I'm sure everyone has heard about steroids and the positive and negative
effects of steroids but I have researched further information that could be
useful to people not completely sure about their use.
Some popular steroids include:
Oral steroids
- *Anadrol
(oxymetholone)
- *Oxandrin
(oxandrolone)
- *Dianabol
(methandrostenolone)
- *Winstrol
(stanozold)
Injectable steroids
- *Deca-Durabolin
(nandrolone decanoate)
- *Durabolin
(nandrolone phenpropionate)
- *Depo-testosterone
(testosterone cypionate)
- *Equipoise
(boldenone undecylenate)
Most people start taking steroids to get an edge over other athletes in sports
or to help them grow new muscle. Steroids do give the advantage over other athletes since
it helps you train with a higher intensity and for longer periods of time.
Steroids also speed up recovery time.
Steroids can be taken by injection, orally, or with gels, patches and nasal
sprays. Oral steroids have more negative effects than injectable steroids.
This is mainly because they are associated with the liver abnormalities, as
well as tumors.
ANABOLIC STEROIDS
There are several serious effects on the body that you can get by taking anabolic steroids.
These include.
The hormonal system can get affected. Men can become infertile,
grow breasts and have their testicles shrink (the girls with love them).
Women can develop enlargement of the clitoris and excessive growth of
hair (all males wants their girl friends to have beards).
Both sexes can develop male-pattern baldness and their voices can deepen.
The musculoskeletal system also gets affected by stunting their growth. This
occurs because of the rising levels of testosterone and other sex hormones that normally
trigger the growth spurt that occurs during puberty and adolescence. When
their hormones reach certain levels it causes the bones to stop growing. Anabolic steroids cause high sex hormone levels, which can signal
the bone to stop growing sooner than normal. These are the reasons why if
you have decided to take steroids you should start when you have already stopped
growing.
Anabolic steroids put the most 'bad' side effects on the
cardiovascular system. These effects can include heart attacks, enlargement of
the heart's left ventricle and caused people younger than 30 to develop CVD
(Cardiovascular disease) Steroids can cause blood clots in the blood vessels
and potentially disrupting the blood flow and damaging the heart muscle so
the blood does not pump blood effectively. Heart disease can develop because
it affects the cholesterol levels. Over a period of time the cholesterol
builds up and clogs the arteries. The steroids affect on the heart only if
you have a heart disease to begin with which is if you have a heart problem
it is a very wise choice to stay away from steroids.
The liver is also effected as steroids have caused liver tumors. This in
turn can cause internal bleeding. Jaundice can also develop which is a
serious liver disease that has flu like symptoms, which mostly occurs with
high dosages. These symptoms will only occur if you abuse steroids by going
straight into high doses. The effects from steroids can also cause cancer
and peliosis hepatis which is.
The skin can be effected by causing acne, cysts, and oily hair and skin.
Steroids can cause infections mostly by using needles. Sharing needles can
cause HIV that at the moment has no cure for.
As well as effects on the body a person's behavior can change. Anabolic
steroid abuse can cause irritability and aggression especially in high
doses. Some of this aggression has caused people to commit armed robbery,
use force to obtain something and physical fighting. This would not happen
to a naturally calm person but someone who is naturally aggressive would
become more aggressive by taking steroids. Anabolic steroids have also been
known to cause behavioral effects including euphoria, increased energy,
sexual arousal, mood swings distractibility, forgetfulness and confusion.
You can also stack steroids. This can be done by mixing oral and injectable
types. By mixing steroids it creates a often greater chance of bad effects
on your body but creates a stronger drug for better performance.
A popular way to take steroids is by cycling. This is done by starting the
dosage at very small doses and increasing the dosage weekly then decreasing
the dosage over a 6-12 week period. They then train without the drugs for 4
weeks and then the cycle begins again. This method is considered the safest
rather than going straight into large doses.
As you can probably tell from this article I am 100% against steroids but I
thought I should write this article so you can make your own mind up whether
or not it is worth it.
John Lemare
johnlemare@hotmail.com
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