According to certain specialists, Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid is the only drug that can cause rhabdomyolsis

Over 10 players of the Iowa Hawkeyes football team were taken in hospital due to  rhabdomyolsis. This is a disease linked with quick damage of skeletal muscle which results in leakage into urine myoglobin, a muscle protein. Persons with this condition suffer from severe muscle pains, weakness and soreness. Since byproducts of the muscle destruction become toxic to the kidneys, there is an increased risk of kidney failure under this circumstance.
Specialists began promptly to blame nephrotoxic supplements or anabolic steroids in appearance of rhabdomyolsis in players of the Hawkeyes but there was no any  connection between these medications and this condition in them. The physician James Williams told to CBS during an interview that nephrotoxic supplements were responsible for rhabdomyolsis in these football players. He claimed that persons had dehydration, when their muscles became broken due to hard trainings. When supplements are applied in such situations, they are turned to be toxic to kidneys directly, according to James William. He added that this condition caused rhabdomyolsis.
Unfortunately, the media didn’t interview real high-qualified specialists. Only so-called specialists were asked by media. That’s why the explanations were misleading.
It is said that Mike Gimbel of a Maryland anti-steroid and anti-supplement organization doesn’t have needed knowledge. Mike Gimbel just claims that however they do not know how the supplements act in body and whether they cause any positive effects, these products are very dangerous for health.
Nevertheless, certain aspects displayed that anabolic steroids were not responsible for rhabdomyolsis of the football players. They submitted to tests for banned drugs and they tested negative. Furthermore, an expert has studied and shown that there was no any relation between muscle damages and anabolic steroids or HGH. Richard J. Auchus, a specialist on steroid metabolism at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, confirms that gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid is the only medication that could lead to this illness. Sometimes this drug is used for anabolic effects too. It is an illegal medicine. Several specialists like Auchus, a consultant of the U. S. Anti-Doping Agency, believe that no any drug is to be blamed for this disease of these football players. He believes that the muscle disorder is caused by extremely hard training to which the coaches pushed the players.
The trainer Chris Doyle will be probably blamed for rhabodomyolsis of the football players, if steroids or other supplements will be not turned to be the reasons of the condition. Who knows? Even sport in itself may be accompanied by certain risks.