Most dislike the use of them in sports,
and some will not prescribe them at all for use in sports. They see them as
dangerous for healthy individuals, and the taking of drugs to get a winning edge
they see as cheating. Others don't like steroids, but will prescribe them,
knowing their patient, if not given them by their doctor, will get them from
somewhere else. This way they can regulate them, tell the patient the correct
way to use them, and keep an eye on them. Still others doctors consider steroids
safe when administered under medical supervision, which includes carefully
regulating dosages and watching for the first signs of trouble.
A fourth view doctors take is recognizing the possibility that although sometimes steroids do
serious harm, the same can be said of minor drugs, such as aspirin. Millions of
people take aspirin daily, because the benefits greatly outweigh the risks, and
suffer no harm as a consequence, and the doctors feel the same is true about
steroids. When under medical supervision, doctors feel their patients are safe
because of their good physical condition and the drugs can be stopped if trouble
begins to show. They feel that with steroids, much like with aspirin, the
benefits greatly outweigh the risks. None of these views can be proven correct
or incorrect, but one thing is certain. Steroids used without medical
supervision do the greatest harm. The athletes generally do not know how much to
take, and take doses that are too large right from the start. Many doctors
believe that steroids can lead to heart attacks and even strokes. Steroids cause
extreme bloating because they create an imbalance of chemicals in the body and
to regain that balance the body holds water. This extra fluid raises the blood
pressure and could cause strokes and heart-attacks. Steroids are also suspected
of bringing on liver and kidney failure.
The steroids seem just as capable of
destroying tissues as creating it. Women are seen as being especially endangered
by steroids because of the increased amounts of testosterone. Testosterone
steroids are androgenic drugs, which means they promote masculinity. Although
women produce small amounts naturally, it is a male hormone. The testosterone
present is kept in balance with estrogen, the female hormone. Like testosterone
for males, estrogen gives females their feminine characteristics. The woman may
bald, grow excess bodily hair, including a mustache, they lose the gentle curves
of their body, their skin roughens, weight is gained, and the voice deepens. An
unborn child is also endangered, female's unborn babies will develop such male
traits as extra hair, and all unborn children, according to a few doctors, are
subject to be handicapped and deformed. Men also are endangered. They may
experience a shrinking of the testicles, called atrophy, accompanied by a
lowered sperm count, a lessening of sexual desire, infertility, and an
enlargement of the prostate gland that men under fifty usually do not suffer
from. Steroids are dangerous when used incorrectly, and should be used only
under medical supervision. It has undesired side effects for men, women, and
even the unborn
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http://www2.msstate.edu/~jfw1/Steroids4.htm Internet Research
http://www.musclenow.com/steroids.html Internet Research
http://www.nevdgp.org.au/geninf/adf/anabolic.htm Internet Research
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