Anabolic androgenic steroids

ANABOLIC ANDROGENIC STEROIDS: Synthetic derivation of the male sex hormone testosterone.
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It is clear anabolic androgenic steroids have a legitimate place in medicine. However, they also can cause a variety of deleterious side effects.

Anabolic steroids or more precisely anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) are a class of synthetic drugs that are designed to mimic the effects of the hormone testosterone.

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