Broncos Players Suspended
Broncos Players Suspended
Typically Major League Baseball is the professional sport league that has the dark steroids cloud hanging over it. Everything from the huge scandal involving Mark McCgwire and Sammy Sosa in the early 2000’s to the 2011 MVP Ryan Braun failing a drug test makes MLB look like the only league with steroid problems. But the sad truth is that almost every professional league has players who fail their substance abuse policies, and in March 2012 three Denver Broncos players were added to this list.
Denver Broncos players D.J. Williams and Ryan McBean have been suspended six games for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy, and tight end Virgil Green, has been suspended four games. Two league sources told the Denver Post that players tested positive for performance enhancing substances on the league’s banned list. It’s difficult to understand how players in professional sports continue to fail drug tests when there are clear and concise banned substances that if found in urine samples will result in suspension. Professional leagues have taken extreme measures in recent years to prevent the use of performance enhancing drugs in sports, but some players still feel that they need them to keep an edge. But when it comes down to it and you consider the consequences, there really are no positive effects from using or abusing steroids—from a physical and professional standpoint.
Steroid abuse can lead to serious, even irreversible health problems. Some of the most dangerous among them include liver damage, jaundice (yellowish pigmentation of skin, tissues, and body fluids), fluid retention, high blood pressure, increases in LDL (bad cholesterol), and decreases in HDL (good cholesterol). Other reported effects include renal failure, severe acne, and trembling. Supportive therapy combined with education about possible withdrawal symptoms is sufficient in some steroid addiction cases. Sometimes, medications can be used to restore the balance of the hormonal system after its disruption by steroid abuse. If symptoms are severe or prolonged, symptomatic medications or hospitalization may be needed. Steroid abuse can have an adverse effect on the physical, emotional, and financial aspects of one’s life, but treatment is available. Seabrook is an internationally recognized inpatient drug rehab and alcoholism detox treatment center that creates unique and individually inspired programs for patients with a myriad of abuse problems. Seabrook has rehab facilities located in New Jersey (NJ) and Pennsylvania (PA) and also an outpatient office in New York (NY). If you or a loved one is affected by steroid abuse, contact Seabrook to get more information on treatment options.
