In today's UK bodybuilding world, taking steroids is no longer something special.  We wouldn't be surprised if we found out that someone we know is "into" taking sports drugs.  Despite this, there are different views on whether it is worth helping your body to achieve certain results at all.

Those athletes who have already had experience with steroids are mostly positive about this issue.  Criticism tends to come from those who have never taken any of these drugs, spreading the word of their friends, or worse, promoting the prohibition of something they have never dealt with at all.

Before drawing any conclusions, it is necessary to understand: what are steroids?

Steroids are a chain of substances that have a pronounced biological activity. Anabolic steroids are powerful drugs that are taken to quickly gain muscle mass. They are widely used in medicine and bodybuilding. Sports policy today works in such a way that everyone is aware of the risks of taking such drugs, but prefers either to keep quiet about it, or pretend that everything goes according to plan.

In what cases can steroids hurt rather than help?

Buying drugs from untested vendors. Many UK people have no idea how dangerous it is to do things cheaper or better. Under the guise of human medicines, unscrupulous dealers can sell you medicines for rats, horses and bulls. If you buy Sustanon 350 from clandestine laboratories, you could put yourself in great danger;

·       using steroids during puberty. If you do so, you run the risk of putting yourself in serious danger. Stop bone growth, acne, scarring, thinning nails, hair loss - this is a small list of what will wait for you if you are 14 to 18 years old;

·       Use of steroids at the same time as other drugs without specialist advice. Many drugs are not compatible with a number of drugs. If you ignore this fact, your liver may not have time to "work" on two fronts - processing anabolics and other drugs;

·       stopping the production of "natural" testosterone. When you start taking steroids, your body 'turns on' its natural defence and maintains some balance by stopping the production of its testosterone. This happens so that your body doesn't oversupply it. Naturally, this situation is not likely to go unnoticed: at best, your testicles will shrink in size, at worst, the risk of conception in the future will decrease;

·       men may have "female" breasts. This applies mainly to those who are addicted to excessive use of these drugs;

·       The risk of infection. Hurry up and calm you down: This is possible if you do not observe the rules of hygiene and dosages of the drug. Even if you inject yourself at home, it is not too lazy to buy disposable instruments, cotton and alcohol to be sure of your safety;

·       A weakening of the immune system. This threatens you if you take steroids regularly and cannot stop. If there are large amounts of steroids in your body, the process of immunoglobulin production dulls and you risk letting different infections into your body. Of course, a cold or flu is not scary for us. But HIV and other serious infections are no joke. You can't cure them with antiviral drugs;

·       Could seriously affect the cardiovascular system. In particular, there have been cases of death associated with blood clots, enlarged heart muscles and hardening of the arteries;

·       "bad" cholesterol in the blood is getting higher. In fact, that's what we're talking about. You have the risk of atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction. Taking steroids in large amounts without consulting a doctor, you make your body at least 30 years older;

·       The occurrence of stress, nervous breakdown and aggression. This is due both to changes in the nervous system during medication intake and to changes in the body that occur after the medication is cancelled. Your body falls into a state of "junkie", who blindly wants a new dose;

·       Complications if you have chronic heart, kidney and liver diseases. Again, we come back to the fact that in such a serious case, you just need specialist help. And self-treatment is not only inappropriate, but also very dangerous!

As we can see, steroids have many disadvantages. Whether to accept it or not is your right. But you can hardly challenge the facts. So the best advice here is to read the manual, just like buying new equipment. It's the "before", not the "after" breakage. After all, as it happens with us, we turn to them when everything is already broken. But if you buy a new refrigerator or car in UK - it's not a problem, then to restore your body - much harder.