Support for people who use Anabolic Androgenic Steroids: A Systematic Sco** Review into what they want and what they access

O Harvey, S Keen, M Parrish, E van Teijlingen - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background Since there is a paucity of research on support for people using Anabolic
Androgenic Steroids (AAS), we aimed to identify and synthesise the available evidence in …

Prevalence of anabolic steroid users seeking support from physicians: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JMX Amaral, A Kimergård, P Deluca - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To estimate the overall prevalence of androgenic-anabolic steroids (AAS) users
seeking support from physicians. Secondary objectives are to compare this prevalence in …

Understanding harm reduction perspectives of performance and image enhancing drug consumers and health care providers

TM Piatkowski, LM Hides, KM White, PL Obst… - … Enhancement & Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Research has documented the harms associated with performance and image enhancing
drug (PIED) use and lack of disclosure of use to healthcare providers (HCPs). Given that the …

Testing the boundaries: Self-medicated testosterone replacement and why it is practised

M Underwood, K van de Ven, M Dunn - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Testosterone is used therapeutically in medical settings. Non-prescribed
testosterone use is typically illegal, described as 'enhancement'or 'do**', and considered a …

Information sought, information shared: exploring performance and image enhancing drug user-facilitated harm reduction information in online forums

B Tighe, M Dunn, FH McKay, T Piatkowski - Harm reduction journal, 2017 - Springer
Background There is good evidence to suggest that performance and image enhancing
drug (PIED) use is increasing in Australia and that there is an increase in those using PIEDs …

The relationship between psychosocial variables and drive for muscularity among male bodybuilding supplement users

TM Piatkowski, PL Obst, KM White… - Australian …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Given that a high drive for muscularity (DM) has been found to be associated with
negative mental health outcomes for men, this research examined pathways involving social …

Steroid Madness: Has the dark side of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) been over-stated?

KJD Mulrooney, K van de Ven, J McVeigh… - Human enhancement …, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Has the “dark side” of anabolic-androgenic steroids been overstated? In what follows, we
examine this question with the intention of injecting some nuance and much-needed debate …

[HTML][HTML] Big business: The private sector market for image and performance enhancing drug harm reduction in the UK

L Turnock, N Gibbs, L Cox, T Piatkowski - International Journal of Drug …, 2023 - Elsevier
This article draws on three mutually independent ethnographic studies to explore the private
sector market for image and performance enhancing drug (IPED) harm reduction in the UK …

Adverse effects, health service engagement, and service satisfaction among anabolic androgenic steroid users

R Zahnow, J McVeigh, J Ferris… - Contemporary Drug …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
There are a number of adverse health effects associated with the use of anabolic
androgenic steroids (AAS), ranging from mood disturbances to gynecomastia and impaired …

Post-cycle therapy for performance and image enhancing drug users: A qualitative investigation

S Griffiths, R Henshaw, FH McKay, M Dunn - Performance enhancement & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) are synthetic forms of the hormone testosterone and
their non-medical use is related to increased muscle size, muscle mass, and strength. A …