In males, Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) mimics LH 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 endogenous testosterone production.
Joining the ranks of other (outed) steroid-using, baseball-playing douchebags is one Manny Ramirez. Who, I might add, we’ve known for years as a regular, garden-variety douchebag. So there’s not much more to say about his 50-game suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs. I would like to thank him, however, for introducing GONADOTROPIN into the vernacular. What an excellent word to have at our creative disposal!
