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The Media Has Put a Bad Name on Anabolic Steroids
The media tells us all the time about how bad anabolic and androgenic steroids are for the human body. The question is, can we really trust what they are telling us? Numerous clinical and scientific studies have been done, and every time the health hazards come back very minimal. Very interesting, is it not? We need to ask ourselves, why are there so many false beliefs about these performance enhancing drugs? Why does the public eye look down on anabolic and androgenic steroid users? It all boils down the media! The media has told us how steroids are not good for the human body and have almost told us what to think about them. They have fed the public numerous untruths about steroids and have not shown us actual clinical and scientific research that backs up their statements. Have they shown us examples or references so that we, the people, can do our own research and make up our own minds about how we feel about the use of steroids? Clearly, the media has placed a false belief about anabolic and androgenic steroids in our minds without even giving proof that what they are saying is true.
Steroid experiments go back to the 1800’s (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). This tells us that scientists has somewhat of an idea that testosterone was what made the male human body grow. After they figured this out, experiments started laying the foundation for steroid studies today. The early experiments involved removal and implantation of testicular material from, or in a subject (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). This may sound very cruel to the subject, but this is actually what gave the idea that more testosterone could be given from subject to subject. By the turn of the century, scientists were able to produce the first experimental androgen injection (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). A lot of time was spent researching steroids and steroid production. The androgens were actualized through filtering urine or by extracting testosterone from animal testicles (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). Much time went on, and research continued with not very much to show but the idea and the theory that testosterone could be added to a test subject and it would grow faster. In the mid 1930’s, chemists finally, after the idea more than 130 years ago, synthesized the structure of testosterone (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). This was a breakthrough development in the scientific world of anabolics. To think that they could actually produce testosterone in a laboratory must have been quite a shock to the nation. Germans first experimented on their own dogs and then on soldiers during World War 2 to help them stay healthy and combat malnutrition while fighting in the war (www.steroidinformation.com/history.htm). This was the first time steroids were used in the medical field. As you read, they were used to keep their soldiers healthy while fighting. Steroids did keep them healthy too. It would be harder for something like malnutrition to set in on a soldier that was on an anabolic steroid because he is working out in the field. When the muscles are working, and that person has more testosterone in his body, the muscles have no choice but to grow. Testosterone is what makes muscles grow more rapidly. More testosterone yields more muscle if they are working and doing strenuous activities like soldiers do. Athletes in the 1950’s found that steroids were beneficial to them meeting the personal goals that they set for themselves (www.steroidinformation.com/history.htm). This is where it all began. People are still using steroids to this very day to achieve their goals.
The world of medicine has taken advantage of the discovery of anabolic steroids. Oxymetholone, also known as Androl 50, is known to treat cases of anemia and it also increases red blood cell production. It is an oral androgen and is also one of the strongest, if not the strongest steroid available (Llewellyn 33). The medical field has found many beneficial uses for steroids. So why does the media put such a bad reputation on steroids if doctors are still prescribing them, and they are benefiting the users? This is a very important question that should be asked. Why has the media put such a bad reputation on andbolics when users are benefiting from them? It does not make sense. Androl also has exceptional anti-wasting properties in HIV Positive and AIDS patients (Llewellyn 33). Not just Androl 50 has beneficial effects. Other steroids such as Anavar, an extremely mild anabolic steroid, have beneficial properties. Anavar is used as a growth stimulant in children (Llewellyn 49). Is that not suprising? Steroids can be administered to children, even when their immune system and organs are not fully developed yet. The media would probably like to say that it is okay to use that steroid because it is so mild. That is not a good enough reason though. In a study that was done, one of the most powerful steroids, Androl 50, was tested in HIV Positive men and women for thirty weeks. It was given at dosed of one thousand milligrams a week. That is more than any bodybuilder would take. Results gave significant gains in lean body mass, even without lifting a single weight. There were no significant liver problems, water retention, or viralization (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). So is there any way the media could use the excuse that the reason anavar is administered to children is because it is such a mild anabolic steroid? Absolutely no way! Androl 50 is a lot harsher than Anavar, and it was given to HIV patients and showed more positive results than negative results. No significant side effects were present. Another key issue is the fact that HIV positive patients immune systems are weaker than the average person, making them even more susceptible to negative side effects. Another popular steroid is Deca Durabolin. It is an injectable steroid that is also used in the United States. Many consider the best steroid to use to be Deca Durabolin. When used in HIV studies, Deca was proven to bring body weight up and improve the immune system (Llewellyn 64). This drug is used to keep people healthy. This is quite contradictory to what the media has told the public, is it not? This particular steroid helps the immune system. This is different to what most people think about steroids. AIDS patients lose a lot of weight and this particular steroid is actually used to add weight to them. Not only that, but the immune system of an AIDS patient is weak, as I stated earlier in the paper. This is a steroid that helps the immune system. So a good question to