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Steroids
• Some questions
we need
answers to
• What are steroids?
• Who takes steroids
• What happens to those
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who take them?
How would you know if
someone took them?
How do people get them?
Where to find more
information?
What are Steroids?
Steroids are synthetic substances that are similar to the male sex hormone
testosterone. Many doctors prescribe steroids to treat a number of health
problems. However, steroids are never prescribed to young, and healthy people
hoping to gain muscle. WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION STEROIDS ARE
ILLEGAL.
How are steroids taken?
Steroids are often referred to as anabolic or androgenic substances. Anabolic
promotes growth of the skeletal muscle; and androgenic cause the development
of male sexual characteristics. Anabolic steroids are used by ingesting (pills) or by
injection (needles – into the skeletal muscle). Some common types of steroids
are:
Oral Steroids
Injected steroids
Anadrol
Decca
Oxandrin
Depo
Dianabol
Equipoise
Who takes steroids?
Which of these individuals do you think is more likely to take steroids?
Teenager
Policeman
Sportsman
Woman
Body builder
No its actually teenagers!
What happens to those who take
them?
The symptoms of steroid use :
How would you know if someone
takes them:
Where do people get them ?
• Many people get them on the black market
which can be from:
• Mail order catalogues
• The internet
• Drug dealers
• People stealing and selling them
• Gyms and health clubs
– What’s the problem buying from these sources?
The problem with buying from
these sources are:
• They are illegal
• The quality of the substances are not
protected.
• Many people buy steroids through the
black market are getting substances filled
with all sorts of things to pad them out.
Such as water with dyes, sugar pills and
even horse testosterone!
Where to go for more information:
• www.kidshealth.org
• www.drugstory.org
Research for you to do:
• Find out what corticosteroids are, and
what substances they are contained in.
• Find out what anabolic steroids are and
what substances they are in.
• Find out how tendons are affected by
steroids.