What are the muscle building and fat loss effects of anabolic steroids?
Despite the amount of media-bashing Anabolic steroids have received over the years, it may surprise you to learn that steroids do have a number of legitimate medical uses besides muscle building and fat loss. In males testicular cancer often requires the removal of the testes. After surgery, these men are often prescribed anabolic steroids to replace the testosterone that their bodies are no longer able to synthesize. This form of replacement therapy helps preserve the men’s musculature as well as such secondary sex characteristics as body hair, deep voice, and sex drive. Other effects of anabolic steroids are to treat adolescent males with pituitary problems when they reach the appropriate age for puberty. The steroids are usually given for four to six months to initiate the growth spurt and development of secondary sex characteristics. After certain kinds of surgery and cancer, most patients experience a loss of muscle tissue. Anabolic steroids can be used in such cases, with exercis