ask would be, would these patients die faster without the use of Deca Durabolin? They probably would. Is this steroid used to prolong people’s lives? Yes it is, but this is something that the media will not share with the public eye. HGH, short for human growth hormone, is prescribed to stimulate growth in bones and muscles (Llewellyn 106). This drug helps people grow. Some people are called “late bloomers” and do not develop in the normal speed the human body should. This is used to help those people. Insulin is a powerful hormone in your body. It is available to regulate blood glucose levels and sugar intake (Llewellyn 113). A lot of people do not know that insulin is a hormone in the body. A lot of body builders take this also without any harm. In most states, insulin is an over the counter drug. This shows that steroids are not as bad as the media has told us. Many studies that have not been stated to the public have been conducted, and the results come back the same. All of them say that there are no significant side effects.
The media has also put many myths about anabolic steroids in our minds also. Things such as roid rage, liver and prostate cancer, liver tumors, permanent decrease in testicle size, growth of female type breast tissue, permanent decrease in testosterone production are all some of the few false beliefs of steroids. Lots of people say that people on steroids have more of an attitude, and are punchier. This is totally incorrect. “Some long time steroid users have never suffered any emotional instability, or anything more than transient physical affects. Some say that they have a non-violent feeling of euphoria. In a study, no differences could be found between users and non-users” (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). This study went against everything that the media has told the public. The media says that users are violent, but in the study, no differences could be found. Some people even say they get calmer and more emotional. This is another thing that most people would be surprised to know. Another big myth about steroid use is cancer, especially of the liver and of the prostate. Here is something that most would find rather interesting. “Cancer from steroids is a rare phenomenon. Anabolic and androgenic steroids are a synthetic version of a natural hormone that your body can metabolize easily, therefore it places low stress on organs. In fact, they are safe to administer to individuals with a diagnosed lover condition” (Llewellyn 14). Is that not shocking? This study contradicts everything that we have been told. There have been no cysts or liver tumors reported in athletes using injectable 17 beta-esterified steroids. They have little affect on the liver (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). A person would have to take an oral steroid for years at a time before the person would get liver tumors or cancer. People have searched medical literature looking for steroid associated tumors, only three were found. One was using seven hundred milligrams a week of oxymentholone, Androl 50, for five years straight. The other two had regular tumors and were found not to be steroid related. As was stated, it would take years for cancer or tumors of the liver to occur. Only one steroid associated tumor was found. This study is striking evidence against what the media has told the public. They have made it sound as if you are even to touch steroids you will get cancer. Yes, it is true that oral steroids are somewhat toxic to the liver, but elevated liver function readings return to normal after cessation of moderate, short term, steroid cycles (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). This is a true statement. As said earlier, it would take years of taking oral steroids for anything such as liver tumors or liver cancer to show up in the human body. A study showed in fifty-three current or past steroid users underwent lab tests, only one subject displayed abnormal liver tests (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). This just shows that the liver is not affected as a lot of people would like you to believe or they believe themselves. When liver problems are prevalent; the majority of liver problems dealt with extremely sick and elderly patients that had anemia. They were treated with oral steroids and were on them for years at a time. They also had a particular type of anemia linked to liver tumors without even the use of steroids (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). In another case report of prostate cancer in a bodybuilder, no studies have shown increased risk or incidence of prostate cancer or hypertrophy with the use of anabolic and androgenic steroids. Male contraceptive studies show using up to two hundred milligrams a week for over a year showed signs of prostate stimulation (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). There are clearly no links to cancer in any way from the use of steroids. This is clinically proven. The media will not give the public these facts because of the possibility that it may change some people’s minds about they feel about steroids. Another popular untruth about steroids is that they cause birth defects. People think that they should not use them because they do not want his kids to come out with defects. Anabolic steroids can cause the sperm count to lower, but it is not linked to birth defects while taken by someone fathering a child (Llewellyn 13). A good example is Arnold Schwarzenegger. This man is a former Mr. Universe, Mr. Olympia, and also Mr. World. He has taken numerous cycles of steroids, and the man now has a wife and children. His kids are not deformed in any way. They are not defected. A very popular untruth about steroids is that the testes permanently shrink. It is a fact that the testes do shrink. This is caused by the addition of outside testosterone to the body. The body realizes there is more being added, so it does not need to produce as much, causing the testes to shrink. Clomid is a drug that is able to bring testosterone production back to normal levels as well as testicle size back to normal. In studies, Clomid therapy post cycle will bring natural testosterone production back to normal, also bring testicle size back to normal as well (Llewellyn 53). The Food and Drug Administration approved HCG treatment for undescended testicles, hypogonadalism. It is also used as a fertility drug. It simulates cells in the testes to manufacture testosterone, restoring production and bring the testicles back to normal size (Llewellyn 102). Is there any reason for this rumor to be circulating around the public? There is a no reason for this rumor to be floating around! These are the type of things the media does not want people to find out about.
