What else is included in the RTL Steroid/Sports Drug Test?
RTL’s Steroid/Sports Drug Test also includes a popular non-steroid anabolic agent, Clenbuterol; two masking agents, Prebenecid and Epitestosterone; and two anti-estrogens, Formestane and Testolactone. These drugs are also banned in sports. Probenecid is a uricosuric drug. It restricts steroid excretion into urine, making detection difficult. Epiotestosterone may be used as a masking agent to balance excessive testosterone levels after testosterone ingestion, in order to keep the T/E levels below the cut-off limit of 6. Anti-estrogens are often used to counteract so-called aromatization, conversion of excessive amounts of abused testosterone into female hormones, estrogens. Estrogens cause unpleasant effect in males such as female type breast growth.
