Medicinally, roids are used to treat those conditions that are untreatable by any other medicines or drugs. These include (not limited to): to address delayed onset of puberty in males and females, to address impotence caused by some reasons, to combat wasting diseases including AIDS and cancer, anemia, and osteoporosis.
But despite their legitimate medical uses, the big market for majority of these drugs is sports; and if you wonder which is the sport that is most closely associated with the roids the first and foremost comes bodybuilding.
It is known that virtually all the professional and as well as amateur competitive bodybuilders use the roids almost in every of their stacks and cycles. And for every pro or national sportsman that uses them there are probably a thousand recreational bodybuilders who will never compete. Yet it is not just about bodybuilders that use the muscle-building substances. Even many of the world’s top track and field athletes use them and sports like football, rugby, and powerlifting, see rampant usage of the roids. And these days even relatively not so physical sports including table tennis and badminton too have stories of sportsmen embracing the drugs.
Roids were once used to address emergency conditions but today, one can see the usage of the roids for no rhyme or reason. The sole reason for this is because of their anti-allergic and anti-inflammation property and thus it provides instant relief. But what seems to be a magical result is in fact not a magical remedy rather the roids imitates the action of adrenal glands and they actually the cease the body’s ability to respond in a normal way. Low doses of the roids are prescribed to asthmatic and rheumatoid arthritis patients. Prednisone for instance is used in the treatment of Crohn’s disease and bowel disorders.
Inflammation is a necessary mechanism in the body that helps protect the body from harmful bacteria and viruses. Therefore, some level of inflammation is required to stay healthy but if the inflammation over works and reacts without any threat then it develops excess inflammation resulting in diseases such as asthma, allergies, heart disease, cancer etc based on the organ where the inflammation has overreacted. This is where steroid’s role comes into play; they cease a particular condition rather than offering a permanent cure rather it offer temporary relief.
Roids thus have to be used in small doses and under strict medical supervision and in extreme health conditions because these drugs have the ability to arise various other complications later that are irreversible. There are studies that indicate major health hazards with constant use of the roids, for example long-term use of Prednisone can increase the risk of hip fracture and also cataract. So curing inflammation syndrome naturally is safer option that the usage of the roids.