It is clear that steroids are the “bastard child” of controlled substances. The majority of the controlled substances are such things as marijuana, cocaine, LSD, and methamphetimines. These are all drugs that play a large role in the way the users think and act. Do steroids affect the way a human being can think and act? No, the do not. Drugs such as marijuana are socially acceptable and are readily available everywhere in the world. It seems as though doing these drugs are the cool things to do, and other people do not put them down. It also seems like the media is somewhat promoting marijuana. There are shirts and hats with marijuana leaves on them, there are also clothes made out of hemp. Stores that only sell products made out of hemp are very popular. When people find out about a person being on steroids, it is automatically wrong and they look at the person in a totally different way. What is the big deal about a person putting a drug in their body to make themselves look better and perform better? It seems as though people do not even care about others putting drugs into their bodies that will physically and mentally harm them. Clinical studies have shown that steroids are not as bad as the media has made them sound. They have not been linked to any types of cancer, or any of the myths previously talked about in the paper. They have been and are still being used to this day to keep people healthy.
The media tells us all the time about how bad anabolic and androgenic steroids are for the human body. The question is, can we really trust what they are telling us? Numerous clinical and scientific studies have been done, and every time the health hazards come back very minimal. Very interesting, is it not? We need to ask ourselves, why are there so many false beliefs about these performance enhancing drugs? Why does the public eye look down on anabolic and androgenic steroid users? It all boils down the media! The media has told us how steroids are not good for the human body and have almost told us what to think about them. They have fed the public numerous untruths about steroids and have not shown us actual clinical and scientific research that backs up their statements. Have they shown us examples or references so that we, the people, can do our own research and make up our own minds about how we feel about the use of steroids? Clearly, the media has placed a false belief about anabolic and androgenic steroids in our minds without even giving proof that what they are saying is true.
Steroid experiments go back to the 1800’s (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). This tells us that scientists has somewhat of an idea that testosterone was what made the male human body grow. After they figured this out, experiments started laying the foundation for steroid studies today. The early experiments involved removal and implantation of testicular material from, or in a subject (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). This may sound very cruel to the subject, but this is actually what gave the idea that more testosterone could be given from subject to subject. By the turn of the century, scientists were able to produce the first experimental androgen injection (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). A lot of time was spent researching steroids and steroid production. The androgens were actualized through filtering urine or by extracting testosterone from animal testicles (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). Much time went on, and research continued with not very much to show but the idea and the theory that testosterone could be added to a test subject and it would grow faster. In the mid 1930’s, chemists finally, after the idea more than 130 years ago, synthesized the structure of testosterone (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). This was a breakthrough development in the scientific world of anabolics. To think that they could actually produce testosterone in a laboratory must have been quite a shock to the nation. Germans first experimented on their own dogs and then on soldiers during World War 2 to help them stay healthy and combat malnutrition while fighting in the war (www.steroidinformation.com/history.htm). This was the first time steroids were used in the medical field. As you read, they were used to keep their soldiers healthy while fighting. Steroids did keep them healthy too. It would be harder for something like malnutrition to set in on a soldier that was on an anabolic steroid because he is working out in the field. When the muscles are working, and that person has more testosterone in his body, the muscles have no choice but to grow. Testosterone is what makes muscles grow more rapidly. More testosterone yields more muscle if they are working and doing strenuous activities like soldiers do. Athletes in the 1950’s found that steroids were beneficial to them meeting the personal goals that they set for themselves (www.steroidinformation.com/history.htm). This is where it all began. People are still using steroids to this very day to achieve their goals.
