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PHUKET: Steroids are not only a big business in Thailand, they’re also widely available here _ in pill and injection form. In fact, many pharmacies and gyms in Phuket stock them. A few even sell them directly to customers.
The issue was highlighted last year when Australia’s number one amateur bodybuilder, Aziz “Zyzz” Shavershian, died of a heart attack while on holiday in Pattaya. Numerous other bodybuilders later came forward to admit taking so-called steroid vacations in the city and its surrounding islands to “cycle” _ taking different combinations of drugs every 48 to 72 hours for weeks at a time, until they are bulked up enough to return home.
The rise of the steroid holiday was fueled by the fact that, despite their illegal status in most countries, anabolic steroids are still legal to buy in Thailand, where they can be bought at relatively cheap prices. Some pharmacies in Pattaya boldly advertise steroids on their shop-front windows. A pharmacy near a pub on Beach Road Soi 7 sells Andriol, an oral steroid, and Testoviron, a testosterone injection. Both are sold for 3,000 baht a bottle, less than half the price they would cost overseas. Steroids Thailand