After months of stomach pain, Münzer was admitted to hospital on the morning of March 12. By 7pm, doctors had 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—he died on the morning of March 13, aged 31.[1][2]

The autopsy gave the cause of death as dystrophic multiple-organ-failure.[3] Some of the specific autopsy findings:[3]

* An extremely muscular physique, with an almost complete absence of subcutaneous fat
* Affecting the liver were numerous table-tennis-ball-sized tumors, typical for doping; half the liver consisted simply of a crumbly mass, similar to polystyrene (Styrofoam)
* Diminutive testes
* Cardiac hypertrophy (Münzer's heart weighed 636g; a normal man's heart usually weighs 300–350g)

Münzer's electrolytes were also completely out of balance, and his potassium levels were extremely high. Traces of about twenty different drugs were found, along with acute toxicity (perhaps caused by a stimulant).

Schwarzenegger sent a wreath to Munzer's funeral in Styria, with the message 'A last greeting to a friend.'[citation needed]
[edit] Münzer's drug regimen[3]
Daily

* Ephedrin
* AN 1
* Captagon
* Aspirin (to thin his blood and help with the pain of training)
* Valium
* Clenbuterol (muscle growth with fat loss)


10–6 weeks before an event

* 2 Injections of 250 mg Testoviron (mass gain in the muscles)
* 1 Injection Parabolan (anabolic to muscle growth)
* 30 Tablets Halotestin (anabolic steroid for force production)
* 30 Tablets Metandienone (anabolic steroid for mass and force production)
* 16 IU of STH (growth hormone: Muscle growth with simultaneous fat loss)
* 20 IU of Insulin


5–2 weeks before an event

* 3 Injections Masteron (for muscle hardship and sharpness)
* 2 Injections Parabolan (anabolic to muscle growth)
* 30 Tablets Halotestin (anabolic steroid for force production)
* 50 Tablets Stromba (anabolic to muscle maintenance and definition with more hardship)
* 2 Injections Stromba (anabolic to muscle maintenance and definition with more hardship)
* 24 IU of STH (growth hormone: Muscle growth with simultaneous fat loss)


Two weeks everyday until the competition

* 2 Injections Masteron (for muscle hardship and sharpness)
* 2 Injections Stromba (anabolic to muscle maintenance and definition with more hardship)
* 40 Tablets Halotestin (anabolic steroid for force production)
* 80 Tablets Stromba (anabolic to muscle maintenance and definition with more hardship)
* 24 IU of STH (growth hormone)
* Insulin
* Aldactone, and Lasix (water reduction in the muscle)