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Steroids: Friend or Foe?

Do steroids scare you? Have you heard steroids are “bad?” If so, you may be mistaking commonly prescribed corticosteroids for anabolic steroids. While both have benefits and side effects, anabolic steroids are widely abused and can cause serious...


What You Need to Know About Corticosteroids

What are corticosteroids? Corticosteroids are man-made drugs that closely resemble cortisol, a hormone that your adrenal glands produce naturally. Corticosteroids are often referred to by the shortened term "steroids." Corticosteroids are diff...


What You Need to Know About Steroid Injections

What are steroids? Steroids (short for corticosteroids) are man-made drugs that closely resemble cortisol, a hormone that your adrenal glands produce naturally. Corticosteroids are different from the male hormone-related steroid compounds that some ath...







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