Definition: "An ergogenic aid is any substance or phenomenon that enhances performance "
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14.10.2014 |
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What steroids users aren't told until it's too late
Endocrinological side effects
But there's one point that many of the guides get wrong. Many manuals take the impact of anabolic steroids on the body's own synthesis of testosterone and sperm production far too lightly. Contrary to what they assert, your endocrine system does not recover within a few months of taking a course of steroids.
Study
Results
Those with regrets – average age 36 – experienced fertility problems slightly more often than those with no regrets – average age 41 – but once again the differences were not statistically significant.
The researchers did find significant differences when they ask the subjects whether they knew before taking the steroids that these substances could lead to long-term and in some cases permanent reduction in testosterone and sperm production. Those who regretted using steroids had been significantly more often unaware of this.
Conclusion
"Anabolic-androgenic steroids suppress LH and FSH leading to acute hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. In a subset of men, this anabolic-steroid-induced hypogonadism can result in long-term or permanent inhibition of their hypothalamic–pituitary axis. Furthermore, the exogenously elevated serum testosterone levels obtained from anabolic-androgenic steroids results in oligospermia and azoospermia."
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