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	Anabolic Steroid Abuse
		Anabolic steroids are synthetic derivatives of the male hormone testosterone.
		Anabolic steroids were first abused nonmedically by elite athletes seeking to improve performance.
		The major side effects of anabolic steroid use include liver tumors, jaundice, fluid retention, and high blood pressure; others are severe acne and trembling.
	www.unm.edu /~shc1/anabolic-steroid.html (378 words)

	Anabolic Steroids: Side Effects
		Anabolic steroid use by pregnant women may lead to pseudohermaphroditism or to growth retardation of the female fetus.
		Additional side effects of anabolic steroids specifically in women are acne, hair loss, withdrawal of the frontal hair line, male pattern boldness, lowering of the voice, increased facial hair growth, and breast atrophy.
		When anabolic steroids are administered in growing children side effects include virilization, gynecomastia, and premature closure of the epiphysis, resulting in cessation of longitudinal growth.
	www.sportsci.org /encyc/anabstereff/anabstereff.html (2293 words)

	InfoFacts - Steroids (Anabolic-Androgenic)
		Anabolic steroids are taken orally or injected, typically in cycles of weeks or months (referred to as “cycling”), rather than continuously.
		Annual use of anabolic** steroids remained stable at under 1.5 percent for students in 8th, 10th, and 12th grades in the early 1990s, then started to rise.
		Most anabolic steroids users are male, and among male students, past year use of these substances was reported by 1.3 percent of 8th-graders, 2.3 percent of 10th-graders, and 3.3 percent of 12th-graders in 2004.
	www.nida.nih.gov /Infofax/steroids.html (833 words)

	Anabolic Steroids for non
		Use of anabolic steroids spread through the wide world of sports in the 1960s and 1970s and by the 1980s the drugs were discovered by nonathltetes in search of a better body (24,8).
		Anabolic steroids decrease HDL (the "good" cholesterol) levels and increase the levels of LDL (the "bad" cholesterol), leading to the build up of lipid deposits in the arteries (16,20).
		Anabolic steroid use also decreases the reduction of blood pressure during sleep (20) and increases the risk of severe coronary heart disease (21).
	www.nyu.edu /classes/jaeger/anabolic_steroids.htm (1848 words)

	Anabolic Steroids
		Anabolic steroid use can lead to a number of dangerous side effects including, lowered levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, which benefits the heart, and lowered levels of harmful low-density lipoprotein; stimulation of prostate tumors; clotting disorders, and liver problems.
		For these reasons, anabolic steroids which are synthetic derivatives of the naturally occurring male hormone, testosterone, have been developed.
		Anabolic steroids and andros are banned in the Olympics, professional football, and college athelitics.
	www.elmhurst.edu /~chm/vchembook/558anabolic.html (314 words)

	Anabolic Steroids \| AHealthyMe.com
		Anabolic steroids are a class of synthetic drugs that closely mimic male sex hormones such as testosterone.
		Anabolic steroids are also occasionally prescribed to males with delayed puberty or other conditions connected to a shortfall of testosterone.
		Anabolic steroids were first produced in the 1930s, and it wasn't long before they made their way to gyms and locker rooms across the country.
	www.ahealthyme.com /topic/steroids (1051 words)

	Anabolic Steroids - Steroid .com
		In order to trace the history and development of anabolic steroids from their beginning to their present day form, we first need to look back towards ancient times, when it was known that the testicles were required for both the development and maintenance of male sexual characteristics.
		Ironically, it was also in the early 1990´s that anabolic steroids had started to be used by the medical community to improve survival rates of AIDS and Cancer patients, when it was discovered that loss of lean body mass was associated with increased mortality rates respective to those diseases (14).
		Thus, the history of anabolic steroids is not something that has already occurred and been written, but rather it is a continuing history being written every day by scientists, lawmakers, doctors and of course, athletes.
	www.steroid.com (2089 words)

	anabolic steroids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Most anabolic steroids users are anabolic steroids male, and among male students, anabolic steroids past year use of these anabolic steroids substances anabolic steroids was reported by anabolic steroids 1.3 percent anabolic steroids of 8th-graders, 2.3 percent of 10th-graders, anabolic steroids and 3.3 anabolic steroids percent anabolic steroids of 12th-graders anabolic steroids in 2004.
		The anabolic steroids survey has tracked anabolic steroids 12th-graders’ anabolic steroids illicit drug use and related attitudes since anabolic steroids 1975; in 1991, anabolic steroids 8th- and 10th-graders were added to anabolic steroids the anabolic steroids survey.
		The Monitoring the Future anabolic steroids study, which anabolic steroids is an annual survey of drug abuse among adolescents across the country, anabolic steroids showed a significant increase from anabolic steroids 1998 to 1999 in anabolic steroids steroid abuse anabolic steroids among middle school students.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Marcellus209/anabolic-steroids.html (851 words)

