Steroid: The Pros and Cons

Drugs were developed to serve a particular purpose, to serve as a medication for a specific medical condition, as steroids were developed to treat hypogonadism, a medical condition in which the testes do not produce sufficient testosterone for normal growth, development, and sexual functioning. Further researches and studies during the 1930’s lead to denude a fact that it could facilitate the growth of the skeletal muscle in laboratory animals, a discovery which later led to abuse, body builders, weightlifters, and athletes are only some who have started using the compound in an excessive dosage.
The abusive use of anabolic steroid or simply steroid has been associated with dozens of adverse side effects, effects which penetrate outside and inside our system. Acne and breast development in men, irritability and aggression, the simplest form of what it can bring. Most effects are sometimes reversible but some are permanent. Liver cancer, heart attacks and elevated cancers, these are the serious and severe effects of over using steroid. In addition to these, people who inject steroids also run the risk of contracting or transmitting hepatitis or HIV. Some experience the so called “withdrawal symptoms when they stop using the drug, these withdrawal symptoms include mood swing, fatigue, restlessness, loss of appetite, insomnia, reduced sex drive and depression which later associated with suicide attempts.
Its use is widespread regardless of age and sex. Based on the survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) there were high school students injecting steroid, a proof that this “gym candy” has penetrated in the youth orientation.
It is a sad thing to know that there those selling this compound to the public without taking in consideration what it can bring. Amidst this numbers there still remain medical firms who are dedicated in selling this products and orienting their clients with its responsible use.