Steroids

Term Paper # 25322

Medical and Health > Drugs
Nutrition > Exercise
Sport > Medicine and Drugs

Steroids

This paper looks closely at steroids, their types, uses and effects.

1,382 words () | 8 sources | MLA | 2002 United States

Paper Summary:

The writer discusses how steroids work, the health risks to men and women and the ways in which they are considered helpful. The paper makes a case for the use of steroids as a way to enhance one's physical form and to change one's self-image.

From the Paper:

"When we talk of steroids, we are not talking about creatine, ephedrine, androstenedione (a.k.a. andro), cell-tech, nitro-tech, or any of the other over the counter products that you may have heard of. The term steroid, androgens, androgenic steroids, anabolic steroids, anabolic-androgenic steroids, juice, roids, sauce, as well as a ton of other slang terms, all refer to the same thing. What really defines a steroid is testosterone. "Steroids can be Testosterone or one of the naturally produced or artificially produced derivatives of this sex hormone" ("T-mag" Part 1)."