I was offered a presciption for steroids in 1952. I went to the library and found out what they were and I told my doctor no.
I knew all kinds of athletes who took them I don't think any one really benefitted from their use.
George Park
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Personally, I think we should separate out the use of steriods as a performance-enhancing measure and the use as a medical treatment. Being prescribed corticosteriods by a doctor to relieve extreme inflamation and/or pain and the like is completely different from taking them to "beef up".
Maybe one of the doctors out there can correct me, but I seem to recall reading something about steriods taken for inflammation etc. are different from the ones taken for 'performance'. I take an nasal spray for my allergies that is (I believe) technically a steriod. Does it enhance my swimming ability? Only in that it allows me to breathe....
And, just to get into the fray, overpopulation and starvation could be much more effectively controlled with better availability of family planning, cultural awareness, greater sanitation, and a more judicious production and distribution of foodstuffs, than by eliminating vaccinations.
Kae
Personally, I think we should separate out the use of steriods as a performance-enhancing measure and the use as a medical treatment. Being prescribed corticosteriods by a doctor to relieve extreme inflamation and/or pain and the like is completely different from taking them to "beef up".
Maybe one of the doctors out there can correct me, but I seem to recall reading something about steriods taken for inflammation etc. are different from the ones taken for 'performance'. I take an nasal spray for my allergies that is (I believe) technically a steriod. Does it enhance my swimming ability? Only in that it allows me to breathe....
And, just to get into the fray, overpopulation and starvation could be much more effectively controlled with better availability of family planning, cultural awareness, greater sanitation, and a more judicious production and distribution of foodstuffs, than by eliminating vaccinations.
Kae
