testosterone he would gain muscle mass and strength. In 1956, Dr. Ziegler along with CIBA labs created Dianabol (Methandrostenolone or D-bol). By 1964 all the steroids that are in use today had already been invented and were being used by great numbers of athletes. Back in those days not much was known about doses so they were experimented with and passed from person to person by word of mouth. In the early days of steroids athletes took steroids in extremely high doses and very long cycles. This caused extreme cases of side effects, but dramatic gains in strength and muscle mass(Anabolic Steroids).Anabolic-androgenic steroids are a family of hormones which includes the natural male hormone, testosterone, along with a number of synthetic compounds that have been synthesized over the last forty years. The reason they have to be mixed with synthetic compounds is because natural testosterone only lasts a short period of time in the body, thus making the results not very good compared to the longer lasting synthetic mixture (The Steroid Truth).Steroids can be taken two ways. Orally in pill form or by injection into the muscle. Once they enter the bloodstream, they are distributed to organs and muscles throughout the body. After reaching these organs, the steroids surround individual cells in the organ and then pass through the cell membranes to enter the cytoplasm of the cells. Once in the cytoplasm, the steroids bind to specific receptors and then enter the nucleus of the cells. The steroid-receptor complex is then able to alter the functioning of the genetic material and stimulate the production of new proteins. These are the proteins that carry out the effects of the steroids. One problem that occurs with steroid use is that they send weird messages to the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus is in charge of the bodys hormone and testosterone levels. When steroids are taken it becomes confused and production of hormones and t...
