Anabolic Steroid Use in AIDS Patients The use of Anabolic Steroids in AIDS patients is becoming increasingly popular. Steroids are used to bring the lean body mass of a patient up for multiple reasons. In mostcases the loss of lean body mass from AIDS is so severe it is causing a significant decreasein quality of life. Anabolic Steroids have many inherent risks associated with them forexample many types of cancer, risks of liver disease from oral AS, gynocomastia, andhormonal cycle imbalance. Steroids not only effect the body, they also change the mindstate and attitude of the user. In some cases the excess testosterone in the system causesincreases in aggression and loss of focus in everyday life. Even though it is welldocumented that many users find an increase in aggression it is my opinion as a formeruser and dealer that AIDS patients should be prescribed AS.AIDS patients that have extremely low body masses have a low quality of life.They do not posses enough muscle to perform everyday tasks that are second nature fornormal adults. This is where AS are brought into the picture. AS are a quick way ofadding on lean body mass. They are usually stacked which is a process of taking two ormore types of steroids at once. There are hundreds of steroids out on the market today,and each has a little different effect on the body. You stack a combination of steroids thatcontain the effects that you want to see. You also want to take different steroids thatcompete for androgernic sites in different ways in order to increase testosteroneproduction. The patient could start seeing gains in lean body mass with only an increase ofcaloric intake and no lifting program. Once they built a base of lean body mass they couldbegin a weighlifting program to further increase their lean body mass. The physical sideeffects that an AIDS patient would be worried about can be counteracted with otherdrugs. Gynoconmastia(bitch tits) can be counteracted with a few ...
