Clinics, 2018 OBJECTIVES: Misuse of anabolic androgenic steroids in athletes is a strategy used to enhance strength and skeletal muscle hypertrophy. However, its abuse leads to an imbalance in muscle sympathetic nerve activity, increased vascular resistance, and ...
Marcelo R. dos Santos +9 more
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Lead Astray? The Hidden Contaminants in Australian Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Market and Their Potential Health Impact. [PDF]
Drug Alcohol RevIntroduction Unregulated anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS) markets are a global phenomenon with significant variability in product composition and purity. This study aimed to determine the chemical composition of AAS sold in Australia.
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Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2021 Background: Due to widespread abuse of anabolic-androgenic steroids among professional athletes and amateur sportsmen and their health-related problems, determining the prevalence and the pattern of anabolic-androgenic steroid misuse at the national ...
Maryam Selk- Ghaffari +2 more
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ADHD symptoms and use of anabolic androgenic steroids among male weightlifters
Scientific Reports, 2022 Use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) is associated with adverse health effects. The factors that predispose to AAS use among athletes are poorly understood, but attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which is known to occur among athletes ...
Emilie Kildal +2 more
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AASLD practice guidance on drug, herbal, and dietary supplement–induced liver injury
, 2022 Hepatology, EarlyView.
Robert J. Fontana +6 more
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High-dose testosterone supplementation disturbs liver pro-oxidant/antioxidant balance and function in adolescent male Wistar rats undergoing moderate-intensity endurance training [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 In some countries, anabolic-androgenic steroid abuse is rampant among adolescent boys and young men, including some of those seeking physical fitness and/or pleasing appearance through various exercise types.
Ewa Sadowska-Krępa +7 more
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The Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Treatment Gap: A National Study of Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 2020 Background: Anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) use is associated with serious mental and physical health problems. Evidence indicates that AAS use among people who use psychoactive substances is higher than in the general population.
Ingrid Amalia Havnes +4 more
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Investigation of the content of anabolic steroids in food supplements used in sports practice
All Life, 2023 The goal of this study is to establish the presence or absence of anabolic androgenic steroids in food supplements implemented in sports practice, to assess the health risk from intake of food supplements with quality and content discrepancies in ...
Elina Petkova-Gueorguieva +4 more
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Bigger, faster, stronger! An overview of anabolic androgenic steroids and their use and impact on the sport industry [PDF]
, 2015 The use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) in sport is no longer confined to the power disciplines and has become a wide-spread issue throughout the general population.
Walton, H, O'Hagan, A
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Severe Cardiac and Metabolic Pathology Induced by Steroid Abuse in a Young Individual
Diagnostics, 2021 Androgenic-Anabolic Steroids (AAS) abuse is known to play an important role in causing the systemic inflammatory response and multiple-organ dysfunction in healthy individuals. Although many of the undesirable effects of steroid abuse have been reported,
Adrian Tirla +2 more
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