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Anabolic Steroids

The American Journal on Addictions, 1992
Anabolic steroids (ASs) are synthetic derivatives of testosterone that have both anabolic (tissue building) and androgenic (masculinizing) effects. ASs are increasingly used for the nonmedical purposes of enhancing athletic performance and physical appearance.
N. Carlson   +6 more
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Baseline characteristics of the HAARLEM study: 100 male amateur athletes using anabolic androgenic steroids

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 2020
The use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) is common among visitors of fitness centers. Knowledge about health risks of AAS use is limited due to lack of clinical studies.
D. L. Smit   +4 more
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Anabolic steroids

Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2000
Anabolic steroids are synthetic derivatives of testosterone modified to enhance the anabolic rather than the androgenic actions of the hormone. The anabolic effects are considered to be those promoting protein synthesis, muscle growth and crythopoiesis.
D R, Mottram, A J, George
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Anabolic steroids

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 1999
Anabolic steroids may be an additional mode of intervention to promote anabolism and improve clinical outcome in various acute and chronic wasting diseases. The present review discusses the rationale for anabolic steroid treatment in acute and chronic disease, their mechanistic actions, the available clinical trials in acute and chronic disease and ...
E C, Creutzberg, A M, Schols
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Anabolic—Androgenic Steroids

Disease-a-Month, 2013
The use of drugs to enhance physical performance has occurred since the beginning of recorded time. Ancient Greeks ate mushrooms and sesame seeds to enhance performance, and Roman gladiators used stimulants to increase endurance. In modern sports, documentation of the abuse of performance-enhancing drugs appeared in the early 1900s, when athletes ...
Donald G, Barceloux, Robert B, Palmer
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Anabolic Steroid Abuse

Advances in Pediatrics, 1990
Anabolic steroids are capable of increasing strength and muscle bulk in certain individuals when combined with a proper diet and an intense training program. Any steroid that is anabolic is also androgenic. Anabolic steroids are fraught with numerous side effects, a few of which are potentially life threatening, and some of which are permanent. Most of
G L, Landry, W A, Primos
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Anabolic Steroids

Clinics in Sports Medicine, 1984
Anabolic-androgenic steroid hormones are used by athletes in an attempt to improve performance. Side effects include decreased testosterone and sperm production, acne, balding, and increased aggression. The long-term effects are not known.
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Anabolic Steroids

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice, 1993
Anabolic steroids have been employed extensively in equine practice over the past 25 years. Their usefulness is largely dependent on subjective opinions, as only minimal studies have been carried out in horses. Therefore, their use will vary markedly between practitioners depending on their personal experiences and pressures by trainers to use them ...
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Anabolic-androgenic steroids: procurement and administration practices of doping athletes

Physician and sportsmedicine, 2018
Performance enhancing substances are becoming increasingly popular amongst bodybuilders and people who want to enhance their physiques. However, due to the rise of the Internet and laws prohibiting sales of these substances without prescription, the ...
J. Fink   +6 more
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Anabolic androgens (anabolic steroids)

1995
Abstract The paradigm anabolic androgen is the naturally occurring sex hormone testosterone, which exerts its actions through specific cellular receptors in the cytoplasm (intracellular fluid) of target cells (Lukas 1993). Testosterone is responsible for the development of male sexual characteristics in utero and for the changes that ...
R E Ferner   +2 more
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