Often referred to as roids, hypes, juices, weight trainers, gym candies, stackers, arnolds, or pumpers, the Anabolic steroids are synthetic hormonal drugs derived from testosterone, the primary male sex hormone. These drugs are commonly used for treating hypogonadism, delayed puberty, and some types of impotence. These drugs are also proven successful against several chronic wasting diseases, such as AIDS and Cancer.
Anabolic steroids are often taken orally in form of pills, or injected intramuscular with a needle and typically in intervals of weeks or months, but anabolic steroids are one of the extensively abused drugs today. Often, these steroids are abused as performance enhancing drugs. They are commonly used by bodybuilders, weightlifters, athletes, and jocks, to increase their strength and stamina. They are also used by young boys, girls, and teenagers for various cosmetic purposes.
However, there are a number of severe fallouts and several health risks associated with anabolic steroids. The people who share needles for using injectable steroids virtually open themselves to risk of serious infections including Hepatitis B and HIV, the AIDS virus....