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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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Knowledge, attitudes and use of anabolic-androgenic steroids among male gym users: A community based survey in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2019
Recreational use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) is a growing worldwide public health concern. However, studies assessing the level of awareness and knowledge of its effects on health are fairly limited, especially in developing countries ...
Fares F Alharbi, Islam Gamaleddin, Samar F Alharbi, Omar Almodayfer, Fahad Allohidan, Mohammed Alghobain, Asaad Arafah, Khaled Al-Surimi   +7 more
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A qualitative exploration of the motivations underlying anabolic-androgenic steroid use from adolescence into adulthood [PDF]

, 2016
Background: This study explored the direct experience of anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) use by young men, with an emphasis on how motivations progressed from adolescent initiation to more entrenched usage.
Alwyn, Tina, Dunn, Michael, Harris, Marc Ashley   +2 more
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Dried blood spot analysis in antidoping: Technical challenges, analytical advances, and future perspectives

Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, EarlyView.
Dried blood spot (DBS) analysis enables minimally invasive blood collection with strong analyte stability and simplified logistics, supporting anti‐doping applications beyond traditional matrices. Recent advances address hematocrit, volume variability, and matrix effects while expanding coverage to steroid esters, World Anti‐Doping Agency‐listed ...
Jihyun Yoon, Jiyeong Hong, Hanbin Oh, Chi Hwan Lee, Ki Hun Kim   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anabolic-androgenic steroids and cardiovascular risk

Chinese Medical Journal, 2019
. Objective:. Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) represents a group of synthetic testosterone derivatives that play an important role in clinical treatment.
Jian-Di Liu, Yan-Qing Wu, Yi Cui
doaj   +1 more source

Eating Disorders in Boys and Men: A Gender‐Critical Narrative Review on Recognition, Stigma, and Treatment

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this narrative review, I highlight diversity‐related developments in eating disorder (ED) research, situate my own program of work on adult men within the broader literature on boys and men, and focus on risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment in boys and men.
Georgios Paslakis
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of testosterone and high‐dose anabolic steroids on orthodontic‐induced bone remodeling and root resorption: An animal study

Journal of Periodontology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background This study investigates the impact of disruptions in testosterone levels on bone remodeling, root resorption, and periodontal ligament (PDL) during orthodontic tooth movement (OTM) in a pubertal male rat model. Methods Testosterone deficiency was induced through orchiectomy, and the anabolic‐androgenic steroid (AAS, testosterone ...
Caio Luiz Bitencourt Reis, Kelly Galisteu‐Luiz, Gabriela Leite Pedroso, Gustavo Lopes Puls, Leticia Cassaro, Bruno Boaventura Vieira, Fábio Lourenço Romano, Erika Calvano Küchler, Christian Kirschneck, Daniela Silva Barroso de Oliveira, Maria Bernadete Sasso Stuani, Mirian Aiko Nakane Matsumoto   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resting spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity and cardiac autonomic control in anabolic androgenic steroid users

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, Ana L.C. Sayegh, Rafael Armani, Valéria Costa-Hong, Francis R. de Souza, Edgar Toschi-Dias, Luiz A. Bortolotto, Mauricio Yonamine, Carlos E. Negrão, Maria-Janieire N.N. Alves   +9 more
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What anabolic–androgenic steroids reveal about the limits of current harm reduction models

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Harm reduction has largely been shaped by responses to psychoactive drug use where the most urgent harms are acute. These models focus on overdose, blood‐borne viruses, and rapid‐onset toxicity related harms. When applied wholesale to anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS), they obscure the distinctive pharmacology, consumer typologies,
Timothy Piatkowski, Jason M. Nagata, Suzanne Nielsen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feasibility of implementing current best clinical practice for people who are using anabolic androgenic steroids within a Swiss primary care practice: a quality assurance study

Swiss Medical Weekly
BACKGROUND: The non-medical use of anabolic androgenic steroids for the improvement of aesthetic and sports performance purposes has become a global substance use disorder, particularly among men in recreational sports.
Raphael Magnolini, Kuvinda Kossinna, Daniel Bjasch, Muriel Kruijver, Philip Bruggmann, Oliver Senn   +5 more
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