*Over-all health risk:
Anabolic steroids are used widely in the medical field without any serious health risks to users, and no scientific evidence has shown any long-term serious health defects from correct use of anabolic steroids. While risk of death is present in many drugs, the risk of premature death from use of anabolic steroids seems to be extremely low. (1,2)
*Roid Rage:
One of the most common misconceptions regarding the side effects of anabolic steroids is known as ‘roid rage’. There seems to be little or no evidence such a condition actually exists. Most studies done on "angry behavior" and anabolic steroid use show no psychological effect, implying that either "roid rage" doesn't exist or that anabolic steroids' effects on aggression are too small to be measured. Many scientists and medical professionals conclude anabolic steroids have no real effect on increased aggressive behavior (3,4,5)
*Suicide:
With the suicide rate this high among teenagers, concluding anabolic steroids are responsible for the suicides of teenagers who happened to be taking them prior to committing suicide is a post hoc logical fallacy. Also, even though teen bodybuilders have been using steroids since at least the early 1960s, only a few cases suggesting a link between steroids and suicide have been reported in the medical literature (6, 7)
1. The National Library of Medicine & National Institutes of Health.
2. The New England Journal of Medicine
3. Archives of General Psychiatry
4. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
5. National Center for Biotechnology Information.
6. Jack Darkes PhD Department of Psychology University of South Florida
7. National Institute of Mental Health
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