Is Androstenedione Legal?
Following the federal regulation of steroids, athletes and scientists were looking for the next big thing in athletic supplements. That came with the invention of pro-hormones. Androstenedione, the pro-hormone made popular by Mark McGwire, is a precursor to testosterone and estrogen. The legality of this substance was forever changed after Congress passed the Anabolic Steroid Control Act in 2005. Androstenedione is illegal to distribute, possess or use. The sale of androstenedinoe was banned in 2004 by the FDA. History The history of pro-hormones begins where the legality of steroids ends. As steroids became federally controlled substances, individuals began anew to search for their replacement. If the production, sale and administration of synthetic testosterone was illegal under federal law, interested parties skirted the intent of the law and took the next logical step to developing products that contained not testosterone, but the precursors of testosterone–substances that the bod
