drug adverse effects of androgens
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Adverse effects
- use of products that contain synthetic anabolic steroids is associated with risk for hepatotoxicity
- excessive muscle bulk
- acne
- gynecomastia
- decreased testicular volume (small testicles)
- exogenous testosterone may result in irreversible decline in spermatogenesis, infertility & permanent inability to produce endogenous testosterone[2]
- long-term use of anabolic androgenic steroids may be linked to diminished MRI brain volume, including less overall gray matter, lower cerebral cortex & putamen volumes, & thinner cerbral cortex throughout the brain.[3]
- high-dose androgen abuse[4]
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References
- ↑ FDA News Release. April 13, 2015 FDA warns consumers not to use muscle growth product called Tri-Methyl Xtreme http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm442494.htm
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bjornebekk A et al. Structural brain imaging of long term anabolic-androgenic steroid users and non-using weightlifters. Biol Psychiatry 2016 Jun 30; <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27616036 <Internet> http://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(16)32529-X/abstract
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Brooks M FDA Adds New Warnings to All Testosterone Product Labels. Medscape. Oct 25, 2016 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/870932
FDA Safety Alert. Oct 25, 2016 Testosterone and Other Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS): FDA Statement - Risks Associated With Abuse and Dependence. http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm526151.htm