Wednesday, July 9, 2008

General statements about steroids

What drug am I researching? I am researching about steroids.
Some questions to answer the general questions.

Q.How is the drug taken?

A. There are few types of ways of taking this.

The some steroids are in the tablets to prevent asthma and are given for asthmatic patients by doctor and it is not illegal.
Many people abusing steroids are taking it by either drinking pills or injections.
There are also in gel, patches, or creams.

This is for injection.
It is stronger and you only have to take once a week.










This one on right is tablets which has steroids in it.


Q.Is the drug a stimulant or depressant?

A. Well there are many kinds of people who used this, and many people think different ways.

Normally, when they start using it, many people feel great having huge muscles and also feel fear by thinking that they can't stop using it because if they do the bodies would go back to normal size.
So, I think it would make depressant.



Short brief history of steroid
Puberty has always provided visual evidence of distinct changes from childhood to young adulthood. Unfortunately the mechanism within the male body responsible for this transformation was poorly understood. It was not until the 19th century that clinical experiments revealed a hormone within the testes which was the catalyst for these changes. Testosterone (aptly named after the testes) was discovered, isolated, and later synthesized. The 1930’s synthesizing of testosterone marked the invention of AAS, as we know them today. Since then literally hundreds of different forms have been catalogued, while far fewer numbers were commercially produced.

Shortly after development, AAS were adapted for a variety of purposes including the increase of aggression in Nazi soldiers, elite-level athletics in the1950’s, and the very specific production for weightlifting athletes. However, by the 1960’s several major sporting organizations had already banned their use, and initiated extensive drug testing policies. In the mid 1990’s, the first Anabolic Steroid Control Act was passed under President George Bush. A decade later congressional hearings were held to curtail the growing AAS problem in athletics. By this time, every major reputable sporting organization from the high school level through the professional ranks had followed suit with anti-AAS regulations and testing policies.

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