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Howard Hoffman (L) bought androstenedione yesterday from Peter Morel at the American Nutrition Center in Everett.
Howard Hoffman (L) bought androstenedione yesterday from Peter Morel at the American Nutrition Center in Everett. (Globe Staff Photo / Matthew J. Lee) Globe Staff Photo / Matthew J. Lee

Bodybuilders stocking up before ban on supplement

By Scott Allen
Globe Staff / January 18, 2005

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EVERETT -- When Howard Hoffman heard that Congress was about to ban his favorite muscle-building supplement, there was just one thing to do: lay in a year's supply of androstenedione before the ban started. Although doctors say "andro" can damage livers and do other harm, Hoffman thinks it has been key to his comeback in a testosterone-driven sport, power-lifting. (Full article: 769 words)

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