Many athletes these days refer to steroids in order to inhance their competetive edge. Little do people know there are two different kinds of steroids. There is cortisone which doctors give when a person has an inflamation in the body. Although, that is not the steroid in this case. This steroid is called "Andro." Athletes feel the need to be faster, stronger, and better than the person standing next to them. But athletes don't realize that when they think they are bettering their performance, they are also endangering their bodies. Steroids have harmful chemicals in them which can lead to a number of health problems that people don't think twice about when taking the drug.
So...one may ask how does this drug really work? we know that it builds muscle in the body to enhance performance, but thats not all it does. The drug resembles the natural sex hormone called testosterone, which is made naturally by the body. Dr. Steven Dowshen reports "it increases the level of testosterone in the blood, they stimulate muscle tissue in the body to grow larger and stronger." Yet, is buidling muscle more important than one's health of the body? Two major dangers of steroids are the negative affects of the reproductive system and they are illegal. If the drug is taken too much then the reproductive system starts to be disrupted and side effects such as liver tumors and heart disease start to occur. Athletes tend to not notice these side effects when taking the drug because they are only concerned with the future outcome, which could be a number of things depending on what it was used for. Knowing that steroids are illegal, people still take them for the benefit of being faster, stronger, ect. Although, different athletic organizations have found that if athletes are using these drugs they are banned from the sport. The only way to find out if someone is using the drug is a random drug test. Athletes don't know when or where, but they will come up every couple of months. So is taking a steroid worth enhancing one's performance or making sure that one's body is healthy to perform without the use of the drug?
