New wave of steroids

<h1>New wave of steroids</h1>

<p align=right>by James Kirby</p>

<div align=justify>Such is the growing prevalence of steroid use among young men that many now run the risk of contracting diseases normally associated with the use of hard drugs, claims a leading drugs worker. Anabolic steroids were developed in the 1930s to promote growth of skeletal muscle and to develop male sexual characteristics. They have since been used for numerous medical purposes including stimulation of bone growth, appetite, puberty, and muscle growth. The most wide spread use of anabolic steroids is their use for chronic wasting conditions including cancer and AIDS. However, in the last few years they have adopted some more controversial uses. In an interview with the BBC, Helen Pickens, manager of the Ogwr Dash drugs centre in Bridgend said that half of her clients were using steroids rather than hard drugs. And rehabilitation charity DrugScope claims that men taking steroids leave themselves open to an array of physical and psychological problems. "A lot of people inject anabolic steroids and so there are some A&Es that are seeing an increase in the numbers of needle injuries," said Harry Shapiro, spokesperson for DrugScope. "If you are using needles and sharing needles you have always got the risk of blood-borne viruses like Hepatitis C." He added that there is an array of physical problems also attributed to steroids. "Everything from relatively mild things like acne and male pattern baldness - all the way through to psychological dependency and <A href="http://www.firstmed.co.uk/ ">erectile dysfunction</A> and a thing which people call 'roid rage' where people can get really quite aggressive." As steroids are so strongly associated with male traits such as strength and muscles they have particular effects of the men. They frequently cause erectile dysfunction, even though sexual desire is increased. They may lead to Gynecomastia (growth of the breasts) a condition that is generally irreversible and plastic surgery is required to remove the breasts. Atrophy or shrinkage of the testicles can occur and is reported usually with high dose use of anabolic steroids. This information has been brought to you by Firstmed.co.uk, the UK’s leading online pharmacy specialising in the treatment of impotence. If you wish to discuss any of the above issues in more detail, do not hesitate to contact info@firstmed.co.uk or call +44 (0)870 199 5287 </div>

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		<p align=justify>Such is the growing prevalence of steroid use among young men that many now run the risk of contracting diseases normally associated with the use of hard drugs, claims a leading drugs worker. <br />
Anabolic steroids were developed in the 1930s to promote growth of skeletal muscle and to develop male sexual characteristics. They have since been used for numerous medical purposes including stimulation of bone growth, appetite, puberty, and muscle growth. <br />
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The most wide spread use of anabolic steroids is their use for chronic wasting conditions including cancer and AIDS. However, in the last few years they have adopted some more controversial uses.<br />
In an interview with the BBC, Helen Pickens, manager of the Ogwr Dash drugs centre in Bridgend said that half of her clients were using steroids rather than hard drugs. <br />
And rehabilitation charity DrugScope claims that men taking steroids leave themselves open to an array of physical and psychological problems. <br />
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"A lot of people inject anabolic steroids and so there are some A&Es that are seeing an increase in the numbers of needle injuries," said Harry Shapiro, spokesperson for DrugScope. <br />
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"If you are using needles and sharing needles you have always got the risk of blood-borne viruses like Hepatitis C."<br />
He added that there is an array of physical problems also attributed to steroids. <br />
"Everything from relatively mild things like acne and male pattern baldness - all the way through to psychological dependency and <a href="http://www.firstmed.co.uk/ ">erectile dysfunction</a> and a thing which people call 'roid rage' where people can get really quite aggressive."<br />
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As steroids are so strongly associated with male traits such as strength and muscles they have particular effects of the men. They frequently cause erectile dysfunction, even though sexual desire is increased. They may lead to Gynecomastia (growth of the breasts) a condition that is generally irreversible and plastic surgery is required to remove the breasts. Atrophy or shrinkage of the testicles can occur and is reported usually with high dose use of anabolic steroids. <br />
 This information has been brought to you by Firstmed.co.uk, the UK’s leading online pharmacy specialising in the treatment of impotence. If you wish to discuss any of the above issues in more detail, do not hesitate to contact info@firstmed.co.uk or call +44 (0)870 199 5287</p>
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