The chemist who designed the most consequential undetectable steroid in the history of professional sport spent the last decade of his life trying to build something else. A ketone ester for a Navy-funded research lab. BHB salts. NAD precursors. A longevity formula he was developing with an old partner. A gram of NMN every morning.…
Patrick Arnold Patrick Arnold is a synthetic organic chemist best known for his role in creating designer steroids, specifically The Clear, that were used by elite athletes in what became known as the BALCO Scandal. He also introduced the nutritional supplement Andro (androstenedione) and created the class of sports supplements known as prohormones. Arnold also…



