A sense of uneasiness is generated when mentioning the use of anabolic-androgenic steroids to a member of the general public. Many people, adhering to the crazed dogma, quickly fill their heads with visions of illicit muscular giants experiencing ludicrous side effects with uncontrollable tempers. To avoid unwanted, media-driven images, users of AAS generally remain part of a secretive society. They gain productive knowledge via private and anonymous locations; such as Internet discussion forums and research articles.
Fact: steroid users are frequently very healthy individuals, simply trying to gain every performance edge they can muster – to meet and exceed training goals. Field surveys suggest nearly four out of five users are recreational athletes with the sole intension of improving physical appearance. An estimated four million American men are taking doctor-prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. As a result of the growing number of medical and non-medical users, androgen sales in the United States are rising 20 to 30 percent each year, despite the fact that AAS were added to the list of Schedule III Controlled Substances in 1990. Studies suggest around 15 to 30 percent of the people routinely using fitness centers are augmenting their efforts with AAS – that’s up to three out of every 10 people in some facilities! Read More »

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