Andrew Tilin received a ban of 2 years

The amateur cyclist and writer Andrew Tilin was banned for 2 years. United States Anti-Doping Agency banned this individual after he had admitted using steroids for legal hormone replacement therapy. The admitting was made by the cyclist in own book that will be soon probably published. The book is entitled following: “The Doper Next Door: My Strange and Scandalous Year on Performance-Enhancing Drugs” .
The book presents individual experiences of some people that administrated performance-enhancing drugs.
So, Andrew Tilin took the steroid testosterone for hormone replacement therapy. It is quite clear. In fact, it is not yet clear whether this cyclist has mentioned about personal experience related also to other drugs which enhance performance.
Tilin tries to comprehend and describe in his book why persons dope. He notes the motivations of different people. Do these products help actually? These preparations are quite controversial; the explanations linked with these preparations are also controversial. Since numerous users do not like talking about their usage, a lot of answers on questions about doping remain undisclosed.
Tilin has been significantly changed due to usage of the steroid testosterone. He has become much more powerful but more aggressive. He had to worry about his health and about the methods to lie, being an amateur rider. So, he became to be involved in the doping subculture.
Writing his book, Andrew Tilin desired to explain that steroids are unsafe and lead to many adverse consequences. A lot of sportspeople that have used controlled drugs criticize Tilin. One of critics is Joe Papp, a former American cyclist. This athlete was caught distributing and taking certain performance-enhancing drugs. He didn’t admit applying forbidden preparations willingly; he was caught due to an investigation. His professional and personal life was destructed because of these banned medications. Joe Papp wrote about Tilin that he had been doped for a year intentionally. Papp mentioned that Tilin had known that the steroid testosterone was banned but he had administrated it. Then he wrote that these medications caused negative symptoms in users. According to Joe Papp, Andrew Tilin had to receive a ban for 4 years.
The ban of Andrew Tilin began in March 2011.