Anabolic steroid

Steroids are chemicals that can be produced naturally through the adrenal and pituitary glands. Our body uses these to fight off inflammation and assist in growth.The anabolic steroids are produced in laboratories. Originally they were developed to assist with growth, slow starting puberty, or other medical uses. By abusing the natural amount produced by your body can have negative, serious, and sometimes forever lasting consequences. Steroids and their abusive impacts when abused rose first…

Introduction There are two different types of steroids: natural steroids and synthetic steroids. Natural steroids are made from fats in the body. “Any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, such as: sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action” (Steriod, n.d.). The human body naturally produces the following steroids: sex steroids, corticosteroids, mineralocorticoids, bile acid, and sterols. Sex steroids are made up of androgens and…

Using steroids to enhance the performance, and using narcotics to get high are not the same. That being said, in my opinion you can’t be criminalized, if you have possession of anabolic steroids. A legalized steroid would reduce the cheating in today’s sports and would increase competitiveness. For recreational purpose in medical is also useful, due to its immune boosting affects and building muscles (Mooney, 1995). We still can regulate steroids with close supervision of a…

performance enhancing drugs, in order to achieve their perceived goals. Anabolic steroids are a very common form of P.E.D.s. Anabolic…

The use of anabolic-androgenic steroids in professional sports and in general is wrong. There are several health and reputational risks involved in taking these drugs. Everyday more and more teenagers are caught using these substances for their own purposes. Professional athletes and anyone else who uses them need to find a way to stop using anabolic-androgenic steroids. Anabolic-androgenic steroids include the male sex hormone testosterone and many of its synthetic derivatives (Harmer, 2010,…

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.…

Steroids and Performing-Enhancing Drugs Performance-enhancing drugs are used in sports to give the player an advantage over the other players. There have been many professional athletes that have been caught using performance-enhancing drugs. Many players are caught when a drug test is administered. Professional sports leagues have introduced a random drug test so athletes that do drugs cannot prepare for the test. Performance-enhancing drugs are banned in sports and if a player is caught using…

Alex Rodriguez was found abusing an illegal substance after using steroids for three seasons of Major League Baseball, and Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles. Both say they were just experimenting when things got out of hand. Furthermore, these are just two cases of naturally talented athletes getting caught abusing a performance enhancing substance. Consequently, athletes should not be allowed to use steroids or other performance enhancing substances. They are not…

Anabolic Steroids Should be Banned The use of Steroids in the sports world is not new in present times, these Anabolic and Androgenic Steroids are accurately belonging to a group know Performance-Enhancing drugs; which is so commonly used by athletes. An Anabolic Steroid hormone is the growth of muscles and bone mass that occur during puberty and covert boys into men. In the sports world many athletes use Anabolic Steroids to reach optimal performances and advantage in their sports. Anabolic…

Why do athletes do drugs? Athletes take steroids to get them to an advantage but it can have long term effects on their health. How do the athletes get caught? Athletes can be called in for a drug test at any time, in or out of competition. “ During competitions, some sports only carry…