Thirty human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected men were randomized to a high dose of nandrolone decanoate weekly (group 1) or nandrolone plus resistance training (group 2) for 12 wk. For the two groups, nandrolone had no significant effects on total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, LDL phenotype, or fasting triglycerides, although triglycerides decreased by 66 +/- 124 mg/dl for the entire popu...

BACKGROUND Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) is being used in medical treatments, but AAS also was identified to have the risks of adverse effects towards patients and consumers health. OBJECTIVE Present study was conducted to observe the effects of testosterone, nandrolone, and stanozolol (forms of AAS) intake during onset of puberty on the rat testicular histology. MATERIALS AND METHODS ...

Bone tissue has been shown to contain numerous cell-to-cell signaling peptides called growth factors. These growth factors are thought to have important regulating effects for bone remodeling, due to their potent effects on bone cell metabolism. Our investigation was intended to assess the effect of nandrolone decanoate and calcitonin treatment on biochemical markers of bone formation (bone alk...

INTRODUCTION Anabolic steroid is an established drug for treating catabolic states. The said drug has been shown to restore the lean body mass, to prevent osteoporosis and to correct the impaired immune response, but only few studies have evaluated the effect of the same on fracture healing. METHODS Fracture was produced by an impact device in 24 rabbits which were divided into experimental (...

Despite reports of an increase in the incidence of simultaneous cocaine and anabolic steroid abuse, potential adverse interactions between these two drugs on the cardiovascular system are largely unquantified. Cocaine has been reported to induce coronary vasoconstriction, cardiac arrhythmias and conduction delays. Anabolic steroids have been associated with cardiac hypertrophy and hypertension....

Nandrolone is included in the class II of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) which is composed of 19-nor-testosterone-derivates. In general, AAS is a broad and rapidly increasing group of synthetic androgens used both clinically and illicitly. AAS in general and nandrolone decanoate (ND) in particular have been associated with several behavioral disorders. The purpose of this review is to summa...

this study investigates the effects of melatonin on the sperm quality and testis weight after the combination of swimming exercise and nandrolone decanoate (deca). two groups of male wistar rats were treated for eight weeks as follows; group a consist of co (control), sham, n (deca), s (swimming) and ns (deca plus swimming); and group b: sham m (sham melatonin), m (melatonin), mn (melatonin plu...