What are the benefits of taking anabolic steroids?
Anabolic steroids can produce many positive effects in the body including increasing protein manufacture, building muscle mass, increasing appetite and promoting red and white blood cell production. Are they used in human and veterinary medicine? Yes! They are (or have been) used widely for many conditions such as the treatment of anaemia, growth stimulation, stimulation of appetite, to counteract many wasting diseases and improvement of age related problems. Do they have unwanted side effects? From their use in cats and dogs it is known that they can disrupt normal reproductive behaviour (cessation of heat cycles, and very little sperm production), increase the incidence of cancerous tumours, fluid retention and high calcium levels in the blood. However, these possible side effects are often considered insignificant as the animals needing anabolic steroids are often in life or death situations. There are many anabolic steroids which ones are most commonly used by vets? Two of the most