	The Use And Abuse Of Anabolic Steroids in Men
		Anabolic steroids are testosterone, or testosterone-like drugs which produce anabolic activity by increasing protein synthesis and androgenic activity (enhanced secondary sexual characteristics) in the male.
		In 1995, 2.0 percent of 8th-graders and 2.0 percent of 10th-graders had used anabolic steroids at least once in their lifetimes, and 1.0 percent of 8th-graders and 1.2 percent of 10th-graders had used anabolic steroids within the past year.
		Anabolic steroids compete for glucocorticoides receptors, resulting in an anti-catabolic effect by blocking the protein synthesis inhibition which physiologically occurs after exercises due to glucocorticoides liberation.
	dwb.unl.edu /Teacher/NSF/C11/C11Links/www.wellnessmd.com/anabolics.html (3435 words)

	NIDA - Research Report Series - Anabolic Steroid Abuse
		Persistent reports of anabolic steroid abuse by professional athletes, many of whom are regarded as role models by young people, highlight the fact that we are now facing a very damaging message in our society—that bigger is better, and being the best is more important than how you get there.
		While anabolic steroids can enhance certain types of performance or appearance, they are dangerous drugs, and when used inappropriately they can cause a host of severe, long-lasting, and in some cases, irreversible negative health consequences.
		Anabolic steroids can lead to early heart attacks, strokes, liver tumors, kidney failure, and serious psychiatric problems.
	www.nida.nih.gov /ResearchReports/Steroids/AnabolicSteroids.html (328 words)

	ACRIA Update Summer 1998: Anabolic Steroids: A Practical Guide
		Although they are not part of the "standard of care" for HIV disease, anabolic steroids have gained acceptance in reversing the loss of LBM, strength, sexual function, appetite, and general sense of well being in HIV positive patients.
		The anabolic effect of anabolic steroids is elicited by the action of the steroid on androgen receptors in muscle tissue.
		Anabolic steroid therapy is much more effective when a high-protein (one or more grams of protein per pound of bodyweight per day) slightly hyper-caloric diet is maintained consistently, along with resistance weight training (one hour, three to four times a week) and an adequate micronutrient program.
	www.acria.org /treatment/treatment_edu_summerupdate98_anabolic.html (2274 words)

	Steroids & Steroidal Supplements
		Once viewed as a problem associated only with professional athletes, recent reports estimate that 5 to 12 percent of male high school students and 1 percent of female students have used anabolic steroids by the time they were seniors.
		The CSA defines anabolic steroids as any drug or hormonal substance chemically and pharmacologically related to testosterone (other than estrogen, progestins, and corticosteroids), that promotes muscle growth.
		Most illicit anabolic steroids are sold at gyms, competitions and through mail order operations.
	www.streetdrugs.org /steroids.htm (358 words)

	Anabolic Steroids: Mechanisms and Effects
		The use of anabolic steroids in the "real world" is considerably different from that in rigidly controlled, double-blind experiments (in a double blind study, neither the subject nor experimenter knows who is taking the drug).
		Anabolic steroids have been manufactured to enhance the anabolic properties (tissue building) of the androgens and minimize the androgenic (sex-linked) properties.
		Anabolic steroids may block the effects of hormones such as cortisol involved in tissue breakdown during and after exercise.
	www.sportsci.org /encyc/anabster/anabster.html (1200 words)

	Anabolism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anabolism is the metabolic process that builds larger molecules from smaller ones.
		One way of categorizing metabolic processes, whether at the cellular, organ or organism level is as 'anabolic' or 'catabolic', which is the opposite.
		Because it is counterproductive to have anabolic and catabolic processes occurring in cells simultaneously, there are many signals that switch on anabolic processes while switching off catabolic processes and vice versa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anabolism (201 words)

	Steroids (Anabolic-Androgenic)
		Anabolic steroids are taken orally or injected, typically in cycles of weeks or months, rather than continuously, in patterns called cycling.
		Because of growing professional and public concern over the abuse of anabolic steroids by adolescents and young adults, questions regarding anabolic steroid use were added to the MTF in 1989 to afford a better understanding of the extent of the problem.
		Between 1989 and 1999, lifetime prevalence of anabolic** steroid use among 12th graders fluctuated between a 3 percent high in 1989 and a 1.9 percent low in 1996.
	www.personalhealthzone.com /steroids.html (1075 words)

	Anabolic steroid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anabolic steroids were first discovered in the early 1930's and since have been used for numerous medical purposes including stimulation of bone growth, appetite, puberty, and muscle growth.
		Anabolic steroids are controlled in a few countries including the United States where they are listed as Schedule III in the Controlled Substances Act as well as Canada and Britain who also have laws controlling their use and distribution.
		Anabolic steroids, like many other drugs, have been at the center of a lot of controversy and because of this there are many popular misconceptions and myths concerning their purported effects and side effects.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anabolic_steroid (4493 words)

	ESPN.com - SPECIAL - Anabolic steroids
		There should not be a controversy over anabolic steroid use in athletics -- non-medical use of anabolic steroids is illegal and banned by most, if not all, major sports organizations.
		Anabolic steroids -- or more precisely, anabolic-androgenic steroids -- are the synthetic derivatives of the naturally occurring male anabolic hormone testosterone.
		Both anabolic and androgenic have origins from the Greek: anabolic, meaning "to build," and androgenic, meaning "masculinizing." Testosterone's natural androgenic effects trigger the maturing of the male reproductive system in puberty, including the growth of body hair and the deepening of the voice.
	espn.go.com /special/s/drugsandsports/steroids.html (913 words)

