Steroids Effect On The Body

"Steroids are synthetic substances similar to the male sex hormone

testosterone. They do have legitimate medical uses. Sometimes

doctors prescribe anabolic steroids to help people with certain kinds of anemia

and men who don't produce enough testosterone on their own. Doctors also

prescribe a different kind of steroid, called corticosteroids, to reduce swelling.

Corticosteroids are not anabolic steroids and do not have the same harmful

effects."( Lenehan 12) There are also illegal steroids. They are called

anabolic steroids andare used to build muscle.There are many different kinds

of steroids. The most common anabolic steroids taken today: anadrol, oxandrin

, dianabol, winstrol, deca-durabolin, and equipoise. Anabolic steroids have a

lot of negetive side effects on the body besides helping one build muscle.

One will build muscle whiletaking steroids they will have to suffer some if not

most or all of the side effects, Which for the most part are not worth the extra

strength.

"Some steroid users take pills. Others use hypodermic needles to inject

steroids directly into muscles. Many steroid users take two or more kinds of

steroidsat once. Called stacking, this way of taking steroids is supposed to get

users bigger faster. Some abusers pyramid their doses in 6-12-week cycles.

At the beginning of the cycle, the steroid user starts with low doses and slowly

increases to higher doses. In the second half of the cycle, they gradually

decrease the amount of steroids. Neither of thesemethods has been proven

to work. "(Lenhan 25)

The most common side effect is acne. The skin, being the largest

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organ on the human body is the most sensitive area for side effects, especially

for women. The most noticeable

side effects are when the pores of the skin

becoming larger in turn making the skin feel rough. Persons who already have

a problem with acne may find it gets worse and persons with no acne may

sudenly find it to be a problem. All side effects differ from person to person.

There are also physcological side effects. Useing high dosages of anabolic

steroids, for a prolonged period of time, can produce aggressive behavior in

both men and woman. This is commonly called "roid rage". Some athletes

consider this to be a positive side effect because of their increased intensity

and ability to train harder. However, in most cases it does more harm than

good. Often times this "roidrage" will results in loss of friendships, destructive

behavior, and an inability to maintan composre and control of oneself.

(Anabolics International)

For guys you can end up haveing femenin side effects. Feminization when

there are excessive levels of testosterone in the body the extra testosterone can

often be converted into the female sex hormone estrogen. This can result in

some female characteristics. The most common are, the formation of breasts

,water retention, increased tendency toward fatty deposits, and extremely soft

muscles. This usually happens after a steroid cycle has just finished. For girls

you can have some manish side effects. in females, virilization will result in the

assumption of masculine characteristics. Some of these side effects ar

irreversable. They include increased facial and body hair, deepening of the

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voice, enlarged clitoris, menstrual irregularities, increased acne, increased