Many Family Physicians aren't sure how to help their patients who are Athletes using Performance Enhancing Substances (PES): what issues to watch out for and what to regularly monitor.
This clinic is for patients to get advice on the management of any current issues caused by substance use, and recommendations about how to monitor on an ongoing basis.
Dr. Easterbrook will NOT replace your family doc, or provide longitudinal care/prescription refills for anything outside the scope of this clinic.
The service is offered at no cost (it is covered by the BC Medical Services Plan) and is completely confidential.
For patients who haven't yet spoken with their Family Physician about their use of PES, a report can be sent to your Family Physician and kickstart that conversation to ensure your regular health monitoring includes consideration of your PES use.
Our process
What to expect
how to access the clinic
Please contact us (information is at the bottom of the page) to arrange an initial consultation and follow-up appointment.
what this is
Management advice on what preventative health work needs to be done and are there any issues that need to be dealt with due to PES use.
what this isn't
- A source for prescription steroids: this is about harm reduction.
Before your appointment
- Please complete the online questionnaire you are sent through our patient portal.
Your appointment
The appointment will take about 20 minutes. It will consist of clarification questions about the answers you provided in the questionnaire, a thorough physical examination and a review of your questions. At the end of the appointment you may receive a requisition for blood work and a heart-tracing (electrocardiogram or ECG/EKG).
Your follow-up appointment
A few weeks after your first appointment you will have a follow-up. At this appointment we will go through your results, including any bloodwork, answer any remaining questions and discuss recommendations.
Contents of the recommendations
Your follow-up report will cover specific management of the following issues (if present), along with recommendations for monitoring their development.
- Mental Health issues
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder and OCD
- Anxiety and mood disorders
- Cardiovascular issues
- Abnormal cholesterol
- Cardiovascular disease
- Early Heart Failure
- Blood issues
- Abnormally thickened blood
- Blood clots in the legs, lungs and brain
- Liver disease
- Kidney disease
- Prostate health
- Reproductive issues
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Infertility
- Sexual dysfunction
- Hormonal dysregulation
- Anabolic Steroid-Induced Hypogonadism
- Issues with Menopause
- Other
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Hair loss
- Abnormal breast tissue (Gynecomastia)
- Tendon damage
- Intramuscular injection safety
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