The world of medicine has taken advantage of the discovery of anabolic steroids. Oxymetholone, also known as Androl 50, is known to treat cases of anemia and it also increases red blood cell production. It is an oral androgen and is also one of the strongest, if not the strongest steroid available (Llewellyn 33). The medical field has found many beneficial uses for steroids. So why does the media put such a bad reputation on steroids if doctors are still prescribing them, and they are benefiting the users? This is a very important question that should be asked. Why has the media put such a bad reputation on andbolics when users are benefiting from them? It does not make sense. Androl also has exceptional anti-wasting properties in HIV Positive and AIDS patients (Llewellyn 33). Not just Androl 50 has beneficial effects. Other steroids such as Anavar, an extremely mild anabolic steroid, have beneficial properties. Anavar is used as a growth stimulant in children (Llewellyn 49). Is that not suprising? Steroids can be administered to children, even when their immune system and organs are not fully developed yet. The media would probably like to say that it is okay to use that steroid because it is so mild. That is not a good enough reason though. In a study that was done, one of the most powerful steroids, Androl 50, was tested in HIV Positive men and women for thirty weeks. It was given at dosed of one thousand milligrams a week. That is more than any bodybuilder would take. Results gave significant gains in lean body mass, even without lifting a single weight. There were no significant liver problems, water retention, or viralization (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). So is there any way the media could use the excuse that the reason anavar is administered to children is because it is such a mild anabolic steroid? Absolutely no way! Androl 50 is a lot harsher than Anavar, and it was given to HIV patients and showed more positive results than negative results. No significant side effects were present. Another key issue is the fact that HIV positive patients immune systems are weaker than the average person, making them even more susceptible to negative side effects. Another popular steroid is Deca Durabolin. It is an injectable steroid that is also used in the United States. Many consider the best steroid to use to be Deca Durabolin. When used in HIV studies, Deca was proven to bring body weight up and improve the immune system (Llewellyn 64). This drug is used to keep people healthy. This is quite contradictory to what the media has told the public, is it not? This particular steroid helps the immune system. This is different to what most people think about steroids. AIDS patients lose a lot of weight and this particular steroid is actually used to add weight to them. Not only that, but the immune system of an AIDS patient is weak, as I stated earlier in the paper. This is a steroid that helps the immune system. So a good question to ask would be, would these patients die faster without the use of Deca Durabolin? They probably would. Is this steroid used to prolong people’s lives? Yes it is, but this is something that the media will not share with the public eye. HGH, short for human growth hormone, is prescribed to stimulate growth in bones and muscles (Llewellyn 106). This drug helps people grow. Some people are called “late bloomers” and do not develop in the normal speed the human body should. This is used to help those people. Insulin is a powerful hormone in your body. It is available to regulate blood glucose levels and sugar intake (Llewellyn 113). A lot of people do not know that insulin is a hormone in the body. A lot of body builders take this also without any harm. In most states, insulin is an over the counter drug. This shows that steroids are not as bad as the media has told us. Many studies that have not been stated to the public have been conducted, and the results come back the same. All of them say that there are no significant side effects.
