Anabolic Steroids & HIV/AIDS

Elevated Prevalence of HIV and Viral Hepatitis in Men Injecting Anabolic Steroids (April 30, 2013)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Warning on Body Building Products Marketed as Containing Steroids or Steroid-Like Substances (July 28, 2009)
The FDA has warned the U.S. public to stop using any body building products that claim to contain steroids or steroid-like substances after it received reports of serious liver injury, stroke, kidney failure and pulmonary embolism (blockage of an artery in the lung) among people who took these supplements.
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Steroids (Anabolic-Androgenic) (July 2009)
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From U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse
Community Drug Alert Bulletin: Anabolic Steroids (April 17, 2000)
From U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse
Anabolic Steroid Abuse (April 2000)
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From U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse
Questions and Answers About Anabolic Steroids (July/August 1997)
From U.S. National Institutes of Health

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