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Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER

Just saw on the news that it is actually a women's fertility drug.

Maybe the side effects from roids + fertility drugs = why Manny is so Mannytarded

I have never liked the guy. In the realm of professional athletes who take their talents for granted he is the far and away king. Now to add such a measure of blatant stupidity on top of that makes me hope he never plays another game again, he doesn't deserve it.

Women's Fertility drugs are commonly used for Post cycle Therapy. He tested positive for hCG.

Originally Posted by Wiki

In the world of performance enhancing drugs, hCG is increasingly used in combination with various anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) cycles. As a result, hCG is included in some sports' illegal drug lists.

When AAS are put into a male body, the body's natural negative-feedback loops cause the body to shut down its own production of testosterone via shutdown of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis (HPGA). In males, hCG mimics luteinizing hormone and helps restore and maintain testosterone production in the testes. As such, hCG is commonly used during and after steroid cycles to maintain and restore testicular size as well as normal testosterone production. However, if hCG is used for too long and in too high of a dose, the resulting rise in natural testosterone will eventually inhibit its own production via negative feedback on the hypothalamus and pituitary.

It is a common misconception that estrogen will be elevated post cycle. Generally, estrogen is below a normal level after a cycle.[11] High levels of AASs that mimic the body's natural testosterone trigger the hypothalamus to shut down its production of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) from the hypothalamus. Without GnRH, the pituitary gland stops releasing LH. LH normally travels from the pituitary via the blood stream to the testes, where it triggers the production and release of testosterone. Without LH, the testes shut down their production of testosterone, causing testicular atrophy.