The media has also put many myths about anabolic steroids in our minds also. Things such as roid rage, liver and prostate cancer, liver tumors, permanent decrease in testicle size, growth of female type breast tissue, permanent decrease in testosterone production are all some of the few false beliefs of steroids. Lots of people say that people on steroids have more of an attitude, and are punchier. This is totally incorrect. “Some long time steroid users have never suffered any emotional instability, or anything more than transient physical affects. Some say that they have a non-violent feeling of euphoria. In a study, no differences could be found between users and non-users” (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). This study went against everything that the media has told the public. The media says that users are violent, but in the study, no differences could be found. Some people even say they get calmer and more emotional. This is another thing that most people would be surprised to know. Another big myth about steroid use is cancer, especially of the liver and of the prostate. Here is something that most would find rather interesting. “Cancer from steroids is a rare phenomenon. Anabolic and androgenic steroids are a synthetic version of a natural hormone that your body can metabolize easily, therefore it places low stress on organs. In fact, they are safe to administer to individuals with a diagnosed lover condition” (Llewellyn 14). Is that not shocking? This study contradicts everything that we have been told. There have been no cysts or liver tumors reported in athletes using injectable 17 beta-esterified steroids. They have little affect on the liver (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). A person would have to take an oral steroid for years at a time before the person would get liver tumors or cancer. People have searched medical literature looking for steroid associated tumors, only three were found. One was using seven hundred milligrams a week of oxymentholone, Androl 50, for five years straight. The other two had regular tumors and were found not to be steroid related. As was stated, it would take years for cancer or tumors of the liver to occur. Only one steroid associated tumor was found. This study is striking evidence against what the media has told the public. They have made it sound as if you are even to touch steroids you will get cancer. Yes, it is true that oral steroids are somewhat toxic to the liver, but elevated liver function readings return to normal after cessation of moderate, short term, steroid cycles (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). This is a true statement. As said earlier, it would take years of taking oral steroids for anything such as liver tumors or liver cancer to show up in the human body. A study showed in fifty-three current or past steroid users underwent lab tests, only one subject displayed abnormal liver tests (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). This just shows that the liver is not affected as a lot of people would like you to believe or they believe themselves. When liver problems are prevalent; the majority of liver problems dealt with extremely sick and elderly patients that had anemia. They were treated with oral steroids and were on them for years at a time. They also had a particular type of anemia linked to liver tumors without even the use of steroids (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). In another case report of prostate cancer in a bodybuilder, no studies have shown increased risk or incidence of prostate cancer or hypertrophy with the use of anabolic and androgenic steroids. Male contraceptive studies show using up to two hundred milligrams a week for over a year showed signs of prostate stimulation (www.steroidlaw.com/healthrisks.htm). There are clearly no links to cancer in any way from the use of steroids. This is clinically proven. The media will not give the public these facts because of the possibility that it may change some people’s minds about they feel about steroids. Another popular untruth about steroids is that they cause birth defects. People think that they should not use them because they do not want his kids to come out with defects. Anabolic steroids can cause the sperm count to lower, but it is not linked to birth defects while taken by someone fathering a child (Llewellyn 13). A good example is Arnold Schwarzenegger. This man is a former Mr. Universe, Mr. Olympia, and also Mr. World. He has taken numerous cycles of steroids, and the man now has a wife and children. His kids are not deformed in any way. They are not defected. A very popular untruth about steroids is that the testes permanently shrink. It is a fact that the testes do shrink. This is caused by the addition of outside testosterone to the body. The body realizes there is more being added, so it does not need to produce as much, causing the testes to shrink. Clomid is a drug that is able to bring testosterone production back to normal levels as well as testicle size back to normal. In studies, Clomid therapy post cycle will bring natural testosterone production back to normal, also bring testicle size back to normal as well (Llewellyn 53). The Food and Drug Administration approved HCG treatment for undescended testicles, hypogonadalism. It is also used as a fertility drug. It simulates cells in the testes to manufacture testosterone, restoring production and bring the testicles back to normal size (Llewellyn 102). Is there any reason for this rumor to be circulating around the public? There is a no reason for this rumor to be floating around! These are the type of things the media does not want people to find out about.
It is clear that steroids are the “bastard child” of controlled substances. The majority of the controlled substances are such things as marijuana, cocaine, LSD, and methamphetimines. These are all drugs that play a large role in the way the users think and act. Do steroids affect the way a human being can think and act? No, the do not. Drugs such as marijuana are socially acceptable and are readily available everywhere in the world. It seems as though doing these drugs are the cool things to do, and other people do not put them down. It also seems like the media is somewhat promoting marijuana. There are shirts and hats with marijuana leaves on them, there are also clothes made out of hemp. Stores that only sell products made out of hemp are very popular. When people find out about a person being on steroids, it is automatically wrong and they look at the person in a totally different way. What is the big deal about a person putting a drug in their body to make themselves look better and perform better? It seems as though people do not even care about others putting drugs into their bodies that will physically and mentally harm them. Clinical studies have shown that steroids are not as bad as the media has made them sound. They have not been linked to any types of cancer, or any of the myths previously talked about in the paper. They have been and are still being used to this day to keep people healthy.
