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Toxic Shock Syndrome: A Rare but Dangerous Adverse Effect of Anabolic Steroid Injection [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports
This case highlights the risk of staphylococcal TSS following an anabolic steroid injection‐related thigh infection. Prompt recognition and treatment are crucial for preventing rapid deterioration.
Elise Van der Borght, Thomas Demuynck, Lauren Keuleers, Marijke Peetermans, Peter Vanbrabant   +4 more
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Managing risks and harms associated with the use of anabolic steroids: a qualitative study [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background People using anabolic steroids adopt different strategies to manage risks and harms associated with the use of these substances. We investigated how users learn, develop and incorporate risk-management strategies, as well as the events ...
J. M. X. Amaral, A. Kimergård, P. Deluca   +2 more
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Anabolic Steroid Use and Aortic Dissection in Athletes: A Case Series [PDF]

Oman Medical Journal, 2020
The use of anabolic steroids in supraphysiologic doses has grown in the last decade as doping drugs in athletes. The high dose of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) causes cardiomyopathy, hypertension, thrombosis, myocardial infarction (MI), weakness of ...
Aghigh Heydari, Atefeh Asadmobini, Feridoun Sabzi   +2 more
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Subacute Stent Thrombosis After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Middle-Aged Anabolic Steroid–Abusing Bodybuilder [PDF]

JACC: Case Reports, 2021
A 54-year-old male bodybuilder who was abusing anabolic steroids developed an acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction after strenuous strength training.
Kazuma Tashiro, MD, Yoshitaka Iso, MD, PhD, Miki Tsujiuchi, MD, PhD, Hiromoto Sone, MD, Masahiro Sasai, MD, PhD, Hiroyoshi Mori, MD, PhD, Daisuke Wakatsuki, MD, PhD, Makoto Shoji, MD, PhD, Tokutada Sato, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Suzuki, MD, PhD   +9 more
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Anabolic steroids [PDF]

, 2009
Abstract The effects of testosterone on muscle growth and development were first reported in 1938 and and the relevance of this discovery for improving sports performance was appreciated within a year. Derivatives were used by the German military in World War II to enhance aggression among new recruits. Body-builders began to give public
Downing, Billie, Roett, Michelle A.
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Investigation of the Prevalence of Anabolic Steroid Misuse, as Well as the Awareness Level and Attitude toward its Negative Effects among the Male Bodybuilder Athletes in Kermanshah, Iran, in 2019

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Īlām, 2021
Introduction: There have been several reports showing that the rate of anabolic-androgenic steroid abuse has increased in athlete and non-athlete adolescents. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of anabolic steroid misuse, as well as the
Mehry Hoseini, Bahram Yousefi, Ali Ashraf Khazaei   +2 more
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Building Body With Anabolics Is Weakening the Heart: Anabolic Steroid Induced Cardiomyopathy. [PDF]

Cureus, 2022
Bhattad PB, Roumia M.
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Investigating anabolic-androgenic steroid dependence and muscle dysmorphia with network analysis among male weightlifters

BMC Psychiatry, 2023
Background Anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) dependence has numerous adverse health consequences, and may be driven in part by body image concerns, primarily muscle dysmorphia. This study aims to further understand and identify potential clinical targets
Morgan Scarth, Lars T. Westlye, Ingrid A. Havnes, Astrid Bjørnebekk   +3 more
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Health service engagement, side effects and concerns among men with anabolic-androgenic steroid use: a cross-sectional Norwegian study

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, Ingrid Amalia Havnes, Marie Lindvik Jørstad, Astrid Bjørnebekk   +3 more
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Clustering psychopathology in male anabolic–androgenic steroid users and nonusing weightlifters

Brain and Behavior, 2023
Introduction Prior research has demonstrated that personality disorders and clinical psychiatric syndromes are common among users of anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS). However, the prevalence, expression, and severity of psychopathology differ among AAS
Marie Lindvik Jørstad, Morgan Scarth, Svenn Torgersen, Harrison Graham Pope, Astrid Bjørnebekk   +4 more
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