AKA: anabolic-androgenic steroids or AAS, are a class of steroid hormones related to the hormone Testosterone. They increase protein synthesis within cells, which results in the buildup of cellular tissue (anabolism), especially in muscles. Anabolic steroids also have androgenic and virilizing properties, including the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics such as the growth of the vocal cords and body hair.  Anabolic steroids also produce increases in physical strength.  Though known of in the late 1800s, Anabolic Steroids were first isolated, identified and synthesized in the 1930s, and are now used therapeutically in medicine to stimulate bone growth and appetite, induce male puberty, and treat chronic wasting conditions such as those from cancer and AIDS.  Steroids are generally considered to be potentially Addictive Drugs!

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