Anabolic Steroids - Adverse Effects and Remedies
Anabolic steroids are artificial hormones which help to increase strength of your muscular and skeletal
systems. Normally human body produces testosterone, which is the major anabolic hormone of your body.
Such testosterone has both anabolic and androgenic properties. Anabolic properties help increase you
muscular strength while androgenic properties develop secondary masculine sexual characteristics like
deepening of voice and growth of body hair.
Some people may not have necessary amount of testosterone in their bodies. They then need to take in
artificial dosages of anabolic steroids to supplement normal supply of hormones within the body.
Athletes, weightlifters, and bodybuilders take anabolic steroids to build up lean mass in their body and
increase endurance levels to sustain strict exercise regimens. Steroid users need to bear with both anabolic
and androgenic properties of artificial hormones if that is the way they want the effects which they seek.
Incidentally, such anabolic hormones or steroids have a few medicinal uses. Sometimes, in either injection or
pill forms, they supplement testosterone deficiencies in some men, and are useful for treating certain types
of anemia and build up muscular strength in those afflicted with AIDS.
However, anabolic steroids cause major adverse effects on users. These effects can be specifically put into
different categories for men, women, and adolescents.
Adverse Effects of Steroids on Men
Common adverse effects of steroids in men are: -
- Gynecomastia: This situation produces female characteristics in men. You find development and growth
of breasts in such men. However, this is reversible and they often return to normalcy after they
discontinue usage of such steroids.
- Shrinkage of Testicles: Men experience marked shriveling of their testicles. This also leads to lower
sperm count and, consequently, lower fertility rates. It often leads to impotence.
- Baldness: They lose much of their hair and become almost bald.
- Voice changes: - As feminine characteristics develop, their voice undergoes changes and becomes
shriller, like women.
Adverse Effect of Steroids on Women
Change in Voice: Women develop a deeper voice and other masculine properties like growth of body hair,
and they lose hair on their heads leading to near-baldness. They also find shrinkage in their breasts.
Clitoris: Their clitoris enlarges due to intake of steroids.
Menstrual periods: They experience extreme irregularities in menstrual periods. Sometimes, they do not
have periods for over six months. Such situations are harmful to their health and it might lead to severe
infertility problems.
Appetite: Normally, women have a smaller appetite than men do. However, with the intake of steroids, they
gain a huge increase in appetite and can eat large amounts. This leads to huge increases in weight.
Adverse Effects of Steroids on Adolescents
It is normally not advisable for adolescents to take steroids. However, some teenage athletes do take such
steroids. These produce extreme effects on such teenagers such as -
- Closing of growth plates: The teen years are the main growing period in humans. Intake of steroids
during this period results in premature closing of growth plates. This is due to anabolic effects of
steroids, which result in extensive and total physical growth within a short period. Growth needs to be
gradual and natural. However, such unprecedented growth in a short span totally closes growth plates.
- Acne: Teenagers develop severe acne all over their body and face due to intake of anabolic steroids.
Overall Effects of Steroids
Acne: Acne on your body and face is a common adverse effect of steroid intake. Such acne is very severe
and usually reduces once you stop taking steroids.
Diseases and tumors of vital organs: The Creatine contents in steroids cause extensive damage to your
vital organs like liver, kidneys and heart. It leads to various diseases of these vital organs like cancer, tumors
and cysts.
Cholesterol Levels: Anabolic steroids or hormones increase low-density lipoprotein levels in your body,
which is harmful and causes heart attacks and diseases. Additionally, it decreases levels of high-density
lipoprotein, which is beneficial for the working of your body.
Behavioral changes: You may develop drastic changes in your behavioral patterns due to intake of
steroids. You become aggressive and develop quick rages. Sometimes such rage turns to a violent outburst.
You are now a totally changed person with new behavioral characteristics. Sometimes, such changes lead
you to depression; you become moody and sulk for long periods without any reason.
Dependence on Steroids: You become extremely dependent on steroids and go to any extent to get
regular supplies of steroids.
Infections: Those who use steroids in injection form face additional risks through needle sharing and can
contract other diseases like HIV and Hepatitis. Such infections are normally transmitted through your blood.
Normally steroids change the balance of salt and sodium levels of your body. This leads to extensive loss of
water, leading to extreme dehydration. Slight changes in salt and sodium levels are beneficial to heart
patients. However, extreme changes are harmful and, at times, fatal. More people die from dehydration, and
do not realize they are losing salt and potassium in dangerous levels. Regardless, if you are using steroids
or not, drink a sports drink like Gatorade™ or another brand that replenishes your electrolytes.
Possible Remedies to Adverse Effects of Steroids
Intake of steroids threatens extensive harmful effects, most of which are irreversible. Still, many athletes
and sportspersons use these steroids, as if they are over-the-counter multivitamins, for enhancing their
performances to earn recognition for themselves and their countries. Some remedial measures to combat
such effects of steroids are:
- •Develop educational programs for athletes, sportspersons, trainers, coaches, and other sport
organizations, highlighting the harmful effects of steroids and reduce their unrestricted usage
- Develop clear policies on use and abuse of steroids so there is no ambiguity
- Proper counselors to counsel and provide rehabilitation for drug users
- Federal control of steroids as drugs and dangerous substances
- Develop programs to instill healthy ideas in youngsters for developing their bodies without using
steroids as these lead to severe problems.
In all, anabolic steroids or hormones pose great harm to your health and it is better not to use them. It is
best to use them only if prescribed by medical practitioners to combat serious illnesses.
All the above are extracts from a sample chapter in the ebook "A Complete Guide to the Use and Abuse of
Steroids".
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The following are some examples of the consequences of steroid abuse:
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Rob Garibaldi became depressed and
committed suicide at 24 after 8 years of
steroid abuse.
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Ken Caminiti, a famous baseball
player died of steroid abuse at 41
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Chris Benoit, a famous wrestler, murdered
his wife and son and subsequently
committed suicide
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Taylor Hooton took his own life
when he had just turned 17
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