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Anabolic steroid

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Anabolic Steroids: Uses & Side effects - Dr.Ravi Sankar Endocrinologist MRCP(UK) CCT - GIM (UK)

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Anabolic Steroids - What You Need To Know

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Starting Your First Steroid Cycle (Or Thinking About It) | Ben Pakulski

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What are Anabolic Steroids?

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Anabolic steroids, also known more properly as anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS), are steroidal androgens that include natural androgens like testosterone as well as synthetic androgens that are structurally related and have similar effects to testosterone. They are anabolic and increase protein within cells, especially in skeletal muscles, and also have varying degrees of androgenic and virilizing effects, including induction of the development and maintenance of masculine secondary sexual characteristics such as the growth of facial and body hair. The word anabolic, referring to anabolism, comes from the Greek ἀναβολή anabole, "that which is thrown up, mound". Androgens or AAS are one of three types of sex hormone agonists, the others being estrogens like estradiol and progestogens like progesterone.