Hard trainings could cause rhabdomyolsis in players of the Iowa Hawkeyes football team

More than 10 players of the Iowa Hawkeyes football team were taken in hospital because of  rhabdomyolsis. This is a disease related to fast damage of skeletal muscle which results in leakage into urine myoglobin, a muscle protein. Individuals with this disease suffer from severe muscle aches, weakness and soreness. Since byproducts of the muscle damage become toxic to the kidneys, there is an enhanced risk of kidney failure in this case.
Experts started immediately to demonize nephrotoxic supplements or anabolic steroids in occurring of rhabdomyolsis in the Hawkeyes’ football players but there was no any  connection between these products and this condition in them. The doctor James Williams told to CBS during an interview that nephrotoxic supplements were responsible for the condition in these football players. He confirmed that individuals had dehydration, when their muscles became broken due to hard trainings. When supplements are administrated in such situations, they are turned to be toxic to kidneys directly, according to James William. He added that this condition caused rhabdomyolsis.
Unfortunately, the media didn’t interview real high-qualified specialists. Only so-called specialists were asked by media. That’s why the affirmations were misleading.
It is suggested that Mike Gimbel of a Maryland anti-steroid and anti-supplement organization doesn’t possess needed knowledge. He just claims that however they do not know how the supplements act in body and whether they cause any positive effects, these preparations are very dangerous for health.
Nevertheless, several aspects displayed that anabolic steroids were not responsible for rhabdomyolsis of the football players. They submitted to tests for forbidden preparations and they tested negative. Moreover, an expert has studied and shown that there was no any relation between muscle disorders and anabolic steroids or HGH. Richard J. Auchus, an expert on steroid metabolism at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, assures that gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid is the only medicine that could lead to this condition. Sometimes this product is applied for anabolic effects as well. Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid is an illicit drug. Several experts like Auchus, a consultant of the U. S. Anti-Doping Agency, assure that no any drug is to be blamed for this disease of these football players. He points out that the muscle destruction is caused by extremely hard training to which the coaches pushed the football players.
The trainer Chris Doyle will be probably condemned for rhabodomyolsis of the football players, if steroids or other supplements will be not turned to be the reasons of the disease. Who knows? Even sport in itself is associated with certain risks.