Testosterone Replacement & Anabolic Recovery Labs

Dr. O'Connor was featured as a medical expert throughout the Muscle Inc. episode of Al Jazeera English's Fault Lines documentary series, subtitled "Inside the Deadly Market for Experimental Bodybuilding Drugs."

Dr. O'Connor was on Dr. Phil Primetime on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, as a featured medical expert. See and excerpt here, or watch the whole thing on Dr. Phil's Merit+ service. Click to watch a preview and for a link to the whole episode.

Dr. O'Connor was interviewed for the article as a medical expert and as the doctor for two of the men profiled. He shares the PEDs he sees used frequently in his practice, their health consequences, and the reasons men use them.

Dr. O'Connor was featured as a medical expert for the film.

Dr. O'Connor was interviewed on the podcast about steroids and other PEDs and their health consequences.

Before he attended medical school, Thomas O'Connor, MD, had a not-very-well-kept secret: As a competitive powerlifter, he had used steroids to build strength. Now an internist and clinical instructor of medicine at the University of Connecticut in Farmington, O'Connor's practice focuses on the needs of men taking testosterone and other anabolic steroids — a group he feels is poorly understood and largely neglected by conventional medical care, perceptions borne out by a 2020 study of steroid users he helped conduct.

Dr. O'Connor was featured as a medical expert in Episode 4, "The Steroid Swindler."

Dr. O'Connor was quoted and featured as an expert opinion for the article.

“In the last month, two months after the lockout, we’ve had half a dozen MLB players consulting me,” said Dr. Thomas O’Connor, author of the book “America on Steroids.” In his previous work with ballplayers, O’Connor said, “Yankees came to me, Boston guys, guys from LA.” Now that the lockout is here and league-mandated testing is not, they’re making some calls again.

Dr. O'Connor and his patient Derek were featured in season 2 episode 5 of Black Market, "Inside Job: Skin Deep." This video may be blocked, but if you click "sign in" and choose "use a free pass" at the bottom of the "choose a TV provider" screen, you can access the video. Dr. O'Connor is first featured at 24:30.

Dr. O'Connor was interviewed by Generation Iron, discussing how steroid users may be suffering health consequences while looking outwardly healthy.

Dr O’Connor has been featured by Voice Of America, in a piece on steroid use that was featured in Pakistan.

“Dr O’Connor’s book, “America on Steroids: A Time to Heal” has been used as a reference for these timely guidelines by the American College of Sports Medicine.

Dr. O'Connor is a co-author of the article "Harm Reduction in Male Patients Actively Using Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS) and Performance-Enhancing Drugs (PEDs): a Review" in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, a peer reviewed medical journal. This article will hopefully make the wider medical community better equipped to care for men using steroids.

Dr. O'Connor was the featured medical expert in the steroids episode of Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller on the National Geographic channel.

The American Journal of Men's Health is a peer reviewed medical journal. Dr. O'Connor is a co-author of the article "Characteristics and Attitudes of Men Using Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS): A Survey of 2385 Men." To our knowledge, this is the largest published quantitative survey of AAS use to date in the medical literature. Dr. O'Connor also collaborated on this research and study design.

Dr. O'Connor was interviewed for the film.

Dr O’Connor was interviewed for the film.

"As Ben Pakulski contemplates the future of steroids in bodybuilding and powerlifting, he evokes the 2011 Bradley Cooper movie Limitless. In the film, Cooper’s character, a struggling writer, takes a pill that..." Dr. O'Connor was interviewed for the article.

Dr O’Connor was interviewed for the film.

To clear up the confusion, we set out to have honest conversations with experts in the field to give you a sense of what you should know. Check out five experts' takes on the use of steroids in bodybuilding...

Dr O’Connor was interviewed for the film.

What would possess men to (rather ironically) carve themselves into these “pinnacles of evolution” knowing that they’re severely damaging their fertility? Eager to get more context about men who fall into this paradox, we spoke with Dr. Thomas O’Connor, MD...

Article in Muscular Development Magazine

Ever take a look at a professional bodybuilding competition and wonder how many of the participants are using steroids? Curious to get some answers? We posed the question to Dr. Thomas O’Connor, MD...

Dr O’Connor featured in The New York Times discussing SARMs.

But what exactly are the bodybuilding pills? Well, for starters, SARMs stand for “selective androgen receptive modulators” and they’re widely being sold on the Internet as an alternative to steroids, as Dr. Thomas O’Connor explains...

