The world's first anabolic-androgenic steroid testing trial: A two-phase pilot combining chemical analysis, results dissemination and community feedback. [PDF]
AddictionPiatkowski T +13 more
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2023 Background Recreational use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) is a public health concern world-wide associated with a range of physical and psychological side effects. Still, people who use AAS tend to be reluctant to seek treatment.
Hans Christian Bordado Henriksen +3 more
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Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids [PDF]
Circulation: Heart Failure, 2010 Anabolic-androgenic steroids include the male hormone, testosterone and its synthetic derivatives. They are Schedule III Controlled Substances with legitimate therapeutic indications, but they are also used non-medically to enhance physical appearance and athletic performance.
Matthew W. Parker, Paul D. Thompson
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Anabolic-androgenic steroid use disorder: case for recognition as a substance use disorder with specific diagnostic criteria. [PDF]
Br J PsychiatryScarth M, Havnes IA, Bjørnebekk A.
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Anabolic-androgenic steroid use among bodybuilders in Erbil city
Zanco Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021 Background and objective: Anabolic-androgenic steroids are synthetic testosterone derivatives with a longer duration of action than physiological androgens. They are abused by bodybuilders because of their potential to enhance muscle strength.
Ramadhan Khidhir Ahmed +3 more
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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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ABUSE OF ANABOLIC ANDROGENIC STEROIDS [PDF]
Journal of Stress Physiology & Biochemistry, 2009 According to the International Olympic Committee, the abuse of anabolic androgenic steroids (AASS) is found in over 50% of positive doping tests. AASS abuse is not restricted to the organized sports andwidespread use.
Abbas Yavari
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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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AASLD practice guidance on drug, herbal, and dietary supplement–induced liver injury
, 2022 Hepatology, EarlyView.
Robert J. Fontana +6 more
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