Anabolic Steroid Use in AIDS Patients

The use of Anabolic Steroids in AIDS patients is becoming increasingly popular.

Steroids are used to bring the lean body mass of a patient up for multiple reasons. In most

cases the loss of lean body mass from AIDS is so severe it is causing a significant decrease

in quality of life. Anabolic Steroids have many inherent risks associated with them for

example many types of cancer, risks of liver disease from oral AS, gynocomastia, and

hormonal cycle imbalance. Steroids not only effect the body, they also change the mind

state and attitude of the user. In some cases the excess testosterone in the system causes

increases in aggression and loss of focus in everyday life. Even though it is well

documented that many users find an increase in aggression it is my opinion as a former

user and dealer that AIDS patients should be prescribed AS.

AIDS patients that have extremely low body masses have a low quality of life.

They do not posses enough muscle to perform everyday tasks that are second nature for

normal adults. This is where AS are brought into the picture. AS are a quick way of

adding on lean body mass. They are usually “stacked” which is a process of taking two or

more types of steroids at once. There are hundreds of steroids out on the market today,

and each has a little different effect on the body. You stack a combination of steroids that

contain the effects that you want to see. You also want to take different steroids that

compete for androgernic sites in different ways in order to increase testosterone

production. The patient could start seeing gains in lean body mass with only an increase of

caloric intake and no lifting program. Once they built a base of lean body mass they could

begin a weighlifting program to further increase their lean body mass. The physical side

effects that an AIDS patient would be worried about can be counteracted with other

drugs. Gynoconmastia(bitch tits) can be counteracted with a few different drugs, but the

most popular choice would be Nolvadex, when used in the male system prevents

aromitization or testosterone conversion. Testicular shrinkage can be counteracted with

HCG which tells the body that it has produced to much ooestrogen. The body counteracts

this with producing more testosterone naturally, thus keeping the testicle size normal. The

risk of getting cancer from steroid use is a mute point for an AIDS patient, because cancer

comes from years of heavy stacking.

The only true risk that an AIDS patient would find would be the increase of