At the period of adolescence, teenagers are very much pre-occupied with image, and steroids can be tempting bait to dangle in front a teen dealing with peers that tease him about a scrawny body. Because teenage boys, physically mature slower than girls their age, the males may be particularly more susceptible to the abuse of this drug. They may feel that their bodies are inadequate in comparison with those of men or other males from higher levels and this may just add to the pressure for them to seek fast results.
Following a strict, yet healthy nutrition plan while weight-lifting at the same time can get him the results, but it will take time and patience. And sometimes, especially for adolescents, they haven’t the patience to wait. It’s important to stress that use of this drug in the manner proposed by a teenager without a prescription is illegal.
What are steroids?
Before we go on, what exactly are steroids? If you are familiar with testosterone, the sex hormone of males, then you may come to understand that steroids are actually a synthetic drug likened to this. Steroids aren’t just for body-building as they may be perceived. The substance can actually be used by doctors to aid with anemia and males dealing with testosterone deficiencies. But it must be stressed that anabolic steroids are not prescribed for the purpose of teenage body-building.
A number of anabolic steroids exist, but generally the widespread steroids used at present are the following: winstrol, oxandrin, equipoise, dianabol, anadrol, and deca-durabolin.
Unlike other drugs with individual sets of nicknames, steroids are normally just called steroids. Though, they may be referred to as juice or roids in some neighborhoods. But they are more properly called anabolic-androgenc steroids.
How can your teenager abuse steroids?
Your teen can take steroids in the form of pills but other teenagers may popularly use an injectable form of the drug. With your teenager’s use of the drug, they may continue to abuse it by injecting doses which are multiple times more than the amount a doctor would prescribe for a medical purpose. Going along with the rushed pace a teen is normally after, they may “stack” the use of more than one steroid at a time. Several methods of stacking have been thought to lead to bigger muscles in a shorter span of time, yet these cycles of six to twelve weeks have no evidence that support their efficiency.
What can steroids do to your teen’s body?
Steroids can actually make your teenager less attractive, defeating the initial purpose why he/she may have been taking them in the first place. Acne and falling hair are just some of the side-effects of the drug. Females may experience an increased growth of facial hair while males may actually develop breasts. Tumors in the liver as well as clogged up arteries in the heart may also be a result of steroid abuse. The drug can even interfere with one’s temperament.
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