Androgen misuse and abuse

DJ Handelsman - Endocrine Reviews, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Androgens are potent drugs requiring prescription for valid medical indications but are
misused for invalid, unproven, or off-label reasons as well as being abused without …

Abuse of prescription drugs in the context of novel psychoactive substances (NPS): a systematic review

F Schifano, S Chiappini, JM Corkery, A Guirguis - Brain sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Recently, a range of prescription and over-the-counter drugs have been reportedly used as
Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS), due to their potential for abuse resulting from their …

The risk environment of anabolic–androgenic steroid users in the UK: Examining motivations, practices and accounts of use

GH Santos, R Coomber - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The numbers using illicit anabolic–androgenic steroids are a cause of concern
for those seeking to reduce health harms. Using the 'risk environment'as a conceptual …

Support for people who use Anabolic Androgenic Steroids: A Systematic Scoping Review into what they want and what they access

O Harvey, S Keen, M Parrish, E van Teijlingen - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background Since there is a paucity of research on support for people using Anabolic
Androgenic Steroids (AAS), we aimed to identify and synthesise the available evidence in …

Exploring the social lives of image and performance enhancing drugs: An online ethnography of the Zyzz fandom of recreational bodybuilders

M Underwood - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
Background As a result of the mainstreaming of bodybuilding, the majority of image and
performance enhancing drug (IPED) users are now not athletes or competitive bodybuilders …

[HTML][HTML] Polydrug use and polydrug markets amongst image and performance enhancing drug users: Implications for harm reduction interventions and drug policy

M Salinas, W Floodgate, R Ralphs - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Over the past two decades, the use of image and performance enhancing drugs
(IPEDs) has increased significantly. Once largely confined to professional athletes, IPED use …

The Sociostructural-Intersectional Body Image (SIBI) framework: Understanding the impact of white supremacy in body image research and practice

AM Landor, VLR Winter, IB Thurston, J Chan… - Body image, 2024 - Elsevier
White supremacy and racial inequities have long pervaded psychological research,
including body image scholarship and practice. The experiences of white, heterosexual …

Rethinking enhancement substance use: A critical discourse studies approach

R Askew, L Williams - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Background We draw on both interdisciplinary enhancement substance use research and
critical drug studies scholarship to reconceptualise enhancement substance use. Our critical …

The anabolic androgenic steroid treatment gap: a national study of substance use disorder treatment

IA Havnes, ML Jørstad, J McVeigh… - Substance abuse …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) use is associated with serious mental and
physical health problems. Evidence indicates that AAS use among people who use …

A review of the analytical techniques for the detection of anabolic–androgenic steroids within biological matrices

RL Harries, G De Paoli, S Hall… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Anabolic–androgenic steroids (AASs) and other image and performance enhancing drugs
(IPEDs) are controlled by governments and sport institutions such as the World Anti‐doping …