Anabolic steroids are a classification of synthetic hormones used primarily to build muscle mass and strength in weight training athletes. Anabolic steroids are a very broad and generalized term that covers and encompasses hundreds of...
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Anabolic steroids are a classification of synthetic hormones used primarily to build muscle mass and strength in weight training athletes. Anabolic steroids are a very broad and generalized term that covers and encompasses hundreds of different products. Anabolic steroids range in products from various synthetic testosterone esters to oral products.
Anabolic steroids are used primarily by weight training athletes, but athletes from every sport played use them to gain a competitive advantage. Everything from speed in tennis, to hitting home runs in baseball, anabolic steroids assist the athlete with faster recovery times, increased performance, and lean muscle mass.
Anabolic steroids are illegal for use in competition due to the unnatural advantage the user will have over other athletes. Anabolic steroids are also illegal to posses in most countries and acquiring them usually means breaking local and federal laws. Anabolic steroids are commonly used for increasing muscle size; therefore potential for abuse by non competitive athletes is high. It is not uncommon for average gym lifters to use anabolic steroids for vanity reasons.
All anabolic steroids are synthesized from testosterone, the most common anabolic steroids used. Popular anabolic steroids include; testosterone enanthate, testosterone cypionate, deca durabolin, dianabol, anadrol, equipoise, and more. All the aforementioned anabolic steroids are derivatives of synthetic testosterone, having been altered to change the profile to make the anabolic steroids more anabolic or androgenic.
Anabolic steroids are usually used for pre-contest bodybuilding use, or by casual users and lifters due to the minimization of side effects generally associated with high androgen use. Such anabolic steroids side effects include; increased body hair, male pattern baldness, acne, oily skin, and more. Androgenic anabolic steroids cause more rapid increases in body weight, but not all of the gains may be from muscle, increases can also be water retention as high androgen anabolic steroids cause more of the unwanted side effects.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The risks of anabolic steroids - used by some athletes to build muscle mass - are by now well-documented. But it turns out, perhaps not surprisingly, that steroids bought illegally through "underground labs" and over the internet generally aren't what their labels say they are, researchers reported yesterday at the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry's annual meeting in Los Angeles. Steroid users often complain that the drugs they had bought - often at... Read Full Story
A lot of professional bodybuilders have prescriptions for anabolic steroids and a lot of garden variety gym rats have prescriptions also, which they use to supplement their regular use of anabolic steroids. That’s all well and good, and it’s probably a good thing that people are turning towards doctors for their anabolics. However, it should be noted that if you have a prescription, and you have failed to disclose the fact that you are taking other anabolic steroids, that prescription is... Read Full Story
Steroid cycles are actually the time periods in which a person or athlete uses the anabolic steroids. The cycle can vary from two weeks to more than 6-12 weeks or even more. The steroid cycles involve using one particular anabolic steroid during the start of the steroid cycle and ending up with a different steroid for better results. Read Full Story
A new product which is considered as a replacement for traditional steroids is being sold online and on the black market based on an article published by Science Daily. This non-steroidal product is used primarily for the treatment of various diseases which include sarcopenia, osteoporosis, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and cancer cachexia. SARMs or Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators can give the benefits provided by anabolic steroids but with minimal side effects . This is one of... Read Full Story
Banned products are readily available, researchers say
By -- Robert Preidt
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FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Unapproved non-steroidal and tissue-selective anabolic drugs called selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) are being sold on the Internet as sports doping agents, according to a new report.
Though SARMs offer promise for the treatment... Read Full Story
MIT Technology review reports that a group from the German Sport University Cologne in Germany detected the real SARM (selective androgen receptor modulators)in a product called Andarine, available online for $100 and labeled as green tea extracts and face moisturizer.
Selective androgen receptor modulators have steroid effects but are believed to be safer, without many of the harmful side effects of steroids.
SARMs work similarly to testosterone but in a more targeted way. “They are... Read Full Story
Boy, it seems like I’ve been reviewing a lot of books lately. This year, believe it or not, since last Christmas, I had set a goal to read 52 books, or one per week until my next birthday (*yes, which is Christmas Day). It’s probably not much of a surprise that a good deal of those books have been related to anabolic steroids…and if I were being truthful, I’d have to admit that I probably should have already read Anabolic Steroids – A Question of Muscle: Human Subject Abuses in Anabolic... Read Full Story
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers to stop using any body building products that are represented to contain steroids or steroid-like substances. While many of these products are marketed as dietary supplements, the FDA says they are NOT dietary supplements, but instead are unapproved and misbranded drugs.
The advisory was issued along with a warning letter sent to American Cellular Laboratories Inc. for marketing and distributing the products, which FDA says... Read Full Story
On November 3, 2009, Bodybuilding.com, in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration has announced a voluntary recall of all lots and expiration dates of 65* nutritional supplements. Even more interesting is the fact that Bodybuilding.com quietly removed their voluminous anabolic steroid informational section (formerly written by Pete Van Mol, a/k/a Big Cat), and have additionally removed their anabolic steroid forum, where members were previously free to discuss the use of anabolic... Read Full Story
Every consumer should be wary of every product that they take to ensure that it will not pose health risks for them. Health conscious people turn to supplements to enhance their physique and stay fit. But not all products available in the market can fulfill that need. There are even legal supplement products which may produce undesirable results. What more if these products came from illegal sources? Since the supplements industry is a multi-billion business, there are a lot of people who... Read Full Story
