Anabolic steroids

[Merna]

Also known as: Anadrol, [Anavar], [Dianabol], Durabolin, Equipose, Finajet, Maxibolin, Primobolin, Stanozolol, Testosterone, Winstrol, Roids.

Anabolic steroids are [synthetic drugs] that affect your growth, physical development and the workings of your sexual organs in a similar way to hormones that occur naturally in the human body. Anabolic Steroids can lead to liver failure and raise blood pressure and users could
can also be affected by sleep disorders, depression and paranoia.
Although the drug is not addictive, regular use can lead to a feeling of performing poorly when not taking the steroids.
However supplying anabolic steriods is an offence under the Misuse of drugs act and can lead to 14 years in Prison and or a fine.

[Dorothey Allen]

Anabolic steroids are synthetic (man-made) versions of testosterone that are used to increase muscle size.

Anabolic steroids are hormones that promote muscle growth and increase strength and energy.
Anabolic steroids can also have many side effects, including psychologic (mood swings, aggressive behavior, irritability) and physical (acne, masculinizing effects in women, breast enlargement in men).
These substances can be detected in urine for up to 6 months.
Treatment involves stopping use.

(See also Drug Use and Abuse.)
Anabolic steroids include the hormone testosterone and related drugs. Anabolic steroids have many physical effects, including promoting muscle growth and increasing strength and energy. Thus, these drugs are often used illegitimately to gain a competitive edge in sports. Users are often athletes, typically football players, wrestlers, bodybuilders, or weight lifters, and most users are male.
Anabolic steroids are used medically to treat low testosterone levels (hypogonadism) and sometimes to prevent muscles from wasting away in people who are confined to bed or who have severe burns, cancer, or AIDS.
The drugs may be taken by mouth, injected into a muscle, or applied to skin as a gel or in a patch.
Athletes may take steroids for a certain period, stop, then start again several times a year. This process is called cycling. Athletes also often use many steroids at the same time (a practice called stacking), and they take them by different routes (by mouth, injection, or patch). They may also increase the dose through a cycle (called pyramiding). Pyramiding may result in very high doses. Cycling, stacking, and pyramiding are intended to enhance desired effects and minimize harmful effects, but little evidence supports these benefits.
At doses used to treat disorders, anabolic steroids cause few problems. However, athletes may take doses 10 to 50 times these doses.