Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AASs) are frequently misused. To determine causes of death, characteristics, toxicology, and pathology of AAS positive cases, all cases (n = 24) presenting to the New South Wales Department of Forensic Medicine (1995-2012) were retrieved. All were male, and the mean age was 31.7 years. Deaths were mainly due to accidental drug toxicity (62.5%), then suicide (16.7%)...

The extraction of anabolic steroids (1,4-androstadiene-3,17-dione; 17α-methyltestosterone; 19-norethiocholanolone; 4-hydroxytestosterone; 4-androstene-3,17-dione; 5α-androstane-3β,17β-diol; dehydroepiandrosterone; calusterone; clostebol; methandienone; methyldienolone; nandrolone; testosterone; epitestosterone; tibolone; 19-norandrostenedione; 1-methylene-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one) by aqueous-o...

Background and objectives: Although anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) use has become became more prominent in bodybuilders and professional athletes, their consumption is nowadays a problem that involves a wider population. Methandienone or dianabol is an anabolic androgenic steroid which is used by athletes for fitness. This study was conducted to investigate, the likely prot...