Anabolic steroids are legitimately used for androgen deficiency, muscle wasting, osteoporosis etc.
Millions of athletes especially body builders used androgens, often combined with stimulants, hormones, and diuretics.
They function in a similar manner to testosterone, the chief male hormone. Synthetically manipulating the steroid's chemical structure to increase muscle growth reduces the masculinizing or androgenic effects.
Athletes typically combine multiple steroid preparation in oral and injectable form, a practice call stacking, because they believe that the various androgens differ in physiological actions. They progressively increase the drug dose - a practice called pyramiding - usually in 6-12-week cycle. The drug quantity far exceeds the recommended medical dose, often by 40-fold. The athlete then progressively lowers the dose in months before the competition to lower the chance of detection
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