Avaliação do uso de anabolizantes em praticantes de atividade física: uma revisão narrativa

Abstract

Introduction: The steroids anabolic androgenic (AAS) are synthetic derivatives of testosterone. The employment of so unfair and indiscriminate can bring damage to health, such as hepatic steatosis due to the accumulation of triglycerides and, even, to the development of carcinoma liver. Objective: To perform a review of narrative relating to the indiscriminate use of anabolic with changes in homeostasis, especially in liver tissue. Methods: We used the databases Scielo, Pubmed, and EBSCOhost using descriptors and filters in the search followed by the selection process of articles after reading the preliminary titles, then the abstracts, and if were found its relevance in the approach of the theme, the full read. Result: Of the articles found were selected 12 articles from established criteria. Conclusion: The consumption of indiscriminate use of AAS, due to the ease in the acquisition and motivations aesthetic has been bringing harm to the health of its users and can affect various organs, degenerative, or even irreversible, especially the liver. The professional health education should address this topic as a form of prevention.