Miscellaneous
The use of androgens, frequently referred to as anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), has grown into a worldwide substance abuse problem over the last several decades. Testosterone was isolated in the 1930s, and numerous synthetic androgens were quickly developed thereafter. Athletes soon discovered the dramatic anabolic effects of these hormones, and AAS spread rapidly through elite athletics and bodybuilding from the 1950s through the 1970s. However it was not until the 1980s that widespread AAS use emerged from the elite athletic world and into the general population. This is the beginning of the abstract of a paper entitled "History and epidemiology of anabolic androgens in athletes and nonathletes" written by Gen Kanayama and Harrison Pope which was published in a 2017 special edition of the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology which focused on Anabolic Steroids. In this podcast I read this paper, it really is a fantastic paper that discusses the history of steroid usage in society from the 1930's to the present day. Please share this with a friend if you are enjoying this podcast!