David placed the dumb-bell down and turned back towards me. He gazed at me and told that his friend suggested him to use anabolic steroids to build fat free mass in a short time. He, without consulting with a drug expert, decided to use it. In the meantime I asked him Do you like to damage your liver, immune system, be at the risk of getting heart problems, hypertension, prostate cancer, Gynecomastia (breast enlargement in males) and become impotent?

Before he answered I further elaborated that these are the adverse effects of anabolic steroids and that's why they were banned by Food and drug administration and sport authorities. In 1960 during Olympic games, a Russian cyclist used performance enhancing drug collapsed and died during race. Anabolic Steroids build fat free mass and enhance our performance so that's why they were used by many professional athletes of different games like football, cricket, boxing, baseball, wrestling and cycling however FDA approved the use of anabolic steroids only in severe illness, injury, continual infection, anemia(less red blood cells), breast cancer, osteoporosis and testosterone (male sex hormone) deficiency in males.

David hold the dumb-bell moved back with satisfaction while i thought that David is a blind character of our society. To use any drug without consulting with a drug specialist or without having a proper knowledge of drug may be life threatening. Use of anabolic steroids cannot make any sense if you are normal, healthy and physically fit because they are dangerous and illegal.

Written by Muhammad Adnan
Pharm-D,
University of Karachi.