RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Anabolic steroid abuse: Psychiatric and physical costs
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 341
OP 352
VO 74
IS 5
A1 Farid Talih
A1 Omar Fattal
A1 Donald Malone, Jr
YR 2007
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/74/5/341.abstract
AB The psychiatric effects of anabolic-androgenic steroids (ie, testosterone and its derivatives) have been less well studied than their physical effects but are reported to include depression, mania, psychosis, and aggression. Dependence can also occur, with withdrawal involving psychiatric and physical symptoms. Adverse effects of steroid abuse should be managed by discontinuing the drugs—by tapering if necessary—and by treating the symptoms.