Over 500 persons were contaminated with fungal meningitis while using steroids

More than 500 persons were contaminated with fungal meningitis after they had administered Methylprednisolone injections manufactured by the New England Compounding Center (NECC). More than 30 individuals died from this health problem. No one must have doubted that the contamination turned out to be a great tragedy for some persons and their families. Nevertheless, anti-doping organizations tried to benefit from the situation. What did they do? They started demonizing anabolic steroids. It was noted by the media that anabolic steroids could lead to the life-threatening illness fungal meningitis.
Recently the Bay County Sheriff’s Office conducted an investigation linked with illegal manufacture of anabolic steroids. It learnt that anabolic steroids were manufactured by certain underground lab in unsterile conditions. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office reported that they conducted the investigation in order to prevent contamination with fungal meningitis in future. According to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, if anybody applies anabolic steroids manufactured in unsterile conditions, he/she has a risk to be contaminated with fungal meningitis.
Actually, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office showed own ignorance connected with anabolic steroids and risks linked with contamination with fungal meningitis. An individual may face fungal meningitis, if he/she uses medicines which are injected directly into the central nervous system. Methylprednisolone Acetate injections are applied into the central nervous system. That’s why these contaminated corticosteroids caused the fungal meningitis outbreak. As for anabolic steroids, they are not injected into the central nervous system. They are mainly injected into muscles. That’s why it is impossible to face fungal meningitis while administering anabolic steroids. If you use anabolic steroids which are manufactured in unsterile conditions, you may get certain undesirable results. But you will never get contaminated with fungal meningitis while applying anabolic steroids for clinical or even for athletic purposes.  
Thus, the fungal meningitis outbreak resulted from administration of contaminated Methylprednisolone Acetate injections turned out to be just a condition to demonize anabolic steroids.  Note, please: Methylprednisolone Acetate is not an anabolic steroid. It is a corticosteroid.