Steroids

      Steroids are a drug that are mainly used by people who are involved in sports. They are also used by people who are affiliated with making themselves stronger.Steroids are drugs that are injected into the body, usually through the anus with hypodermic needles.The drug is chemical hormone. Steroids control growth, metabolism, and blood chemistry. The two main kinds of steroids are corticosteroids and sex steroids.

       Corticosteroids are released by the adrenal gland. Corticosteroids help to regulate protein and carbohydrate metabolism. They also influence the body's mineral and water balance in both males and females. The sex steroid is also produced in the adrenal gland, in small quantities, and present in the bodies of both men and women. Women's ovaries produce the sex steroids.

      In men testosterone produces the sex steroids. Another type of steroid is the Anabolic steroid, which are similar to the male sex hormone testosterone. They are used to promote muscle growth. Both corticosteroids and anabolic steroids are legally manufactured for medical use.Steroids are used in veterinary medicine. They are used in meat production, to increase muscle in cattle and that produces extra lean beef, and they are given to show horses, racehorses, and race dogs to increase their muscle mass.

      People have used steroids for other purposes other than for those that were intended. People have especially abused anabolic steroids. Though intended to make sick people strong, the drug is often used by healthy people, mainly athletes, who simply want to promote muscle growth. On the streets steroids are known as "juice", "roids", and to many steroid users they are known as "chemical athletes".

       The history of steroid use dates back to the late 1930s. Steroids were first developed in World War 2, the German army reportedly gave anabolic steroids to their soldiers to make them more aggressive in combat. After the war, doctors in Europe and the United States frequently used steroids to treat anemia - a blood disorder - and malnutrition, and helped recover more quickly from operations.

      By the late 1940s, bodybuilders in Eastern Europe taking testosterone in various forms. In the 1950s, athletes used anabolic steroids to improve their performance in international competition.
In 1956, American doctor John B. Zieglar worked with a drug company to produce anabolic steroids in the United States. Professional athletes particularly football players, began using anabolic steroids as early as the 1960s.

      The health dangers of anabolic steroids were not yet recognized, and athletes obtained steroids from team doctors. When state laws were passed against steroids in the 1960s a black market or illegal trade began for steroids. Steroids eventually found their way into school level athletic programs at both college and high school levels. Dangers of steroids. Some physical and side effects of steroid use . Some temporary, things like hair loss, nose bleeds, acne, high blood pressure.