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Anabolic-androgenic steroids: medical assessment of present, past and potential users
Anabolic-androgenic steroids: medical assessment of present, past and potential users
dc.contributor.author | O'Sullivan, Anthony | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kennedy, Michael | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Casey, John | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Corrigan, Ben | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Wodak, Alexander | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Day, Richard | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-25T14:01:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-25T14:01:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2000 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To document adverse effects of anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) use in community-based users attending a medical clinic. Design and setting: Prospective recruitment, questionnaire-based interview, physical examination and investigations, with follow-up, of people who attended, anonymously, an inner-city hospital clinic established specifically to examine AAS use. Participants: 58 men, comprising 27 past AAS users, 14 present users and 17 potential users (who formed the control group). Main outcome measure: Clinical adverse effects and abnormal laboratory findings. Results: Cyclical use of oral and intramuscular, human and veterinary AASs were reported. The most commonly reported source of AASs was friends (59%), gymnasiums (25%) and doctors (14%). The most common reported adverse effects were alterations in libido (61%), changes in mood (48%), reduced testis volume (46%) and acne (43%). Although mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure was not significantly different between groups, five present (29%), 10 past (37%) and one potential user (8%) were hypertensive. Gynaecomastia was found in 10 past users (37%; P < 0.01 v. potential users), two present users (12%) and no potential users. Mean testis volume was significantly smaller in present users (18 mL; P < 0.02) than in the other groups. Twenty past users (83%), eight present users (62%) and five potential users (71%) had abnormal liver function test results (P = 0.5). After discussion of test results, only 11 participants (19%) reported they would not use AASs in the future. Conclusions: Adverse effects were reported by or detected in most of the AAS users who attended the clinic. Despite awareness of adverse consequences, most participants planned future use of AASs. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/173_06_180900/osullivan/osullivan.html | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/42575 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | EN | en_US |
dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ | en_US |
dc.source | Legacy MARC | en_US |
dc.title | Anabolic-androgenic steroids: medical assessment of present, past and potential users | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dcterms.accessRights | metadata only access | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | en_US |
unsw.accessRights.uri | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cb | |
unsw.relation.faculty | Medicine & Health | |
unsw.relation.ispartofjournal | Medical Journal of Australia | en_US |
unsw.relation.ispartofpagefrompageto | 323-327 | en_US |
unsw.relation.ispartofvolume | 173 | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | O'Sullivan, Anthony, Clinical School - St George Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Kennedy, Michael, Clinical School - St George Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Casey, John | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Corrigan, Ben | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Wodak, Alexander, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Day, Richard, Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.school | Clinical School St George Hospital | * |
unsw.relation.school | The Kirby Institute | * |
unsw.relation.school | School of Medical Sciences | * |