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Steroids can be alternative to people who are involved in bodybuilding to increase their muscle and strength gains when they reach a plateau. Steroids, or more precisely anabolic-androgenic steroids, are designed to mimic the body effects of the male hormone testosterone, particularly with regard to the growth of skeletal muscle. These positive body effects of steroids had been noticed starting in the late 1940s when weightlifters started experimenting with this class of drugs. Currently, there are more than 100 types of steroids available for those individuals who after the positive body effects of steroids. And nowadays, it is not only athletes that are lured by potential effects of steroids on the body. Non-athletes also avail of steroids to enhance their physical appearance.

The methods of use of steroids vary. An individual body can take them orally, intramuscularly (injection), or rubbed into the skin in the form of a gel or cream. Because the user can get positive body effects from steroids, these compounds can be abused. If abused, steroids can have undesirable body effects.  The body effects of steroids can be short-term adverse reactions like acne and testicular atrophy. There are body effects that can also be long-term, such as cardiovascular disorders as may be caused by increased blood pressure and elevated triglyceride levels.