Athletes face a difficult choice whether to use drugs to enhance their performance or to take the risk of suffering from severe side effects. ... Scientists soon discovered that by altering testosterone, the side effects could be removed or significantly lessened. ... In addition to the negative impact of cheating in sports, the side effects of anabolic/androgenic steroids and the high risks involved present another negative realm of drug use in sport. The side effects caused by steroid use can be very serious and even fatal. In addition to a long list of negative physiological side effects...

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Since steroids have been around longer, there is more knowledge about their effects than those of creatine. ... Creatine is a newer drug and less is known about its side effects. Some of the known side effects are dehydration, muscle cramps, and kidney trouble (Boyle 24). Other than becoming bigger, stronger, and faster, and with known side effects, why would an athlete still ponder the question of taking drugs? ... Many athletes disregard warnings or side effects of these drugs, just to become better. ...

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However, in Greg Schwab's (2002) online document he adumbrates that sports stars are huge role models and idols to the public and a large percentage of steroid using teenagers use them because they aspire to be "as big" as some of their heroes and mimic their actions. ... A book by Sean Connolly (2000) conveys the idea that the long-term health hazards that a PED used is exposed to heavily outweigh the short-term possible benefits of winning and that steroid use is "as likely to lead someone to the intensive care unit as it is to boost them onto the winner's podium.......

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There are different effects for men and women but all of the problems are very serious. ... Amphetamine also has very serious side effects in the male and female body. ... Like the previous two drugs, HGH also has major side effects that can permanently damage an athlete. ... The human growth hormone is known as a steroid substitute and is used primarily in the sports where steroids are used. ... The effects on teenagers are similar to the effects on adults. ...

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PEDs are basically any drug taken to boost performance but there is more to PEDs than just the name and effects. ... Steroids can be very dangerous and hazardous to an athlete's health. PEDs list of possible side effects can be: liver tumors, cancers, jaundice (which is a yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids), fluid retention, high blood pressure, increase in LDL (bad cholesterol), severe acne, serious cardiovascular problems, including cardiomyopathies or inflammation of the heart muscle, irregular heart rhythm, development of embolisms (blockage of an artery by a...

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Most performance-enhancing agents have side effects that can pose an immediate or long-range threat to health. ... The athletes were also asked what they would do if a banned substance guaranteed they would win every competition they entered for the next five years and then later cause them to die from side effects. ... Nearly all drugs used in organized sports have potentially serious side-effects, and some athletes decline to use them for that reason. ... Steroids provide a current case in point. ... Also, steroids that originate in such labs often contain unknown ingredients. ...

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If the competitors are using PED along with them, then both sides are hurting themselves and not gaining any advantage. ... Steroids have many negative side effects such as balding in women and men, deep voice and facial hair in women, breast enlargement in men and breast reduction in women, kidney disease and retention of fluids (steroids bloat), reduced testicular size, reduced sperm count, erectile dysfunction, hostility, aggression, delusions and hallucinations, severe acne, high blood cholesterol, atherosclerosis, liver dysfunction and cancer, increased size in ovaries, end ovulation and ...

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It could be steroids, ripped fuel, or andro, which are all types of performance enhancing drugs, some which are legal and illegal in sports. ... In many cases these kids don't know the long term side-effects of these drugs. ... Side-effects are not yet determined on this drug, because research is so young. ...

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In the early 1960's the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an anabolic steroid "Dianabol" created by Dr. ... The banned substances and techniques fall into the following categories: • Androgens Synthetic substances like Anabolic steroids that increase testosterone and epitestosterone levels, thereby improving muscle strength and endurance. ... • Peptide Hormones Similar to anabolic steroids these concentrations of hormones are injected into the athletes blood stream to increase levels of naturally occurring growth and sexual hormones. ... The Forth amendment ...

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