While competing, he used a variety of bodybuilding drugs such as anabolic steroids, diuretics, growth hormone, and insulin, including large amounts of potassium-sparing diuretics to get the job done in the most effective manner possible.
However, as it is often the case, if you pay the price, you must accept the consequences. So it was with Andreas. After several days of enduring intense stomach pains following his final contest, the 1996 San Jose Invitational, Andreas was finally admitted to a hospital in March 1996. Doctors decided to operate to stop bleeding from his stomach, but shortly afterwards his liver and then kidneys failed. His condition by this point was too severe for a blood transfusion, and he died on the morning of March 14, 1996 at the age of 31. source
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