Efectos secundarios adversos del uso de esteroides anabólicos androgénicos

Abstract

Abstract: Anabolic androgenic steroids constitute a set of molecules that can be of endogenous origin, as in the case of testosterone, and others whose manufacture is synthetic. Currently anabolic steroids have been used in a large majority of the adult population, especially weightlifters for the purpose of improving aesthetics, increasing physical strength, endurance, performance and synthesis of muscle tissue. The consumption of anabolic androgenic steroids has multiple adverse effects both at a systemic and localized level, affecting multiple organs, tissues and body functions, including changes in sexual, cognitive and behavioral characteristics. This study highlights the most recent evidence demonstrated through various medical tests to demostrate how the consumption of anabolic steroids produces adverse effects in hormonal, renal, hepatic, cardiovascular and mental levels. It is also determined that the severity and frequency of presentation of side effects are proportionally related to the time of consumption, so that users who got chronic administration of anabolic steroids have a higher incidence of adverse effects, compared to consumers who left the consumption of steroids. and non-users.