HGH is a naturally-produced hormone in a healthy human body. It is not this kind of HGH that is used to enhance, but it is the HGH made from advent genetic engineering that is created during a very complex process (Mathias 1). The breakthrough of HGH helped athletes to take an illegal substance without getting caught because HGH wasn’t able to be traced in a drug tests. Although HGH is not as popular as steroids, it still was a pretty big impact in the young sports world. The main difference between HGH and steroids is that steroids have many life threatening or serious side effects, but HGH on the other hand does not.
Daniel D ENGL 1301 Athletes On Anabolic Steroids Athletes on anabolic steroids is a controversial topic. On one hand athletes believe that steroids only enhance and improve athletic performance. On the other hand, scientists believe it can enhance athletic performance but can also be damaging and have negative effects on the body. Females who abuse steroids are just as common as men, but have different effects.The negative side effects of using anabolic steroids outweigh the desired results. Anabolic steroids are synthetic drugs that expose the same hormone of testosterone.
Colton Torrance 11/21/13 Philosophy Term Paper Why steroid use for athletic enhancement is not morally wrong The use of steroids for athletic enhancement has been one of the most contentious aspects of many sports for the last couple of decades. With the innovation of more enhanced drug tests along with improved performance-enhancing drugs, this matter has only become more prevalent. At almost any level of sports, whether it be high school football or the Olympics, steroid use is practiced world-wide at an increasing rate. Furthermore, despite the attempts to prevent the use of steroids by the NCAA, WADA, and any other association/organization that drug tests athletes, which cost more money every year due to the need to test more athletes
There are a few cases where players will take the steroid with out anyone knowing. Those are normally the players who start to abuse it and start to become to stronger then the coaches want there players to be. Normally the players who abuse the drug are the one who break all the records and get all the credit for being the best at the game but it is only the steroids that are making the player better then everyone
Muscle Mass Epidemic: Doping In Sports Every year high school, college, and professional athletes try to get just a little bigger, a little stronger, and to increase the amount of weights they lift by, just a few pounds. To achieve these goals athletes often turn to performance enhancing drugs to aid them in achieving their goals. Performance enhancing drugs are a quick, but dangerous way to increase muscle mass, and they can carry many risks including some life threatening side effects. However, some people think that are young athletes, as well as our professional ones should be permitted to use these drugs. The use of performance enhancing drugs in sports should not be allowed.
There is controversy over steroid use in professional sports about steroid uses and ridiculous punishments for steroid users in professional sports and in today’s modern sport scene these athletes are held up to the highest standards of physicality because sports are about testing the physical limit of a human being steroid users have a advantage over non steroid users because they are able to push their physical limits further so how will we ever make the playing field even when there are always going to be steroid users that can defeat drug detection systems? Are athlete’s role models or entertainers? The only way to completely level the playing field of modern sports is to completely remove penalties for steroid use, and to make anabolic steroid injections mandatory for
The extensive list of negative side effects of steroids affects both men and women alike. Acne, bad breath and baldness are the least severe of commonly reported side effects. Regular steroid use dramatically increases the risk of developing several conditions such as cancer, psychosis and diseases of the kidneys, liver and cardiovascular system. Steroids have been shown to decrease testicular size and promote breast growth in men while contributing to the growth of facial hair and deepening of the voice in women. Steroids are often used to enhance sports performance and increase the benefits of training.
This can be a prescribed drug as a controlled substance but is still illegal for use in the United States but is popluar for body builders. The risks are almost the same as the anabolic steroid use including the acne and baldness but it is a greater risk of stroke or heart attacks because the good cholesterol (HDL) is lower. Human growth hormone, also known as gonadotropin, is a hormone that acts like an anabolic steroid by the side effects that is associated with it. It still improves performance and muscle mass and is only available as a prescription that is an injected drug. It does not prove to gain strength or endurance.
One of the most common ways for using steroids other than for the building of muscle, is its use for it's quick healing results of inflamed or swollen joints after just a few days of use. The most well known reason for people using steroids is for the quick muscle growth (Miller, p.16). At first they were used for their ability in improving strength and stamina, but now they are known as unnatural and dangerous to the health of an athlete (Taylor,
Not only can they help sport athletes out to make them better players but they can also cure people from very severe diseases. They also can help an average person look better and even feel better about themselves. I do not believe that steroids will be legalized within the near future due to the common public out look toward them. People are ignorant about steroids and believe what they hear and do no truly understand them and their benefits. If steroids were legalized it would give scientists a much easier opportunity to understand what they can really do and possibly figure out way to alter steroids and make them more efficient.