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05-03-2005, 06:10 PM
Here's something interesting. I had no idea that Steroids came chock full of withdrawal symptoms...
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WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, (NAMC) -As the visibility of steroid use among professional baseball players soars, the country is taking a closer look at non-medical anabolic steroid use. Dr. Barbara Krantz, chief medical officer of Hanley Center, West Palm Beach, says that these steroids are easy to get, and they are not only illegal without a doctor's prescription for medical reasons, they are dangerous drugs, with serious psychological and medical side effects.
According to Dr. Krantz, people coming through the center for treatment of alcohol and chemical dependency are routinely asked if they use steroids. "The majority of clients who say they use steroids tell us they bought them from the Internet," said Dr. Krantz. "These people are often treated for opiate abuse, because they've taken opiates to ease intense pain caused by the attempt to wean off steroids."
A major reason people say they used steroids was to improve their performance in sports. NBC recently reported that approximately one half million teenagers in 8th through 10th grades use steroids to perform better in school athletics, but it isn't only teens who are hoping to boost endurance, strength and muscle mass through steroid use. Many people attempt to reduce body fat with steroid use. While little data exist on the extent of adult steroid abuse, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of people aged 18 and over abuse anabolic steroids at least once a year.
Steroid users, in an attempt to produce a greater effect on muscle mass, "stack" or mix oral and/or injectable types, often in doses as high as 100 times the strength of a medical dose. They may "pyramid" the doses in cycles of 6-12 weeks, starting with a low dose and slowly increase it, then decrease the dose slowly, with the belief that this allows the body to safely adjust. Neither stacking nor pyramiding has any scientifically based benefits.
[url="http://press.namct.com/content/view/416/2/"](click for full article) (http://press.namct.com/content/view/416/2/)
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WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, (NAMC) -As the visibility of steroid use among professional baseball players soars, the country is taking a closer look at non-medical anabolic steroid use. Dr. Barbara Krantz, chief medical officer of Hanley Center, West Palm Beach, says that these steroids are easy to get, and they are not only illegal without a doctor's prescription for medical reasons, they are dangerous drugs, with serious psychological and medical side effects.
According to Dr. Krantz, people coming through the center for treatment of alcohol and chemical dependency are routinely asked if they use steroids. "The majority of clients who say they use steroids tell us they bought them from the Internet," said Dr. Krantz. "These people are often treated for opiate abuse, because they've taken opiates to ease intense pain caused by the attempt to wean off steroids."
A major reason people say they used steroids was to improve their performance in sports. NBC recently reported that approximately one half million teenagers in 8th through 10th grades use steroids to perform better in school athletics, but it isn't only teens who are hoping to boost endurance, strength and muscle mass through steroid use. Many people attempt to reduce body fat with steroid use. While little data exist on the extent of adult steroid abuse, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of people aged 18 and over abuse anabolic steroids at least once a year.
Steroid users, in an attempt to produce a greater effect on muscle mass, "stack" or mix oral and/or injectable types, often in doses as high as 100 times the strength of a medical dose. They may "pyramid" the doses in cycles of 6-12 weeks, starting with a low dose and slowly increase it, then decrease the dose slowly, with the belief that this allows the body to safely adjust. Neither stacking nor pyramiding has any scientifically based benefits.
[url="http://press.namct.com/content/view/416/2/"](click for full article) (http://press.namct.com/content/view/416/2/)