Adverse health consequences of performance-enhancing drugs: an Endocrine Society scientific statement

HG Pope Jr, RI Wood, A Rogol, F Nyberg… - Endocrine …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Despite the high prevalence of performance-enhancing drug (PED) use, media attention has
focused almost entirely on PED use by elite athletes to illicitly gain a competitive advantage …

Anabolic–androgenic steroid dependence: an emerging disorder

G Kanayama, KJ Brower, RI Wood, JI Hudson… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS) are widely used illicitly to gain muscle and lose
body fat. Here we review the accumulating human and animal evidence showing that AAS …

[HTML][HTML] Anabolic-androgenic steroid use in the Eastern Mediterranean region: A scoping review of extant empirical literature

E Hearne, M Wazaify, MC Van Hout, A Atkinson… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The use of image-and performance-enhancing drugs particularly anabolic-androgenic
steroids (AAS) is not a new phenomenon. AAS use is not limited to athletes, with mainstream …

[HTML][HTML] Usage and perceptions of anabolic-androgenic steroids among male fitness centre attendees in Kuwait-a cross-sectional study

I Alsaeed, JR Alabkal - Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy, 2015 - Springer
Background Considering the recent popularity of bodybuilding and the apparent spread of
anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) use amongst bodybuilding enthusiasts in Kuwait, there is …

[HTML][HTML] Culture, psychosomatics and substance abuse: The example of body image drugs

G Kanayama, JI Hudson, HG Pope Jr - Psychotherapy and …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Gen Kanayama a, b James I. Hudson a, b Harrison G. Pope Jr. a, b aBiological Psychiatry
Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass., and bDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and awareness of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) among gymnasts in the western province of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

KA Al Bishi, A Afify - Electronic physician, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS) are synthetic derivatives of the male sex
hormone (testosterone) that are increasingly used by athletes as performance enhancing …

Performance-enhancing substance misuse in sport: Risk factors and considerations for success and failure in intervention programs

MS Bahrke - Substance Use & Misuse, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Full article: Performance-Enhancing Substance Misuse in Sport: Risk Factors and
Considerations for Success and Failure in Intervention Programs Skip to Main Content …

Knowledge and attitude of using anabolic androgenic steroids among male bodybuilders in al-russafa baghdad province

SM Challab - Ibn AL-Haitham Journal For Pure and Applied …, 2023 - jih.uobaghdad.edu.iq
Anabolic androgenic steroids are being more popular between bodybuilders and people
who are using gym to enhance their physiques. However, according to the increase of the …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on behaviour and preference changes in relation to selected anabolic androgenic substances and steroids: A research study

J Bejtkovský, P Snopek - Adiktologie, 2021 - publikace.k.utb.cz
BACKGROUND: In December 2019, a severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19) broke out in China. The virus spread rapidly …

Administration of the anabolic androgenic steroid nandrolone decanoate affects substance P endopeptidase-like activity in the rat brain

K Magnusson, M Hallberg, AMSK Högberg, F Nyberg - Peptides, 2006 - Elsevier
The effect of the anabolic androgenic steroid, nandrolone decanoate, on substance P
endopeptidase-like activity was examined in adult male Sprague–Dawley rats. Nandrolone …