1996_04 Insight April 1996

              APRIL 17,1996
Lifestyle
'Bad' steriods help
patient with AIDS
Insight photo by Matt Lloyd
Jason Mack and Kimberly Intors bask in the sun at Millerton Lake with their five young children.
Exposure to sun causes
more than just tan lines
I Half of all Americans
will have had skin
cancer by age 65
indivu:
by Dawn Howe
Staff Wntet
J.iik luii and .in olive complexion,
nevei imagined she could be a victim
Before lasi year. Kalirtd used tannine beds for a month at the begin
reascs the ultraviolet i
An) increase, whetru
r frequenting a lam
reuses the rivk lor cancer. Marqui
Iheir skin
n-bathing
Clients al forever Tons, located al
1776 E. Barstow. are encouraged to
ccognize iheir own personal skin
ype and exposure limitations.
'Not everyone can tan. but indoor
[aiming allows people lo control the
People al greater risk arc those    type of rays their skin is exposed to."
nh lair skin' freckles, red or blonde    Crabtree said.
I leather Kalino. brown-eyed with     ban and light colored eyev Smart Tan industries supports the
Debbie Rose, registered iniioe-.it the     idea thai tanning can be sale.
rrmatology oil ice ol Dr. Sycd       Smart Tan has complied a scries of
rrrai/. sees patients wiih skiirean-     edueutional brochures lor consumers.
Tevcryday.Approximately98per-        Krisu Glcdhill. editor for the
nt of lhc patients Rose works with     Smart Tan publication Tanning
in cancer. Trends, admits that there is a cor-
ecommend purpose!)     relation between over-exposure and
skin io the eleiiK
ol started in the fall. exp
•Heels ol the ra)s changed her    Ro>
said
"Burning, w helher it is outside or
inside, is bad." Gledhill
ZZ^ZlZ      *>» o„e of <ho» things tha, you J23ZZ** £
meet just don t think will happen to you. jhai the sun is c\ il Over-ex-
ii skm cancer is a slow - // scared me and definitely changed P°sure ls tne enemy, not the
i- l\ |K- nl caTlcvr that el -      .,-. . »    .. sun." she said.
ie skin ceils, i, usually '"->' attitude. , Vspik. Ihc Wiimjngs slu.
.1 spread lo other organs                                              Heather KalillO dcnis seem to be determined
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The clientele a
Tails is 95 percent Califo
"Ii is one of those things thai
you iiist don't dunk will happen lo Sunscreen lotions vary in le
you." Kalino said. "Il scared me and protection. Levels of proiecji
dcfiniiel) changed my attitude. rated in terms of sun protecting lac- ing to Crabtree.
When you hear that word'cancer.' torsorSPF.                                        "People look belter when ihey're
all oi the sudden, a tan just doesn't "You need to protect yourself.  A tan." said Jyl Phelps. 22. a Fresno
seem lhal important anymore.'' she sunscreen with a protection level of Stale student and tanning bed user,
s.iul 15 and above should be worn when-        "With so many people doing it. it
According to the National Cancer ever you are going to be in the sun." can't be bad foryOH. Besides, no one
percent ol Americans who reach age Typical signs of skin'cancer arc red. ccrofanv kind." Phelps said.
65 will have skin cancer at least once, scaly spots and lesions. The cancer        "Some people die tan and some die
"Skin cancel can effect everyone, usually does not spread lo oilier or- while." Phelps said.
Whal many people don't realize is galls, but the lesions are typically noil- 	
by Matt Croce
Staff Writer
Ray Anders is happily eating, scarfing dovyrfwhatevcr he can get his
hands on. Burgers, fries and hot dogs
are a few of his favorites.
Though Anders' eating binges may
nol be earth-shattering news, he'll
never take them for granted.
Ray Anders was diagnosed as HIV
positive 9 yeafrago and developed
AIDS 2 years ago.
AIDS ravages a victim's immune
system, wiping out all of the Helper-
f white blood cells in tbe body. There-
lore, an AIDS victim's body is defenseless to fight off foreign attacks,
such as infections.
Fight months ago, Anders was
withering away to nothing. He went
from a solid, athletic 6-feet-2-inchcs.
210 pounds, to a slick-like 150
pounds. He had no appetite, and his
will to live was waning.
