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i know steroid abusers in my gym swear by this.

• collegeburner 3y ago
  thats to reduce dangerously high blood pressure and levels of red blood cells that increase clotting risk
  • amelius 3y ago
    Wait, and this blood gets donated?
    • muffinman26 3y ago
      As someone on similar medication for health reasons (severe testosterone deficiency), I can provide some more specific information that might be helpful. The issue with testosterone is that it's linked to an increase in hematocrit (level of red blood cells in blood). There's a band of hematocrit levels that's healthy for donation. If the hematocrit level is too high, it's potentially dangerous to the recipient, but too low a level of hematocrit makes the donation dangerous to the donor. As a result, hematocrit level testing is one of the few tests that they do before every single donation. These chemicals aren't dangerous, they're present in all humans. No blood clotting is hemophilia, which is also a dangerous condition. Regular blood donation can prevent build-up, and the decrease in hematocrit after blood donation is one of the reasons for the required interval between donations.