	Anabolic steroids (PIM G007)
		Anabolic steroids can be absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, but many compounds undergo such extensive first-pass metabolism in the liver that they are inactive.
		The anabolic steroids are highly protein bound, and are carried in plasma by a specific protein called sex-hormone binding globulin.
		Anabolic steroid abuse amongst athletes, weight lifters, body builders and others is now apparently common at all levels of these sports.
	www.inchem.org /documents/pims/pharm/pimg007.htm (2223 words)

	Anabolic Steroids \| CESAR
		"Anabolic Steroids" are any drug(s) (other then estrogens, progestins, and corticosteroids) or hormonal substance(s), chemically related to testosterone, a male hormone that promotes muscle growth.
		Today, there are more than 100 varieties of anabolic steroids that have been developed, but only a limited number have been approved for human or veterinary use, and each of them are Schedule III and require a prescription in order to be used medically in the United States.
		The history of anabolic steroids can be traced back to as early as 1930's, before the term steroid was even used.
	www.cesar.umd.edu /cesar/drugs/steroids.asp (1203 words)

	Anabolic Steroids Drug Information
		Anabolic steroids help to rebuild tissues that have become weak because of serious injury or illness.
		Anabolic steroids may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.
		Tumors of the liver, liver cancer, or peliosis hepatis, a form of liver disease, have occurred during long-term, high-dose therapy with anabolic steroids.
	www.drugs.com /cons/Anabolic_Steroids.html (2121 words)

	Anabolic Steroids (Systemic) - MayoClinic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Anabolic steroids should not be used during pregnancy.
		Anabolic steroids should be used with caution in pediatric patients.
		When elderly male patients are treated with anabolic steroids, they may have an increased risk of enlarged prostate or cancer of the prostate.
	www.mayoclinic.com /health/drug-information/DR202035 (1843 words)

	News from DEA, Congressional Testimony, 03/16/04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Abuse of anabolic steroids among young Americans has reached dangerous levels, and it puts our kids at increased risk of heart disease, liver cancer, depression, stunted growth, and eating disorders, not to mention increased episodes of hostility and aggression.
		Anabolic androgenic steroids are synthetic chemicals based on the structure and pharmacology of testosterone originally developed in the 1930s to help rebuild body tissue and prevent breakdown of tissue in individuals suffering from debilitating diseases.
		This international ketamine and anabolic steroid trafficking organization in Mexico smuggled thousands of vials of ketamine and steroids to California, New York, New Jersey, and Florida.
	www.dea.gov /pubs/cngrtest/ct031604.html (1715 words)

	Anabolic Steriods
		The full name is androgenic anabolic steroids and they promote growth of the skeletal structure and increase lean body mass.
		They are taken in continuous patterns called "cycling," which occur by starting, stopping and starting again over a period of weeks or months and changing the dosages of the steroids.
		Additionally, users will combine anabolic steroids often times with other drugs (stimulants, depressants, painkillers, anti-inflammatories) to maximize their effectiveness while minimizing negative effects.
	www.ihs.org /body.cfm?id=580 (339 words)

	Anabolic Steroids and Testosterone Effects and Mechanisms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Even though in isolation, synthesized and actively experimented with for many decades now, and at this point the primary mode of anabolic action with all anabolic/androgenic steroids is to be a direct activation of the cellular androgen receptor and increase in protein synthesis.
		By supplementing external anabolic usage the increase of hormone levels, so does the androgen receptor activation, and finally the protein synthesis effect.
		In this process it is called catabolism (breakdown of muscle tissue.) Muscle growth is achieved when the anabolic effects of testosterone are more pronounced overall than the degenerative effects of cortisol.
	www.anabolic-bible.org /ShowPage.aspx?callpage=Anabolic_Effects (605 words)

	MedlinePlus Drug Information: Anabolic Steroids (Systemic) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Older adults—When elderly male patients are treated with anabolic steroids, they may have an increased risk of enlarged prostate or cancer of the prostate.
		Valproic acid (e.g., Depakene)—Taking anabolic steroids with any of these medicines may increase the chances of liver damage.
		Anabolic steroids may interfere with normal bone growth.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/202035.html (1873 words)

	Anabolic Steroids. Steroids - deca , sustanon, dbol, winstrol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Anabolic steroids are man-made substances related to male sex hormones.
		Cycling involves taking multiple doses of anabolic steroids over a specific period of time, stopping for a period, and starting again.
		The use of anabolic steroids without doctors prescription is a violation of laws in some countries.
	xtremepharma.freewebpage.org (289 words)

	Steroids \| Anabolic Steroid Cycles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		If you over train, all of the anabolic hormones will be used up and the catabolic hormones will start to dominate.
		The level of growth at which the plateau is reached is predetermined by the amount of anabolic hormones that your body naturally produces.
		Anabolic steroids artificially raise the amount of anabolic hormones in the blood and permit further growth.
	www.anabolicsteroids.com (1716 words)

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