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AAS, growth hormone, and insulin abuse: psychological and neuroendocrine effects

The nontherapeutic use of prescription medicines by individuals involved in sport is increasing. Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) are the most widely abused drug. Much of our knowledge of the psychological and physiological effects of human growth hormone (hGH) and insulin has been learned from de...

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Autores principales: Graham, Michael R, Evans, Peter, Davies, Bruce, Baker, Julien S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2500251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18827854
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description The nontherapeutic use of prescription medicines by individuals involved in sport is increasing. Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) are the most widely abused drug. Much of our knowledge of the psychological and physiological effects of human growth hormone (hGH) and insulin has been learned from deficiency states. As a consequence of the Internet revolution, previously unobtainable and expensive designer drugs, particularly recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) and insulin, have become freely available at ridiculously discounted prices from countries such as China and are being abused. These drugs have various physiological and psychological effects and medical personnel must become aware that such prescription medicine abuse appears to be used not only for performance and cosmetic reasons, but as a consequence of psychological pre-morbidity.
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spelling pubmed-25002512008-10-01 AAS, growth hormone, and insulin abuse: psychological and neuroendocrine effects Graham, Michael R Evans, Peter Davies, Bruce Baker, Julien S Ther Clin Risk Manag Review The nontherapeutic use of prescription medicines by individuals involved in sport is increasing. Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) are the most widely abused drug. Much of our knowledge of the psychological and physiological effects of human growth hormone (hGH) and insulin has been learned from deficiency states. As a consequence of the Internet revolution, previously unobtainable and expensive designer drugs, particularly recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) and insulin, have become freely available at ridiculously discounted prices from countries such as China and are being abused. These drugs have various physiological and psychological effects and medical personnel must become aware that such prescription medicine abuse appears to be used not only for performance and cosmetic reasons, but as a consequence of psychological pre-morbidity. Dove Medical Press 2008-06 2008-06 /pmc/articles/PMC2500251/ /pubmed/18827854 Text en © 2008 Graham et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd.
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Baker, Julien S
AAS, growth hormone, and insulin abuse: psychological and neuroendocrine effects
title AAS, growth hormone, and insulin abuse: psychological and neuroendocrine effects
title_full AAS, growth hormone, and insulin abuse: psychological and neuroendocrine effects
title_fullStr AAS, growth hormone, and insulin abuse: psychological and neuroendocrine effects
title_full_unstemmed AAS, growth hormone, and insulin abuse: psychological and neuroendocrine effects
title_short AAS, growth hormone, and insulin abuse: psychological and neuroendocrine effects
title_sort aas, growth hormone, and insulin abuse: psychological and neuroendocrine effects
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18827854
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