Teenage steroid users may face serious side effects related to brain’s functions

If you are interested in news about steroids, you may confirm that almost each article notes about “roid rage” which is considered to be one of the gravest unwanted effects of these drugs. Anabolic steroids are blamed for some violations, murders and other crimes. It is noticed that these products can lead to uncontrolled aggression which leads to abnormal behavior. Although it is not proven scientifically whether steroids can really lead to “roid rage”, media notes about this unwanted result too often. Unfortunately, several other grave adverse results are rarely mentioned in articles.
Adolescents should be especially warned about some specific unwanted effects which can trouble them, if they administer steroids in their adolescent years. The professors Leslie Henderson and Ann Clark of the Giesel School of Medicine in Dartmouth note that these medications can have very negative impact on adolescents’ brains. These professors have conducted some researches and made conclusions, basing on the results of their researches. These specialists notice that steroids may cause in adolescents something more serious than uncontrolled aggression.
According to Leslie Henderson and Ann Clark, steroids are too dangerous for teenagers because this group of users may face some specific severe negative reactions which don’t appear in adult steroid users. The experts notice that steroids may affect the brain in adolescents. Thus, the brain’s structure and functions can be destroyed in teenagers because of steroids. Furthermore, these negative reactions may be permanent. It means that brain’s disorders which are displayed through abnormal behavior may present even when the teenagers grow up. So, negative psychological effects can be manifested even in their adulthood.
But it is important to mention that the studies conducted by Leslie Henderson and Ann Clark have enrolled animals. Thus, these affirmations are made on the basis of animals’ reactions to steroid use. One can doubt whether effects of steroids on teenagers’ brains are the same as those on animals. Nonetheless, Leslie Henderson is sure that these statements are true for humans as well.
Moreover, it has been defined that negative results of steroids on teenagers are more lasting than those which appear in adult steroid users.
Leslie Henderson collaborates in her researches with such specialists, as Marie Onakomaiya, Donna Porter and Joseph Oberlander.
Leslie Henderson claims that it is seen that steroids affect adolescents’ behavior. As we know, the brain controls behavior. Since behavior is abnormal, the brain’s structure and functions are destroyed.
So, it is important to educate teenagers about all probable dangers linked with steroid use. If they know about these potential negative results, they will be able to make a right decision connected with steroids.