Steroid Side Effects

Jan
26

Infertility Caused by Deranged Levels of Sex Hormones in Steroid Users

Anabolic steroid induced infertility is growing problem among bodybuilders in the United Kingdom according to urologist Steve Payne of the British Association of Urological Surgeons. Payne claims that “deranged levels” of hormones in steroid-using bodybuilders can cause infertility.

Dr Allan Pacey, a lecturer at Sheffield University, suggests that infertility may be a permanent side effect of anabolic steroid use. [Read more…]

Jan
26

Scotland Opens Clinics for Steroid Users

A new health clinic created specifically for steroid users recently opened in Inverness (Scotland). The clinic was opened in response to the increasing number of steroid users visiting the needle exchange programs in the region. The United Kingdom has a different approach to anabolic steroid abuse than the United States. The UK focuses on harm reduction with the medicalization of steroid abuse whereas the US tends to criminalize the personal use of anabolic steroids. [Read more…]

Jan
18

Girls Gone Wild on Steroids

Student-athletes at the University of Waterloo were recently told that the fastest growing group of anabolic steroids users are high school girls. The prospect of muscular high school cheerleaders injecting steroids is a sensationalistic visual that should cause concern. Is there an epidemic of high school girls using anabolic steroids? [Read more…]

Jan
17

Decca Duarbulon: Would You Trust a Journalist Who Can’t Spell Name of Popular Steroid?

Would you trust anything written by a “journalist” who incorrectly spells the the trade name of one of the most popular anabolic steroids ever made? A simple misspelling is one thing, but when the subject of your article is anabolic steroids, it is expected that the writer would perform some basic research on the subject matter.

Matthew Kelly  of the Newcastle Herald newspaper in Australia refers to the trade name of nandrolone decanoate as “Decca Duarbulon”. In fact, the commonly used trade name for this anabolic steroid is Deca Durabolin and has been for almost 50 years. Bodybuilders still refer to this drug by its trade name and/or “Deca” for short. [Read more…]