Testing For Anabolic Steroids (part 1)

There are drug tests carried out in almost all modern day sporting events. Although we tend to always hear the contrary through the media, it is in fact a common fact that the majority of competitors actually use performance enhancing drugs prior to or even right up to an event. There is nothing abnormal in wanting to get that competitive edge over your opponent and this normally tends to be anabolic steroids along with a concrete plan to "cheat the test"

Many competitions in powerlifting and bodybuilding are now drug tested at events. The idea is, of course, that everybody competes on a 'level field', aside from personal talent for sport. However, what frequently happens is that the guy who is on 'juice' and has found a way to get round the drug test comes out the winner. It isn't fair by any means, but that's life.

Some people may find the practice of using drugs to prepare for a 'natural' event rather unsavoury. Personally, I neither condemn or condone such a deed; its entirely the business of the individual, and its also up to them to realize that if they get caught, it might just cause them a few problems... Aside from that, the principles behind evading a drug test are quite interesting in their own right. In this article, I will deal with some types of testing procedure and straight forward methods that can be employed to beat them.

Types of Testing Procedure: The most common body fluid to be tested for the presence of drugs in athletic competition is generally urine. These articles will deal with the procedures used to test the body fluid, although the procedures used to assay blood for illegal substances are virtually identical.

Different laboratory testing processes are employed in the testing for performance enhancers so we are going to focus on just how they work in order to be able to beat them. Step 1 will be well prior to your event, that you find out which type of sample analysis is to be employed so that an effective planning to beat the test can begin as soon as possible.

Gas Chromatography(GC): This is a method that uses a separation technique to divide up a urine sample back into its component chemical parts. These substances are carried through chromatographic columns by a gas. chromatography is just a way of separating mixtures of compounds from each other, and leads to identification in the majority of cases. The chemical compounds in the urine can be identified by their 'retention time' on the chromatographic column - the retention time is unique for every individual drug, and therefore allows identification.

Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry(GC/MS): This test uses a mix of gas chromatography, proceeded by mass spectrometry on the chemicals separated from the urine on the chromatographic column. The mass spectrometry permits the exact identification of any drugs found present in the urine by actually forming an exact 'molecular fingerprint' of the chemicals found present. That means in effect the chemical structure of the drugs that are present (the atoms present within the drug, and in the order they are actually bonded together) results by using this method. The problem is that this test is extremely expensive to use and only the richer sporting bodies would use it. The cost of the test is round about one hundred pounds per sample (around $200 US).

Although the above two tests are very accurate, there is always room for human error. For example, if the machines were not cleaned perfectly from the last sample, and that last sample was contaminated with illicit drugs, then the next sample through (maybe yours!!) could pick up some of the contaminant, and test positive. Therefore, if you test positive, no matter what, then protest. Especially if you know you were 'clean' (or should have been clean by the time of the test)

High Performance Liquid Chromatography(HPLC): This technique is extremely interesting as it tends to be used on test samples that are suspected of having anabolic steroids present. It's quite similar to GC, apart from that a liquid is used as a carrier for the sample through a chromatographic column, and not a gas. HPLC is both sensitive and a lot easier to carry out than GC. This test is often carried out on results that have already come from less sensitive ones.

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