Detection of simultaneous self-administration of testosterone and epitestosterone in healthy men.
Combined self-administration of testosterone (T) and epitestosterone (ET) by athletes counteracts the efficiency of the corresponding urinary glucuronides (G) ratio, (T/ET)G, as an indicator of T abuse. I therefore propose 5-androstene-3 beta, 17 alpha-diol ( 5A3 beta 17 alpha), the immediate metabolic precursor of ET, as a new reference compound for the expression of relative excretions of T and ET. Thus (T/ 5A3 beta 17 alpha)G and (ET/ 5A3 beta 17 alpha)G become potential criteria to indicate joint administration of T and ET, since their respective threshold values (2.5 and 1.5) are exceeded even when (T/ET)G remains below the critical value of 6.[1]References
- Detection of simultaneous self-administration of testosterone and epitestosterone in healthy men. Dehennin, L. Clin. Chem. (1994) [Pubmed]
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