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Know the uses of anabolic steroid

Understand the contraindication

As anabolic agentGrowth stimulatorsAttacks of hereditary angioneurotic

edema OsteoporosisTreatment of refractory anaemia

Increase protein synthesisEnhance muscle mass Increase appetite weight gain

After trauma, surgery, in prolong illness, debilitating condition, AIDS patient.

Promote linear growth of boneCan cause epiphyseal closure

Pregnancy pseudohermaprodite female fetus

Carcinoma of prostateHepatic /renal/cardiac diseasesCautiously in :

Infants and children Lactating mother Patients with diabetes

Anabolic steroids are used as anabolic agent

Most uses of anabolic steroids are already replaced by better drugs.

HL Sharma and KK Sharma, Principles of Pharmacology,2nd edition, 2012.

Padmaja Udaykumar, Textbook of Medical Pharmacology, 2nd edition, 2010.