Steroids
Anabolic and androgenic steroids like all drugs, have both positive and negative effects on the user that vary from person to person. Steroid hormones are a class of hormones whose chemical structure (four fused carbon rings with various functional groups) resembles cholesterol; steroids which are lipids, are secreted by the ovaries and placenta, the testes, and the adrenal cortex (Audesirk G-23). Generally when you hear the word 'steroid' the first thing that comes to mind is usually an extremely muscular athlete like a wrestler or a pro football player. What you do not think of is the chronically ill person, whom without the use of a drug that promotes lean body mass, would become literally just skin and bones. Many people today use steroids without any need to, except for the fact that they want to become muscular, get strong, and/or to get into good shape. What they do not realize is that steroids are not a magic pill or a panacea. Without proper training, rest, and protein, minimal if any results will occur. These same people that feel steroids act as a 'magic pill' usually have no knowledge of the effects of steroids on the human body, and if they choose to use them, do so recklessly and become yet another one of the many
Balding is yet another side effect of androgenic/anabolic steroids. Stated within a previous paragraph it was said that testosterone served as a prohormone for estrogen but steroids are also a prohormone for dihydrotestosterone (DHT) as well The purpose of this paper was to combat the many falsehoods, and misconceptions that many have heard of steroid use. The most important factor in looking at the use of steroids is that they are a drug- no different then the antibiotics that we use when sick, or the aspirin we swallow when we have a headache. All drugs, no matter what classification they fall under have side effects associated with them- for example the last time you went to the drug store to fill your latest prescription you were handed a full page printout on the possible effects on the drug you were taking, steroids are no different. In my own opinion, the only thing that ill-legalization of steroids did for this country was put peoples lives at risk unnecessarily, if they were legally obtainable from your doctor, those who want to use them could simply go and get a prescription filled with a known safe substance, that was monitored by a physician. There are many reasons why a person would want to use anabolics, but I feel that should be a choice that an individual should make for himself, and not have big brother make for him. field or simply to better their appearance. A recent study by The American College for Sports Medicine shows that 5% of male college freshmen have used steroids at least once in their lives. Below is some of the information that must be read in order to assess for yourself whether steroids are worth use in anybody especially you and those whom you care for.
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