Cha. 14: The Under-recognized Problem of Steroid Abuse and Addiction

Question 1

What are corticosteroids used for?

Answer 1

Inflammation (Prednisone)

Question 2

What are anabolic steroids used for?

Answer 2

• Resembles testosterone in body; turns into testosterone

- Performance enhancement

Question 3

Testosterone in body starts to diminish around age _____.

Answer 3

21

Question 4

Anabolic steroids have a _____ effect, and includes:

Answer 4

Masculinizing

• Hair loss from head
• Lean, muscle mass
• Muscle strength
• Voice deepens
• Breast reduction in women

Question 5

Anabolic Steroids are a _____ controlled substance

Answer 5

Class 3

Question 6

Anabolic steroids are not used to _____ purposes.

Answer 6

Recreational

Question 7

Who uses anabolic steroids?

Answer 7

• Athletes in every sport
• Pre-adolescents/adolescents
• Police
• Average person: well-educated, 30 year old male who goes to gym

Question 8

What are the health consequences of anabolic steroid use?

Answer 8

• Reproductive issues in women
• Some liver damage, kidney damage
• Shrink testicles
• Sperm reduction
• Research is unclear, but suggested it might cause prostate cancer over time in males
• Enlarges heart (heart is a muscle), causes issues with heart functioning
• Emotional instability
  
  • Aggressiveness
  • Paranoid
  • Psychotic
  • Violent

Question 9

Intended effects lasts _____ after last use depending the length of time used.

Answer 9

A few weeks

Question 10

The development of steroid-like substances that are extremely difficult to detect through blood-test has been occurring, such as with _____.

Answer 10

HGH

Question 11

Anabolic steroids are approved for medical use in _____ patients.

Answer 11

AIDS

Question 12

Anabolic steroids have the potential for _____ and _____ dependance.

Answer 12

Physical and psychological

Question 13

Detox from anabolic steroids should occur _____ and at a _____.

Answer 13

Slowly; medical detox center