Anabolic steroids are the muscle building drugs used to increase the sexual capabilities of men. These drugs can be prescribed to the persons suffering from AIDS, delayed puberty or some other disease which causes loss of supporting muscles mass. Anabolic steroids are generally termed as AAS (anabolic-androgenic steroids)
Steroid abuse is quite popular among athletes as the intake of these steroids boosts their performance level and also helps them to improve their physical appearance and physique. There are two ways for the intake of these drugs:-
a) Orally
b) Through injections.
These drugs are generally taken in a phase of weeks or months included with short resting periods (generally known as cycling). These steroids are gaining popularity very rapidly now days in spite of the fact that they are not good for health because of their immediate and tremendous effects. Only due to these astounding effects of these steroids, even high ranked athletes get attracted towards it. Stacking is another term related to steroid abuse. It is a course of action in which one use to combine different types of steroids. It is also quite popular among non-athletes because it also helps in improving the physical appearance and physique.
Through an annual survey used to calculate the misuse of drugs among athletes and nation’s school going students we came to know that results were quite shocking. Almost 40% athletes may be more then that are addicted to these drugs and almost 5% of school going students use these steroids very excessively.
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