ABSTRACT
Bodybuilders’ ethnopharmacological knowledge of many different steroids and the flexible, individualised and experimental nature of much steroid-taking has been described. However, many different physique-enhancing drugs are frequently used by bodybuilders in combination with steroids:
At the foot of his bed was his ‘treasure chest’ as he called it, a footlocker holding scores of magical growth enhancers in bottle and vial form. I couldn’t believe the sheer variety of pharmaceutical options available to those involved in the pursuit of muscular accretion. A whole new world opened up to me filled with mystical names and properties.
