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Hepatotoxicity of anabolic androgenic steroids in sport

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2020
Introduction and purpose: Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) abuse is a common practice among professional as well as recreational athletes. The prevalence of this phenomenon seems to be continuously escalating, too.
Michał Jakub Sekuła, Blanka Świerczyńska, Krzysztof Smoluchowski, Adrian Undziakiewicz, Halina Piecewicz-Szczęsna   +4 more
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Effects of Abuse of Anabolic Androgenic Steroids on Iraqi Athletes

Iraqi Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2017
Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) are man-made derivatives of the male sex hormone testosterone, originally designed for therapeutic uses to provide higher anabolic potency with lower androgenic effects.
Al-Muhannad M. Taher, May S. Al-Sabbagh, Dawser K. Al-Khashali   +2 more
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Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids - doi:10.5020/18061230.2007.p267

Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde, 2012
There are evidences of the increase in the consumption of anabolic steroids and the damages to health caused by their indiscriminate use, mainly among children and youngsters.
Urival Magno Gomes Ferreira, Alan de Carvalho Dias Ferreira, Andréa Maria Pires Azevedo, Carlos Antonio Bruno da Silva   +3 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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The Trenbolo(g)ne Sandwich: An International Study Comparing Health Harms Among Men Who Use Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids With and Without Trenbolone. [PDF]

Drug Alcohol Rev
ABSTRACT Introduction Trenbolone is a high‐risk anabolic‐androgenic steroid (AAS), yet quantitative evidence describing its psychosocial and physical harm profile remains limited. This study compared self‐reported concerns among men who used trenbolone in the past 12 months (trenbolone group) with those who used other AAS but not trenbolone (non ...
Bonenti B, Ahmadinejad B, Puljević C, Ferris J, Winstock A, Ganson KT, Nagata JM, Bradshaw A, Piatkowski T.   +8 more
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Calibrated Integrated Backscatter Is Associated With Increased Left Ventricular Concentricity and Left Atrial Stiffness in Resistance Trained Individuals Using Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids. [PDF]

Echocardiography
This study evaluates calibrated integrated backscatter (ciB) for myocardial tissue characterization in 141 resistance‐trained participants (95 AAS users, 46 non‐users). Using echocardiography, ciB was measured from the parasternal long axis orientation. Results show current AAS users have significantly higher ciB than non‐users (–19.54 vs.
Place F, Hamilton C, Carpenter H, Howard LJ, Morrison BN, Chester N, Cooper R, Stansfield BN, George KP, Angell P, Oxborough D.   +10 more
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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, Karwan Hawez Sulaiman, Muhammed Khalid Hasan, Ali Shakir Dauod   +3 more
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Polysubstance use practices among women using anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS)

, 2023
Background Research with men who use anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) shows typologies exist where some younger and less risk-averse users engage in polysubstance use. Little research has investigated polysubstance use among women who use AAS.
Robertson, Jonathan, Dunn, Matthew, Piatkowski, Timothy   +2 more
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The Prevalence of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Misuse in Iranian Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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, Sakineh Shab-Bidar, Farzin Halabchi   +2 more
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Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids [PDF]

Circulation: Heart Failure, 2010
The use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) among athletes is not new, nor is concern about their potential cardiac effects, but it has been difficult to definitively document deleterious cardiovascular effects from these drugs. There are case reports of unexpected myocardial infarctions1 and even sudden cardiac death2 in AAS users, but such reports ...
Matthew W. Parker, Paul D. Thompson
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