Bodybuilder recounts steroid abuse and health consequences

Jamie Mantzouridis described his decade-long use of anabolic steroids and other drugs, which led to hospitalization and ended after a dizzy spell.

• Mantzouridis began using steroids at age 21, starting with the cattle steroid trenbolone, which he said was easy to obtain from other gym-goers.
• A routine injection became infected, requiring a week of hospital treatment; doctors told him he was lucky they did not need to cut tissue from his leg.
• He later used growth hormones and insulin off-label, stating that the insulin can send a healthy person into a hypoglycaemic coma.
• He stopped four years ago after feeling dizzy and fearing collapse, and now works as a nutritionist and online personal trainer.