Anabolic steroids are synthetic coumpounds formulated to be like the
             male sex hormone testosterone. Many athletes use anabolic steroids male and
             female alike, such as body builders , weightlifters, baseball players, football
             players, swimmers, and runners. They do so because they mistakenly believe that
             In a male testosterone is released by the leydig cells in the testes.
             The testosterone has two main functions androgenic and anabolic. Androgenic is
             the development of male sex characteristics. Anabolic is the development of
             To treat patients who suffer from a natural lack of testosterone
             pharmacoligists alter one form of testosterone slightly, increasing th length of
             time the drug is active. Testosterone was first isolated in 1935, soon forms of
             testosterone such as dianabol, durabolin, deca-durabolin, and winstrol were
             One of the main effects of anabolic steroids is to increase the number
             of red blood cells and muscle tissue without producing much of the androgenic
             effects of testosterone. There are only four legal uses for steroids treatment
             for certain forms of cancer, pituatary dwarfism, and serious hormone
             There are two forms of anabolic steroids those taken orally and those
             injected. The immediate effects of both are mood swings of many different kinds.
             In one study, physicians Ian Wilson, Arthur Prang, Jr., and Patricio Lara found
             that four out of five men suffering from dippresion when given a steroid
             suffered from dillusions. A research team from Great Britian Found that a
             patient given steroids became dizzy, dissoriented, and incoherent. Physicians
             William Layman and William Annitto have had a case of a young man who was
             diagnosed as schizophrenic took steriods to help with his wieghtlifting. After
             taking these drugs he suffered severe deppresion and anxiety and had trouble
             Most people who use steroids do not have side affects this severe.
             Steroids make changes in the e...