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Anabolic Steroids have become increasingly popular within the last decade amongst athletes and bodybuilders that want to take short cuts to enhancing their physical performance in a variety of sports, from football to martial arts to track and field all the way to cycling. Non prescription Anabolic Steroids are usually used to enhance the body's performance to a high capability quickly, and are a class of steroid associated with the hormone testosterone. Abuse of anabolic steroids is very common among weight lifters and body builders, mostly by men but some women also become abusers of the drug, in a gym environment. Though the short term effects can be tempting and appear positive, the user will experience many negative effects in a short space of time, which are often life threatening. Anabolic steroids were introduced to the world 1930s as a medicine to increase appetite and bone development. It is also used to treat chronic wasting illnesses, like AIDS and cancer. ANABOLIC - A segment of the metabolism in which basic substances are manufactured into the complex materials of living tissue... STEROIDS - Artificial (man-made) hormones that imitate the effects of the male hormone testosterone... |
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