As I mentioned in my book, the health risks have been greatly overstated. Hypertension, for example, is widely claimed to be a side effect of taking androgens. This is one of the most exaggerated claims. And as for users becoming sterile, there has never been a single reliably documented case of irreversible infertility as a result of androgen administration.
Think about it: medical science has been using steroids safely in a clinical setting for the last 70 years. Anabolic steroids can be used relatively safely, but at even low doses they can have side effects. No drug, supplement, or substance is totally “safe.” Heck, you can even overdose on water.
My personal opinion is that if one uses these drugs at high dosages, over a long period of time, then yes, they’re too powerful to fool Mother Nature. And it’s the oral (hepatoxic) steroids that can potentially be the most harmful. But should they be placed in the category of “killer drugs”? Absolutely not. Not even close.
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