Steroids
Steroids have many bad effects on the human body. Steroids can harm all your major muscles including your heart and brain. They can also shorten your lifespan by five years or more, even if you only take them for 9 months (this is why doctors only prescribe them for a maximum of six months at a time). Steroids can be prescribed by doctors for many diseases such as osteoporosis, asthma, and lung problems. Side effects for steroids include, but are not limited to acne, cushing’s syndrome (cushing syndrome is a metabolic disorder that is caused by the overproduction of corticosteroid hormones), irritability, hair growing on face, easier bruising, weight gain, and redistribution of fat. There are three main types of steroids, they are Anabolic Steroids, Androgenic Steroids,and Corticosteroids. ‘Steroids are the leading abused drug’ As the Department of U.S Drug Abuse Institute stated in 2012. …show more content…
Androgenic steroids can be natural or synthetic compounds. Androgenic steroids are usually a steroid hormone that controls the development of the male hormones. Side effects of Androgenic steroids are hair loss, liver disease an example of this is liver tumors, kidney disease, heart disease for example a heart attack and stroke. Androgenic steroids can change your social state also (social state is the state you are in emotionally and physical). They can cause you to be stressed out, nervous, emotionally unstable and
Steroids have many bad effects on the human body. Steroids can harm all your major muscles including your heart and brain. They can also shorten your lifespan by five years or more, even if you only take them for 9 months (this is why doctors only prescribe them for a maximum of six months at a time). Steroids can be prescribed by doctors for many diseases such as osteoporosis, asthma, and lung problems. Side effects for steroids include, but are not limited to acne, cushing’s syndrome (cushing syndrome is a metabolic disorder that is caused by the overproduction of corticosteroid hormones), irritability, hair growing on face, easier bruising, weight gain, and redistribution of fat. There are three main types of steroids, they are Anabolic Steroids, Androgenic Steroids,and Corticosteroids. ‘Steroids are the leading abused drug’ As the Department of U.S Drug Abuse Institute stated in 2012. …show more content…
Androgenic steroids can be natural or synthetic compounds. Androgenic steroids are usually a steroid hormone that controls the development of the male hormones. Side effects of Androgenic steroids are hair loss, liver disease an example of this is liver tumors, kidney disease, heart disease for example a heart attack and stroke. Androgenic steroids can change your social state also (social state is the state you are in emotionally and physical). They can cause you to be stressed out, nervous, emotionally unstable and