These compounds are sometimes used medically to treat delayed puberty and muscle loss due to disease and to treat low levels of testosterone in men with an associated medical condition. Anabolic androgenic steroids can also improve feelings of well-being and increase bone strength, but are not approved for these purposes.
Glucocorticoids are a group of drugs structurally and pharmacologically similar to the endogenous hormone cortisol with various functions like anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, anti-proliferative and vaso-constrictive effects.
Corticosteroids are of enormous value in the suppression of the ocular inflammatory reaction to various injurious agents. The administration of corticosteroids alters the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids, as well as affecting almost all other endocrine secretions, salt and water balance, and a large number of enzymatic reactions.
In men, the abuse of these substances may cause infertility, azoospermia, testicular atrophy, and gynecomastia. Women may develop excessive body hair growth, menstrual irregularity, hypertrophy of sebaceous glands, acne.
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