G Maghuin-Rogister, P Gaspar, M Vandenbroeck, P Schmitz, G Degand, G Pelzer, J Degraeve
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The illegal use of anabolics in 1989-1990 and its control in Belgium are reviewed. After a short presentation of the Belgian legislation and EEC directives, a recent hormone scandal published by a consumer magazine is related and the composition of 17 hormone cocktails found on the black market is given. The strategy of control involves screening of the main artificial anabolics in urine by radioimmunoassay (RIA) and confirmation by thin-layer chromatography (TLC). Samples of fat and injection sites are also examined by TLC. In the future, RIA will probably be replaced by enzyme immunoassay and TLC by mass spectrometry.