Anabolic steroids are powerful drugs that many people take in high doses to boost athletic performance. Anabolic means "Body building tissue." Anabolic steroids help build muscle tissue and increase body mass by acting like the body's natural male hormone, testosterone. Lower doses of Anabolic steroids sometimes are used to treat a handful of very serious medical conditions. Anabolic steroids are the ones abused by athletes and others who want a shortcut to becoming bigger and …showed first 75 words of 450 total…

…showed last 75 words of 450 total…in facial and body hair, Deepened Voice, Menstrual problems. There are many other types of steroids that are illegal without prescription; they include human growth hormones, which make you grow taller and faster. They also use many different painkillers that decrease the amount of time, but if active after taking the pills makes it worse when they wear away. To avoid testing positive, most athletes take diuretics, which help flush the steroids from the body.