Then Anders' doctor took a chance.
He read about a new drug that helped
AIDS patients lhat were wasting away,
patients like himself. The only problem was that Anders' doctor, Duane
Goldberg, was concerned dial tbe drug.
Anavar. was an anabolic steroid.
The literature I had read was brand
new. only tried on a few patients back
East. But I knew Ray was in bad
shape, so I had to do something
Thank God I did."
Anders is very thankful.
"1 was willing to try something,
anything," he said. "I was dying, fast.
I didn't want to eat. and I was extremely weak. Now. I'm back up to
190 pounds, and my immune system
is healthy. I have no doubt that this is
because of Anavar."
Steroids viewed differently
It wasn't too long ago that anabolic
steroids were viewed as one of the
most dangerous drugs on the planet.
They were primarily used by bodybuilders for gaining muscle size and
strength.
New research shows there are many
positive uses for anabolic steroids and
some have little to no detrimental side
effects. Also, it recently became legal for doctors in the United States to
prescribe Anavar or Primobolan to patients with AIDS. Tbe recommended
dosage is 80 milligrams per day— a
large dose even for a bodybuilder.
"We in the health field just recently
found out the positive aspects and
uses for steroids." said Mary
Grosvenor. a research nutritionist in
the division of medical oncology at
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. "Not
only are Ihey being prescribed for
AIDS patients, they are also being
used to treat asthma patients as well "
There are two different classes of
steroids — anabolic and catabobc.
Anabolic steroids are a group of
compounds, including hormones,
having a carbon-atom ring structure.
There are more than 35 known anabolic steroids today.
Thc second class of steroids is cala-
bolic Whereas anabolic steroids build
up the body's muscles and immune
system, catabohc steroids break them
down. Catabohc steroids are used in
One particular catabohc steroid,
lysine acety lasalicy late, is commonly
used by asthma patients
35. only a handful
"safe" hv doctors.
"Many anabolic steroids are si
very harmful." Grosvenor said "Ji
a few— Anavar. OxaVitdn
Primobolan— are prescribed by doc
sidercd
ill
nd
Tibed ii
tall dos
lally
n. !ic-
per day i lysine
acetylasalicylate has-no side effects
and enables asthma patients to breathe
easier by opening the bronchial tubes.
Steroid used for asthma
"My doctor has given me lysine
acetylasalicylate for my asthma." said
Jeff Lagorio. "and it's helped. When
he first told me he was giving me a
coniosteroid. I was a little apprehensive. All I knew about cortiosteroids
was the word 'steroid.' and I thought
they were bad news. I was ignorant."
"Certain types of cortiosteroids
have been available lor a while now."
Grosvenor said. "At first, the medical
field was unsure if harmful side effects would be toxic lo users Bul now.
cortiosteroids are usually prescribed
.V.lhoi.
oids. on the other
iskv. Of the known
Anadrol can causes problems
Perhaps the most dangerous anabolic steroid is Anadrol It is the stron-
gest steroid av ailable but is very toxic
to Ihe liver High blood pressure
among users is very common. Headaches, acne and stomach pains have'
also been reported
"Anadrol was my steroid of
choice." said "Dave." a bodybuilder
who used steroids tor I I years and
w ished to remain anonymous for this
story, "but it's very hard on the liver.
I stay away from il now I don't want
to have liver failure when I gel older."
Anders. 3h. is hv ing his dav s to the
fullest He is doing all ot ihe things
he always wanted to do. hut didn't.
"I guess you could say lhat I've become somewhat ot an outdoorsman."
he said "Before I got sick. 1 never
wanted to go oui and try things that
Some minor side effects have been
reported from Anavar use. Anders
said he broke out with a mild case of
acne on his face and back He also
said his face got "a bn puffy because
Anav ar "
But he c|uicklv added. "I'll trade a
little acne for a longer lease on life. I
think I have a chance at heating this
horrible disease"
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i sun exposure is accumulative."     healing, unless treated.
il I mis Marqucz. super*, isorof the       While there is concern for sun ex-
•yerj sunburn adds to the damage • Beth Crabtree believes a sale tan can
skin has already accumulated. still be achieved.
Ihe risk of cancer increases when- "Moderation is the key." Crabtree
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