Andrew Tilin admitted to usage of the steroid testosterone in his book “The Doper Next Door: My Strange and Scandalous Year on Performance-Enhancing Drugs”

The amateur rider and journalist Andrew Tilin  was banned for 2 years. United States Anti-Doping Agency banned this individual after he had admitted taking steroids for legal hormone replacement therapy. The admitting was made by the cyclist in own book which will be soon probably released. The title is following: “The Doper Next Door: My Strange and Scandalous Year on Performance-Enhancing Drugs” .
this book describes individual experiences of several individuals that took performance-enhancing drugs.
So, Andrew Tilin applied the steroid testosterone for hormone replacement therapy. It is quite clear.  Actually, it is not yet clear whether this cyclist has noticed about personal experience connected with other medicines which enhance performance.
Tilin tries to comprehend and describe in his book why individuals dope. He mentions the motivations of different people. Do these medicines help actually? These medicines are quite controversial; the explanations connected with these medications are also controversial. Since numerous consumers do not like talking about their usage, many answers on questions about doping remain undisclosed.
Tilin has been significantly changed due to administration of the steroid testosterone. He has become much more powerful but more aggressive. This person had to worry about his health and about the methods to cheat, being an amateur rider. So, Andrew Tilin became to be involved in the doping subculture.
Writing his book, this amateur rider wanted to explain that steroids are dangerous and cause many side results.  A lot of athletes who have taken banned substances criticize Andrew Tilin. One of critics is Joe Papp, a former American cyclist. This athlete was caught selling and using several performance-enhancing drugs. He didn’t admit administrating banned medicines willingly; he was caught due to an investigation. His professional and personal life was destroyed because of these banned preparations. Joe Papp wrote about Andrew Tilin that he had been doped for a year intentionally. Papp noticed that Tilin had known that the steroid testosterone was forbidden but he had taken it. Then he wrote that these drugs caused adverse symptoms in users.  According to Joe Papp, Andrew Tilin had to be banned for four years.
The ban of Andrew Tilin began in March 2011.