Time To Start Testing
...the Future Survey, about 1 out of 40 high school seniors reported last year that they had used andro in the past year. In high school, there are many student athletes willing to do anything to become a professional athlete. The need to be superior makes the negative effects of steroids invincible. Professional athletes don't help the problem much either. They are never tested and many are caught using steroids. There needs to be a stop to all of this.
Many Americans seek short cuts to larger muscles and greater endurance with anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. Steroids are drugs that act like chemical in the body. Most steroids are transformed into testosterone when they enter the body. Testosterone is a male growth hormone. While user may gain short-term results, they are seriously shortchanging their health.
Some of the ill effects of the drugs are damage to the kidneys and liver. A person can also alter the balance of the natural hormones. This can cause detrimental effects to the body. The effects of you natural hormones being out of balance can last several years after being off the drugs. Some male user form breasts due to the use of steroids. Because of the increase in testosterone, steroids can cause serious acne problems. When used by teens it can cause stunted growth. Other side effects include genital changes, water retention, yellow eyes, coronary artery disease, ligament injuries, high blood pressure, changes in cholesterol levels, sterility and liver disease. The list goes on and on. Women that use steroids run the risk of male pattern baldness. Some effects of steroids are even worse. Some people fall into comas after injecting the drugs, some may even die from the injections.
Although steroids have many negative effects, they have many needed medical purposes. Androgens have many legitimate...
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