Anabolic Steroids

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Anabolic steroids- drugs that are structurally related to the cyclic steroid rings system and have similar effects to testosterone in the body. An increase comes in the increased use of Steroids as more Americans want to be stronger, faster and better...

What are Anabolic Steroids? What are anabolic steroids? Anabolic Steroids include the androgynous male sex hormone testosterone and dihydrotestosterone, and other agents that behave like sex hormones. Androgens stimulate the development of male sexual characteristics (such as deepening of the voice and beard growth) and development of male sex organs. Anabolic steroids stimulate growth in many other types of tissues, especially bone and muscle. It is because

Anonymous Steroid Story.

of this muscle increase that many people choose to

“At my gym, steroids were easy to get. I figured that they were no big deal, so I tried a cycle during my sophomore year wrestling season in high school. I bought a bottle of testosterone and a syringe. I only wanted to have one syringe in my house because a bottle and a syringe is pretty

What makes these drugs addictive?

easy to hide, but ten syringes would be pretty difficult, be-

Like alcohol or street drugs, the common signs of addiction may develop with the use of steroids. These include drug cravings, requiring more drug to get the same effect, and withdrawal symptoms should the drug be stopped. Steroid abusers typically spend large amounts of time and money obtaining the drugs, which is another indication that they may be addicted. A steroid abuser is someone who uses substances containing steroids to increase muscle mass. Individuals who abuse steroids can experience withdrawal symptoms when they stop taking steroids, such as mood swings, fatigue, restlessness, loss of appetite, insomnia, reduced sex drive, and steroid cravings. The most dangerous of the withdrawal symptoms is depression, because it can lead to suicide attempts.

needed to use a different needle every time I injected but I

cause I still live with my parents. Everyone told me that I thought I could just heat the needle up over a flame and it would be sterile. After a few weeks of shooting into my shoulder it started to get swollen and looked weird. Then one day at wrestling practice, the place on my shoulder where I usually inject started to hurt and feel hot. My coach looked at it, and he thought it was badly infected, so we went to the hospital. When I was there, I had to tell the doctor how I got the infection, and my coach found out that I was using steroids, and he told my parents. I got suspended from school for a week and the wrestling team for the rest of the season and all the kids in my school found out too. “


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