“There’s no data; it’s all anecdotal,” says Dr. Thomas O’Connor, aka the “Anabolic Doc,” who specializes in patients seeking recovery from anabolic-steroid use Opens a New Window. . However, O’Connor goes on to say that the bubble gut is a result of drug use...

Expert Medical Opinion

Article in Muscle Sport Magazine

If you want to hear another story about the negative balance of trade with China, consider this: The US is now the largest outlet for anabolic steroids made in China. Import duties? These drugs can arrive hidden in duty free products, gratis US customs regulations. So, every day we are importing–inviting– the seeds of our own destruction, without a whisper from Homeland Security. And the worst part? It’s not a secret....

This is not going to be a “how to” cook book on bench pressing 500 lbs. Indeed, it takes great genes, insane training, extreme desire and yes, anabolic steroids. Now, I’m not saying that every guy who benches 500 lbs. raw is on the sauce, but the truth is that most, by far are. I have been caring for men...

I’ve stayed away from writing about Human Growth Hormone- HGH and any of the related agents such as IGF-1, IGF-1 Lr3 and IGF-1 DES simply because these agents have not been used or discussed in the main-stream medical community. Anabolic Androgenic Steroids- AAS have, in more recent years been getting a lot of attention and this is where I have been focusing my clinical attention...

As a physician who has been treating men who have used or are using AAS since 2005, I am all too familiar with the psycho-endocrinal side effects of these drugs, notably anabolic steroid induced hypogonadism (ASIH), a form of hypogonadism which, although recognized by experts as unique to AAS users, (Rhanema et al, 2014) is not discussed in the FDA warning content. This is a serious omission​...

There are some welcome changes taking place in the medical community which indicate that the number of physicians knowledgeable enough, and interested in caring for Anabolic/Androgenic Steroid AAS users is likely to increase. A number of experts...

We have all heard it before, “Roid Rage” is BS. It’s not true! People say- there is no evidence that Roid Rage exists and that guy who is acting like a crazy jerk, known to be on steroids is just “an ASS-HOLE on steroids!” Ok, I get it, but being the Doc, I feel obligated to do my research on what is really going on here. Everyone knows...

Is it true? With all this hype on men turning into women, I decided to take some time and do some of my own research on this topic for myself- here is what I found. A recent, well done study peers into what is going on with men and low testosterone...

Trenbalone is without a doubt the most powerful anabolic/androgenic steroid (AAS) known. Bro-Science vernacular tells us that injecting Tren can lead to “Tren-Cough”- a variant cough reaction immediately following an intramuscular injection that can range from a simply irritating tickle in the throat to a violet cough spasm leading to the sensation of asphyxiation. I have had patients tell me...

Earlier this month, I sent a letter to my congressional representative, Senator, Chris Murphy, asking for his help with what I believe is a medical crisis, the under treatment of former and current anabolic steroid users. I am not the first to identify this crisis; almost a decade ago, researchers at Harvard University published their warning about this “emerging” healthcare crisis. (Kanayama, G et al, 2009) I am fully aware of the fact that AAS are illegal. However, as a physician...

Ok, this is going to be a good one! My articles are never boring, as I discuss how anabolic/androgenic steroids-AAS cause medical issues like early cardiovascular disease, low testosterone, gynecomastia and sundry organ disease, but this article will BLOW UP for one reason only- SEX!!!!! It is true; most men who seek-out my unique medical services...

I cannot imagine what possible justification the U.S. Department of Justice has for spending time and money on investigating the Russian Olympics cheating scandal. The motivation can only be political -- pressure on Russia -- since there is no other advantage for us. It certainly does nothing to...

Anabolic/Androgenic steroid (AAS) use is associated with a host of side effects- some can be serious and cause medical disease, others are more of a nuisance and can lead to a poor quality-of-life and cosmetic issues like gynecomastia. Of all the known side-effects of AAS, gynecomastia has to be one of the most infamous...

March 2015, The FDA mandated that all manufacturers of testosterone place a WARNING on all approved prescription testosterone products notifying patients of the possibility of increased risk of heart attacks, strokes and death in patients taking testosterone...

Anabolic steroids were initially created/discovered in the 1930’s. Since this time, millions of people have used these medical agents for both personal and professional reasons. The fascination...

ASIH androgen deficiency has long been discussed in professional literature. It denotes the shutting down of the hypothalamic pituitary/testicular system (HPT) as a result of long term anabolic/androgenic steroid (AAS) use. The condition is...

O'Connor, on staff at three Connecticut hospitals (including Hartford and St. Francis) and who says steroid abusers come to him to kick performance-enhancing drug use, told the Daily News...