According to the regulations for international competitions all organizers of international championships and competitions are obliged to carry out doping control tests (blood tests, urine tests etc.) on athletes. The administration of hormones to athletes with the intention of improving performance has been a common practice for many years, and in the last ten years this practice has reached s...

OBJECTIVE To identify unsupervised anabolic steroid regimens used by athletes. METHODS 100 athletes attending four gymnasia were surveyed using an anonymous self administered questionnaire. RESULTS Anabolic steroid doses ranged from 250 to 3200 mg per week and users combined different drugs to achieve these doses. Injectable and oral preparations were used in cycles lasting four to 12 weeks...

This article focuses on anabolic steroid adverse effects on the cardiovascular system and mental health issues as well as the possible increase in the incidence of neoplasms in anabolic steroid users. On the basis of findings in the literature, the authors consider these three issues as the most significant concerning morbidity and mortality among anabolic steroid users. A study by Pärssinen et...

Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AASs) are used as performance enhancement and widely utilized among athletes non-athletes worldwide. Although the risk-benefit ratio of using Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) explicitly primarily published systematic reviews post-mortem case reports, there limited reports on effects PEDs body mass index, blood pressure, sugar levels.

Introduction The distinct stages of the wound healing following teeth extraction were established through several clinic[1], radiographic[2, 3, 4, 5, 6] and histological[7, 2, 3, 8, 4, 9, 10] studies. It is recognized, however, that metabolic changes take place during and after surgical procedures, which must be studied in connection with healing processes. The anabolic steroids because of thei...