The following article will discuss the effects that Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids can have on muscle development in the human body. Anabolic-androgenic steroids are commonly known for being taken for personal use but, there are many medical conditions where anabolic-androgenic steroids must be used and this will also be discussed. Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) are synthetic drugs related to the male sex hormones called androgens and the term anabolic, refers to the growth of skeletal muscle. Basically AAS can be like a synthetic form of testosterone which is the primary male hormone. AAS is legally prescribed by doctors in the United States to treat males who have experienced delayed puberty and it helps to treat wasting of the body which
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There isn’t a lot of proven research yet but, AAS is thought to increase the size of your left ventricle in your heart if you abuse AAS. The left ventricle is responsible for pumping blood to the entire circulatory system in your body and this is why there is a lot of muscle surrounding this ventricle because much force is needed to eject blood from the heart. When you abuse AAS for a prolonged period you will dramatically increase the size of all your working muscles when you work out and one of those muscles that can enlarge helps eject blood from your heart as I just mentioned. There are also benefits to taking AAS and one of the benefits to taking AAS is when a patient struggles to gain weight while trying to recover from a severe illness because AAS can help them gain and maintain normal body weight by increasing protein synthesis to build muscle. Oxandrolone is a type of AAS and it is currently being used and tested to treat severe burn patients. Severe burns can lead to a loss of lean muscle mass and this cause’s exaggerated proteolysis which will lead to delayed healing and weakness in the muscle. When oxandrolone is administered, there is a significant increase in the net balance of muscle protein because of an increased rate of protein synthesis. This works by binding to intracellular androgen receptors and this will form a complex that will bind to DNA and stimulate protein synthesis to increase lean body
There isn’t a lot of proven research yet but, AAS is thought to increase the size of your left ventricle in your heart if you abuse AAS. The left ventricle is responsible for pumping blood to the entire circulatory system in your body and this is why there is a lot of muscle surrounding this ventricle because much force is needed to eject blood from the heart. When you abuse AAS for a prolonged period you will dramatically increase the size of all your working muscles when you work out and one of those muscles that can enlarge helps eject blood from your heart as I just mentioned. There are also benefits to taking AAS and one of the benefits to taking AAS is when a patient struggles to gain weight while trying to recover from a severe illness because AAS can help them gain and maintain normal body weight by increasing protein synthesis to build muscle. Oxandrolone is a type of AAS and it is currently being used and tested to treat severe burn patients. Severe burns can lead to a loss of lean muscle mass and this cause’s exaggerated proteolysis which will lead to delayed healing and weakness in the muscle. When oxandrolone is administered, there is a significant increase in the net balance of muscle protein because of an increased rate of protein synthesis. This works by binding to intracellular androgen receptors and this will form a complex that will bind to DNA and stimulate protein synthesis to increase lean body