Studying the prevalence of performance-enhancing substances Overall, between 3. Use of synthetic HGH nearly doubled to 11 percent of students. If taken orally, steroids can show up in a urine test for up to 14 days. If injected, steroids can show up for up to 1 month. How long a drug can be detected for depends on how much is taken and which testing kit is used. Many of these can cause a fast heartbeat, including inhaled corticosteroids, albuterol, inhaled long-acting beta-2 agonists, leukotriene modifiers, and oral methylxanthines.
Steroids reduce the production of chemicals that cause inflammation. This helps keep tissue damage as low as possible. Steroids also reduce the activity of the immune system by affecting the way white blood cells work. Steroid medications such as prednisone can interfere with vitamin D metabolism.
If you take steroid drugs regularly, discuss vitamin D with your doctor. The weight loss drug orlistat — brand names include Xenical and Alli — may cut absorption of vitamin D. This helps keep blood sugar low. Limit saturated fat and cholesterol. Choose lean meats, poultry and fish. Fluid retention can cause weight gain but as steroids are reduced, fluids will usually reduce as well, along with some of the weight gain.
Drinking plenty of water and exercising can help with fluid retention. Taking anabolic steroids can also cause mental side effects. Those who take anabolic steroids tend to get annoyed or anxious about something and their judgments decrease. There is a study by Gundersen and others in Oslo University in Norway. They gave anabolic steroids to rats and observed them. Their muscles became bigger.
It means the effects remain, not only in their muscles but also in mental problems. NIDA also says people who abuse steroids may experience withdrawal symptoms when they stop using, including mood swings, fatigue, restlessness and steroid cravings. Curing these mental diseases takes much time.
To sum up, doping is illegal in official sports events, so athletes must not take drugs. If no athlete takes drugs, athletes will maintain good health and sports society will be fairer. The same is true in athletics. These guys are pro athletes. Because of health risks? These guys make millions of dollars for a reason: to do their job in the best possible way.
Their bodies are machines, finely tuned to perform at the highest level. Why dis-allow them from using the best premium gasoline? It will only increase the problem. If athletes are legally allowed to take a specific amount of drugs, for example, who's to stop them from illegally taking even more?
At this point, it becomes an endless cycle of athletes taking more and more to try to stay ahead of the competition. Let's not forget about the kids, the ones who grow up watching their favorite athletes. They spend their whole allowances saving up to buy their role-model's jersey. They put in hours of work on the field or the court, in order to be just like that one person.
Until that idol gets busted for doping. The kids may have one of two reactions. They may go the rest of their lives with crushed hearts, or they may take a cue from that athlete and start using steroids themselves. Legalizing steroids will further increase the desire of these kids to start doing them, too.
Kids are impressionable, more than athletes care to realize. If everyone else is doing drugs, why wouldn't they? Finally, allowing drugs in the sports world ultimately takes away from the true purpose of playing and watching sports because we love them. Most people know the old saying, 'It's not about if you win or lose, but about how you played the game. It diminishes the core values that should drive an athlete, including character, integrity, sportsmanship, skill and talent.
In fact, it makes the athletes seem fake and only powered by an unnatural substance that should not be found in one's body. The U. Anti-Doping Agency has many efforts in order to make sure sports remain clean.
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