Jason Giambi

The testimony given in December 2003 to the federal grand jury investigating BALCO contradicts Giambi's public proclamations.

Giambi described how he injected human growth hormone in his stomach, testosterone into his buttocks, rubbed an undetectable steroid known as "the cream" on his body and placed drops of another, called "the clear," under his tongue, the Chronicle reported on its Web site Dec. 1.

Giambi testified that he obtained several different steroids from Barry Bonds' personal trainer, Greg Anderson, who is one of four men indicted by the grand jury investigating the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative.

Giambi played in only 80 games last season because of a sprained right ankle, fatigue and a benign tumor, which the New York Daily News reported was in his pituitary gland.

Giambi reportedly testified that one of the drugs he thought he used was Clomid, a female fertility drug that some medical experts say can exacerbate a pituitary tumor.

The Japan Times Weekly: Dec. 11, 2004
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