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    so called “Steroid” ? I’m interested in this question, because that’s the question that truly caught my attention the most and, also keeps me wondering. If people who use it have seen improvement, why do they keep using it. The anabolic steroid also known as the anabolic-androgenic steroid is a drug that athletes use to give more muscle mass to the body and create more testosterone in the body. If traced back to the 1940’s steroids first appeared in Germany. Athletes had begun to use this substance

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    steroids im talking about are called anabolic steroids. Some athletes and bodybuilders use these and they are available as tablets, soluble tablets, solutions, creams, ointments, inhalers, and even injectors. They are used in the growth and over development of skeletal muscle structure and the development of both male and female sexual characteristics. THis is why it is called anabolic. The correct and full name is anabolic-androgenic steroid. This is because of the anabolic side being

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    Anabolic steroids officially known as anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), are drugs which mimic the effects of the male steroids testosterone and dihydrotestosterone. They are widely distributed in nature and have varying functions essential to life. Steroids increase protein synthesis within cells, which results in the buildup of cellular tissue, especially in muscles. Also, anabolic steroids have androgenic and virilizing properties, including the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics

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    Second, many of the anabolic steroid users use different methods of taking steroids and follow certain cycles to maintain balance within their products. The most frequently used method of taking steroids is orally inserting pills. 2 to 5 pills are taken before every workout, meal, and sleep cycle. Additionally, liquid injections have also became a very popular method among users. Injections are broken down into categories depending on the time length they last. Longer lasting injections are injected

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    Anabolic steroids will either help a person or break a person. Anabolic Steroids affect the body,emotions, hormones, and cause deadly infections. Anabolic Steroids also help people with body conditions. A guy from Germany figured out what the side effects for anabolic steroid abuse in 1849 taking by taking off and testing a male birds testicles. Steroid abuse did not take action until the 19th century. “Anabolic steroids were first developed in the 1930s in Europe in an effort to produce a drug

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    Anabolic Steroids are synthetically engineered products used to increase the production of testosterone in the body. Steroids are used all around the world for sporting events or for bodybuilding. A steroid basically encourages the body to use a higher percentage than normal of the calories one ingests to specifically convert those calories to building more muscle mass. While adding testosterone to the mix, the results can be phenomenal. Steroids are available as injections, soluble tablets, and

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    Anabolic Steroids Anabolic steroids are a complex molecule used to trick the mind into thinking that testosterone is being produced. An American doctor in the 1930s developed anabolic steroids for the use of “building body tissue and preventing the breakdown of tissue” (“Athletes and Steroids”). An FDA review later failed to find evidence that these anabolic steroids had positive effects for those purposes. As time went on people found that steroids increase muscle mass significantly, and they

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    Anabolic Steroids are known as anabolic-androgenic steroids. A drug that is structured to relate to the cyclic steroid ring system. Anabolic steroids can many similar effects to testosterone in the body. What anabolic steroids do is increase the protein in the cells. The increase in these cells most happens in the skeletal muscles. Anabolic steroids can also have Androgenic and virilizing properties, that includes the development and the maintenance of masculine characteristics. With that, exactly

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    Anabolic Steroids Anabolic steroid is a steroid that includes hormones that derive from testosterone, the primary male hormone. As a Schedule III drug, it has a low to moderate chance of being abused. In 2001, approximately 2% of high school students had taken steroids in the past year. Steroid revenue is about 400 million dollars a year in the United States. With 100 varieties to choose from, no wonder high-profile athletes have used them to get a “one-up” on their competition. As more varieties

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    Intro: They go by the names of “gym candy”, “pumpers”, “roids”, “stackers”, “weight trainers”, and “juice”. Anabolic steroids are the most popular human growth hormone (HGH) on the black market today, but what a lot of people don’t understand is just how detrimental these drugs can be to a user's body. Before taking a drug, whether it is legal or not, the user should have a solid understanding of what that drug will do to their body Body Paragraph 1: The first step of understanding steroids, is

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