroid under the MLB drug policy. The MLBPA unfairly and erroneously attempts to blame the positive steroid test on a “minute trace” of androstenedione contamination in the dietary supplement 6-OXO by Ergopharm; these assertions have been made in the absence of lab analysis showing contamination Read more
J.C. Romero of the Philadelphia Philles and Sergio Mitre of the New York Yankees have both been suspended for 50 games for testing positive for anabolic steroids under the Major League Baseball (MLB) drug policy. In a seemingly well-planned, but scientifically flawed, public relations campaign, Romero and Mitre allege the positive steroid test resulted from the respective ingestion of the dietary supplements 6-OXO by Ergopharm and Halodrol Liquigels by Gaspari Nutrition purchased from GNC. The listed ingredient of 4-etioallocholen-3,6, 17-trione in 6-OXO and Halodrol, while banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), is NOT explicitly prohibited by MLB. The players allege that 6-OXO and Halodrol were contaminated with androstenedione which was not disclosed on the label. Androstenedione has been prohibited by MLB since 2004.
Chemist Patrick Arnold says that his company Ergopharm tests their products for purity explaining that any potential contamination would be in the “parts per billion” range and would have no physiological effect. Read more
