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  2. NCAA banned substances - Wikipedia

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    Anabolic agents, or Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS), are any of a group of synthetic or natural steroid hormones that builds muscle by mimicking or increasing male-producing characteristics, such as testosterones. Anabolic agents are abused by athletes in training to increase the size and strength of their muscles.

  3. Anabolic steroid - Wikipedia

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    As such, the distinction between the terms anabolic steroid and androgen is questionable, and this is the basis for the revised and more recent term anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS). [70] [75] [218] David Handelsman has criticized terminology and understanding surrounding AAS in many publications.

  4. Ergogenic use of anabolic steroids - Wikipedia

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    Anabolic steroids have been used by athletes in many professional sports, including track and field, weightlifting, bodybuilding, shot put, cycling, baseball, wrestling, mixed martial arts, boxing, and football. Such use is prohibited by many of the professional and amateur associations that organize these sports.

  5. List of doping cases in sport by substance - Wikipedia

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    Rafael Palmeiro was suspended 10 days from Major League Baseball on August 1, 2005, after testing positive for steroids. [51] According to the published report in The New York Times, stanozolol was the steroid detected in Palmeiro's system.

  6. Doping in sport - Wikipedia

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    The quality of these drugs may be poor and can cause health risks. In countries where anabolic steroids are strictly regulated, some have called for regulatory relief. Anabolic steroids are available over-the-counter in some countries such as Thailand and Mexico. Sports that are members of the IOC also enforce drug regulations; for example bridge.

  7. Selective androgen receptor modulator - Wikipedia

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    These alkylated anabolic steroids still have significant androgenic effects, and are also hepatotoxic. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In 1950, nandrolone (19-nortestosterone) was first synthesized, which is sometimes considered a SARM due to greater tissue selectivity than testosterone.

  8. Ashwagandha is going viral for benefits for sleep, stress and ...

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    It can be safe to take ashwagandha supplements daily at the dosage recommended by your doctor, the experts say. Research suggests ashwagandha is well-tolerated for up to three months, per the NIH.

  9. List of androgens and anabolic steroids - Wikipedia

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    However, these progestins are testosterone derivatives and do have significant androgenic/anabolic activity, sometimes producing acne and other mild androgenic effects in women. Conversely, in men, these drugs may actually have functional antiandrogen effects due to their potent progestogenic and hence antigonadotropic activity and capacity to ...