Couch Potato to Mr. Mighty with Pills Alone

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/science/01muscle.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=couch%20potatoes&st=cse&oref=slogin
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---------- Forwarded message ----------From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>Date: Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 2:31 PMSubject: Couch Potato to Mr. Mighty with Pills AloneTo: letters@nytimes.com
To the Editor: It is exciting that researchers have succeeded in decouplingmuscle growth from exercise. One must wonder if they have likewisedecoupled muscle growth from the rest of the musculo-skeletal system.Will sedentary users of such a drug trade their couches for operatingtables when their beefed-up muscles rip their underdeveloped tendonsoff their atrophied bones?Barry Levine1142 Brown AveLafayette, CA 94549