Growth hormone and anabolic steroids: athletes are the tip of the iceberg.
Professional Athletes' misuse of anabolic steroids, growth hormone and other drugs are the tip of a very large, mostly ignored iceberg, made up of people who receive these drugs for such non-medical uses as body-building, school sports and "anti-aging". Although these drugs are often used in combination, this article focuses on growth hormone. Fuelling the demand for these drugs are drug manufacturers, pharmacies, websites, clinics and their doctors.
Perls
Thomas T
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Geriatrics Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, 88 East Newton St., Boston, MA 02118, USA. thperls@bu.edu
D045930:Anabolic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D056352:Athletes; D004300:Doping in Sports; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D040541:Marketing / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States
D045930:Anabolic Agents; D013006:Growth Hormone