Endocrine Abstracts

Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) are known to be misused both in competitive and in non-competive sports. As AAS stimulate protein synthesis in muscle cells, athletes expect performance-enhancing effects beyond that brought about by training alone. In 1974 the IOC and the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) first banned the use of AAS. This prohibition encompassed only synthetic steroids, such as metandienone, stanozolol etc. and the misuse of endogenous steroid...