Why Steroids Are Bad for You ? | Anabolic Steroid Side Effects

Anabolic Steroid Side Effects

Side effects are largely overstated in steroid use.
They have emerged from myth and misunderstanding.
The American Medical Association has come out and declared that steroids "should NOT be a classified substance" and that
"they can be used safely."
Abuse of any medicine can be harmful but moderate and controlled cycling of anabolic steroids results in no adverse side effects.
Steroids have become targeted not because of any cogent evidence of health problems but because of their political influence in sponsored athletic and sports activities.
It is a fact that athletes who use anabolic steroids in competitions will always have an advantage over participants whocompete
without these substances.
It is the argument of those who use steroids for bodybuilding purposes that they should be allowed to use steroids asa cosmetic enhancement since they are not participating in sports activities which ban such substances.
It is fair comment to say that using steroids in competitions is cheating and should be controlled. It is also fair comment to suggest that steroids for cosmetic enhancement should be allowed.In certain countries...,this is the case and anabolic steroids are allowed for personal use.
The sporting lobby in the USA , however, is a powerful voice and millions of dollars in sponsorships from sports goods corporations is a reason for putting steroids in the firing line.

Anabolic steroids are powerful hormones. They affect the entire body. Some of the side effects are common to all users. Other side effects are specifically related to your sex and age.

Men who take anabolic steroids may:

• Develop breasts
• Get painful erections
• Have their testicles shrink
• Have decreased sperm count
• Become infertile
• Become impotent
  

Women who take anabolic steroids may:

• Grow excessive face and body hair
• Have their voices deepen
• Experience menstrual irregularities
• Have an enlarged clitoris
• Have reduced breast size
• Have a masculinized female fetus
  

Both men and women who take anabolic steroids may:

• Get acne
• Have an oily scalp and skin
• Get yellowing of the skin (jaundice)
• Become bald
• Have tendon rupture
• Have heart attacks
• Have an enlarged heart
• Develop significant risk of liver disease and liver cancer
• Have high levels of "bad" cholesterol
• Have mood swings
• Fly into rages
• Suffer delusions
  

Teens who take anabolic steroids may:

• Have short height due to arrested bone growth
• Girls may suffer long-term masculinization

Since steroids are often taken by injections, there is also the risk of getting HIV or hepatitis infection from an unsterile needle or syringe.