According to a new Australian study by a team of Southern Cross University (SCU) scientists, there are more serious side effects of performance enhancing drugs than what were previously thought.

This study, which was Dr Robert Weatherby, revealed that the use of anabolic steroids can considerably increase the level of susceptibility associated with viral infections and cancers. The study raised questions concerning the relationship of anabolic steroids and dangers associated with long-term use of the banned substances.

From News-Medical.Net:

The researchers also found that steroids could cause a change in the users’ psychology, reducing their empathy for other people, and making them less sensitive to the effect of their actions on others. Unlike other drugs, which merely alter mood for a short time, this new evidence indicates steroids may cause a change to human personality, which is normally stable throughout life – a result that has potential implications for those convicted of criminal offences related to so called “roid rage”.

“Athletes have used these drugs for a long time, hoping to improve their performance, but now for the first time we’ve been able to show that androgenic anabolic steroids have a seriously detrimental effect on a specific part of the human body’s immune system,” Dr Weatherby said.

“Even at the doses we gave – 3.5 milligrams per kilogram of bodyweight per week – 50 times less than those commonly used by athletes and bodybuilders, and for a period of only six weeks – the body’s ability to defend itself against viruses and cancers is likely to be significantly lessened.

“Anyone taking steroids over a long period of time – to improve their athletic performance in the short term – is potentially seriously endangering their health.”

Dr Weatherby remarked that the study was able to find out that the effectiveness of natural killer cells gets reduced by as much as 20 percent in those administered with testosterone. The study was able to highlight the fact that effects on personality can be experienced along with significant psychological changes in those administered with testosterone.

Tags: anabolic steroids, Performance enhancing drugs, side effects of performance enhancing drugs, steroids, testosterone, use of anabolic steroids

Posted in bodybuilding, buy steroids, Steroid Cycles, steroid nation, Steroids and Anabolic Steroids, Steroids in Sports