Pharmaceutical companies take advantage of steroid scandals

It seems that steroid scandals must have negative influence on pharmaceutical companies that manufacture these medicines. But manufacturers of these preparations find methods to take advantages of various steroid scandals. So, pharmaceutical companies use them in order to advertise own products.
Let take as an example the governmental case against the former baseball player Barry Bonds. Although one may suggest that this steroid scandal must suppress purchase of some drugs, the reality has displayed opposite things. The pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories could draw advantage of the case. The company found many opportunities to promote selling transdermal testosterone because of the accusations related to Barry Bonds’ doping.
It was said that the former MLB player Barry Bonds utilized the transdermal testosterone product “AndroGel”. Undoubtedly, many journalists published articles about this case. The pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories used this public scandal and began to advertise this product. Many Barry Bonds’ fans started purchasing and applying this gel. This situation influenced on profits of the company positively. According to certain sources, the profits of the company turned out to be great.
Testosterone products are widely prescribed and taken. Many persons apply them for testosterone replacement therapy. The number of steroid prescriptions has increased by 90 % during last 5 years. Thus, the number of those that use steroids is growing.
The pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories produces and sells the testosterone product “AndroGel”. Since other companies saw that testosterone gel was in high demand, they also started to produce it. Thus, such medications, as  AndroDream and Axiron, appeared. While AndroDream is offered for sale by Watson Pharmaceuticals, Axiron is offered for sale by Eli Lilly.
Pharmaceutical companies promote selling their medicines. They confirm that steroids have positive influence on men’s health. It is obvious that any company sees that since many males have testosterone deficiency and since these preparations are used for obtaining of muscles and endurance, the number of potential customers is great.