Anabolic Recovery Clinic

Our Kitchener anabolic recovery clinic's goal is to provide a judgement-free comprehensive health evaluation for patients who have used anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). We understand that some patients may have chosen to use various drugs throughout their life and that there are associated health risks. Our goal is to identify those health risks and appropriately treat you.

We also understand that a large portion of PEDs are not ordinary pharmaceutical drugs. There is the requirement to have specialized knowledge in order to identify key health risks.

What are the risks?

Many patients have used various agents such as oral and/or injectable anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS), peptide hormones, insulin, thyroid hormone, stimulants, clenbuterol, SARMS, SERMs, pro-hormones, aromatase inhibitors and other drugs. These all pose unique health risks and our specialized knowledge of possible complications help with targeted testing and treatment.

Complications can include:

coronary artery disease
heart failure
dyslipidemia
hair loss
infertility
diabetes
gynecomastia
electrolyte derangements
thyroid hormone abnormalities
acquired hypogonadism
hypertension
kidney disease/focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
cholestatic liver disease and fatty liver disease
erectile dysfunction
thrombosis

While understanding that each drug has its own unique complications, we aim to do evidence-based targeted testing for various complications. This may include doing an echocardiogram, a liver ultrasound, more specialized blood work, coronary calcium scores in the case of suspected premature heart disease and many other tests.