ReviewCurrent neuropharmacology2015
Synthetic androgens as designer supplements.
Review in Current neuropharmacology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.
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Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed.
- Steroidal Compounds at the Crossroads of Inflammation and Cancer: Implications for Drug Discovery and Therapy.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Oligonucleotide therapeutics in sports? An antidoping perspective.Archiv der Pharmazie · 2025Review
- Sample Preparation Techniques for Growth-Promoting Agents in Various Mammalian Specimen Preceding MS-Analytics.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Steroids Bearing Heteroatom as Potential Drugs for Medicine.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- The theory of planned behavior and dietary behaviors in competitive women bodybuilders.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Dietary Intake and Supplement Use in Competitive Women Bodybuilders.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Testosterone Replacement Therapy in Hypogonadal Men.Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America · 2022Review
- New Insights into the Metabolism of Methyltestosterone and Metandienone: Detection of Novel A-Ring Reduced Metabolites.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Medicinal Use of Testosterone and Related Steroids Revisited.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Adverse Effects of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids: A Literature Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Designer drugs: mechanism of action and adverse effects.Archives of toxicology · 2020Review
- Role of anabolic agents in colorectal carcinogenesis: Myths and realities (Review).Oncology reports · 2019Review
- Anabolic-androgenic steroids and cardiovascular risk.Chinese medical journal · 2019Review
- Testis-sparing surgery: Experience in 13 patients with oncological and functional outcomes.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2019Article
- The Availability and Acquisition of Illicit Anabolic Androgenic Steroids and Testosterone Preparations on the Internet.American journal of men's health · 2018Article
- Computational Assessment of Pharmacokinetics and Biological Effects of Some Anabolic and Androgen Steroids.Pharmaceutical research · 2018Article
- Adverse effects of sports supplements in men.Australian prescriber · 2018Review
- A Validated TLC-Densitometric Method for the Determination of Mesterolone in Bulk Material and in Tablets.BioMed research international · 2015Article
- Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward the Use of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids among the Population of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Journal of microscopy and ultrastructureArticle
- Anabolic steroid-associated liver injury.Clinical liver diseaseReview
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Abstract
Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) are some of the most common performance enhancing drugs (PED) among society. Despite the broad spectrum of adverse effects and legal consequences, AAS are illicitly marketed and distributed in many countries. To circumvent existing laws, the chemical structure of AAS is modified and these designer steroids are sold as nutritional supplements mainly over the Internet. Several side effects are linked with AAS abuse. Only little is known about the pharmacological effects and metabolism of unapproved steroids due to the absence of clinical studies. The large number of designer steroid findings in dietary supplements and the detection of new compounds combined with legal loopholes for their distribution in many countries show that stricter regulations and better information policy are needed.
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