Quote Originally Posted by OneEyedJohnny
I have seen several people come into the ER with steroid induced compartment syndrome, I am not some idiot with a medical journal ... this is reallife experience, check my profile dude. Neurovascular checks are what we use to assess for compartment syndrome, if someone is positive the ER physician inserts a needle into the affected area that has a pressure gauge attached at the end of the tubing to monitor it until it can be normalized. If the pressure isn't high enough to require open laceration of the muscle capsule, they usually run 0.45NS IV fluids to make the blood hypotonic and pull excess fluid out of the cells or the use of diuretics. This is not common but DOES happen, I don't know what the guys were taking and they did not have any type of blunt force trauma, so I can't say for sure if there was a certain "combination" of AAS that caused this to happen to these guys or their dosages, etc. The guys did experience this after an intense pump that did not go away.

One Eye
Well people swell and grow on steroids however almost 100% of steroid users experience the arms going to sleep, but very few get that serious. We do know steroids can make your arms and chest grow so fast you get stretch marks or tears in the skin, but I think someone with a normal course using ldex or nolvadex should not be swollen so bad that they need this course of action.

For one I had genuine compartment syndrome once and that was because I got stung by a green saddleback catepillar (poisonous catepillar that is found on palm trees in Florida) and it causes profound swelling, but it was felt to be temporary since 3 days is all it takes for the poison to pass and swelling to be relieved. I was told just to keep the arm elevated above chest until the swelling subsided. I can tell you while swollen by forearm and upper arm both were "5" inches bigger around then usual. BTW I went to ER that time and they gave me a benedril shot and gave me the advice to keep the arm elevated, that was ALL.