
Originally Posted by
Immortal Soldier
See the problem here is to not use him as the standard across the board, each body is unique and complex hence there are tons of people who slip through the cracks, but there are also those who get caught in them as well.
Now its easy to take your friend and say "Oh well since he did it and he is fine than it applies to me or joe blow down the street as well". It doesn't work that way, you don't have the same genetics as him or the same family history as him.
I mean there are tons of retired now Pro-bodybuilders who had to get surgeries due to their steroid use, Arnold and Flex Wheeler are some I can think of right off the top of my head. Of course one could argue what they took/how long/whatever, but the point is someone can do dozens of cycles and be fine when they are 60 and someone else can do several and have to have heart surgery at 40.
Steroids most likely do have some type of negative effect on the body in the long run anyone who disputes that is just in denial. Fluctuation of hormones, introduction of carcinogenics (nolva/clomid), supression of LH and FSH, scattering of the lipid profile, etc. over and over through time is going to have to play some role in the body. The problem here is we don't know what or to what extent because there have been no real studies.