Quote Originally Posted by Mike T View Post
I would expect triamcinolone - or any other strong steroid - to cut down muscle and tendon inflammation, and therefore reduce or eliminate any aches and pains from recent hard training sessions - would this improve performance? I don't know, but I have no doubt some people out there do. It is supposedly a catabolic anti inflammatory steroid, rather than an anabolic steroid, so, unlike testosterone, one would not expect muscle building effects - but why are they using it rather than for example prednisolone, the traditional steroid used when asthma symptoms are not responding to the usual mix of inhalers? Does triamcinolone in fact have an anabolic effect, in addition to its anti inflammatory effect. Any clinical pharmacologists or sports scientists out there?

David Millar wrote that it was the most potent drug he took. He lost one to two kilos in a week and felt extremely strong. It seems that Rasmussen agrees with Millar: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...night-23092016