Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate
(GHB) for Bodybuilding
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GHB FOR BODYBUILDING IN CANADA
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (ghb) is better known in the gym and on the street as "liquid ecstasy," "Georgia home boy," "grievous bodily harm," "salty water," "somatomax," "easy lay," "cherry menth," and a host of other deceptive names.
Compounds converted into GHB in the body are found in Revivarant, Revitalizer, Blue Nitro, and Weight Belt Cleaner. Bodybuilders claim GHB improves their performances by releasing growth hormone, inducing restful sleep, and stimulating fat metabolism. Others use GHB to lose weight, induce sleep, or produce euphoria. The latter effect allegedly is accompanied by aphrodisiac and disinhibitory effects, giving GHB notoriety at rave dances and as a "date rape" drug.
Date Rape Drugs
GHB has another sinister side, exemplified by a growing list of athletes and party-goers who have died or had serious adverse effects from GHB and related substances.
In December 1999, NBA basketball player Tom Gugliotta of the Phoenix Suns took an herbal remedy containing gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), which rapidly forms GHB in the body. He almost died from respiratory failure. Like Gugliotta, the lucky ones end up in emergency departments where recovery often is rapid and complete, leading casual observers to believe that medical attention is unnecessary if someone passes out after taking GHB. Given the serious consequences of using GHB casually, and the importance of rapidly responding to its adverse effects, clinicians should be aware of this dangerous supplement.
Background and Nomenclature
GHB has been used as a "date rape" drug because it rapidly causes muscle relaxation and reduced inhibitions. Some victims not only were sexually assaulted, but also had serious adverse effects, and several died. This led to passage of the Hillory J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act of 2000. This Congressional legislation modified the Controlled Substances Act, and included GHB as a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance, like opium and cocaine.
Other products containing closely related compounds, including GBL (also called furanone di-hydro) and 1,4-butanediol (BD), have been promoted to bodybuilders. Both of these are converted rapidly into GHB in the body with the same range of effects. Some products now claim to have all the same effects as GHB, but none of the banned substances. Some people have suffered GHB poisoning after using these products.
At low doses, the drug relaxes the person. The person feels intoxicated, has more energy, feels happy, and is talkative. Other effects include:
- Feeling affectionate and playful.
- Mild loss of inhibition.
- Increased sensuality.
- Enhanced sexual feelings.
GHB can cause side effects, such as headache, drowsiness, dizziness, and vomiting. It can lead to difficulty breathing, memory loss (amnesia), being conscious but unable to move, and loss of consciousness—especially when it is combined with alcohol or other drugs. GHB has been involved in overdoses, sexual assaults, and death.
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GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate) is a substance naturally present in your body. It acts as a depressant, slowing and calming the activity of your nervous system. In Canada, doctors can prescribe GHB for narcolepsy (a serious sleep disorder). However, it can also be made in illegal labs and sold legally.
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