Many people have thought of steroids as something that caused an endless parade of doping stories and banned-substance throughout the Olympic events. It appears that, steroids for many are the cause of sappy stories because of grim fate faced by banned athletes; stories that left an unforgettable effects to the doping history in the sports world. Some people claim that Olympics were flooded by world records, haul of gold medals, and exceptional performances of athletes through the support of banned drugs. No wonder, steroids have gained such a negative impression among many.

Peter Ruddock, a contributor in Jamaica Gleaner, online edition Jamaica Gleaner daily newspaper, explained that because of the established notion about the drug, some vital facts have already distorted—giving in to the so-called misconception, especially the actual usefulness of the drugs. He has emphasized and discussed the twisted belief for steroids in the article he published in the said online newspaper last August 31. Some people might ask, how credible is he to comment about steroid? Professionally, Ruddock has a chemistry PhD studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona. There he finished and utilized steroids, not for customary use however but for biological, as they were not ingested into the body. He explained that his research for steroids centered on utilizing steroids to observe new reactions. He said the result of the observations he conducted lead him to new and beneficial materials and medicines.

Ruddock explained that even though steroids have reaped a number of negative push for the past years, steroids remain important to life. In fact, several steroids are being formed naturally inside the body. He also mentioned that neither too low nor too high levels of the drugs can provide benefits for the body, he explained this by saying that either case can result to sickness or death. He claimed that steroids play a very significant function like assisting to sperm production, pregnancy, muscular growth, course of salts to inside and outside of the cells, and the restoration of tenderness in the joints.

This is supported by the facts featured in NewsWise, news site for medicine and science. According to featured article published here last year’s January 23, the past steroids studies revealed that these form of medications are normally prescribed to the patients of rheumatisms, a chronic ailments wherein joints tissues are damaged, during the early months after diagnosis to lighten its discomfort until slower-acting start defending the joints.

Ruddock clearly emphasized that steroids are enormously significant group of compounds, which is vitally needed to sustain the existence of life itself. “They (steroids) are oftentimes abused, but I hope you can agree, deserving of a lot more respect than they have given,” he said. Also, unlike the popular belief, steroids are not only abused by the athletes but also by the typical white guy in his 30s who aim is to look good as featured by Jill Barker, columnist in The Gazette, daily paper for Montreal. This truth is based on the study published in the International Society of Sports Nutrition’s Journal. It states that the better place to spot steroids is in the offices and not actually in the playing field. It was also suggested by the U.S National Institute on Drug Abuse that over three million Americans take steroids for non-medical purposes; such figures are actually beyond the number of best athletes—both professional and amateur.

The uncovered facts above simply denote that there are already rampant misconceptions for steroid and steroid users; misconceptions that deprive people the chance to use steroids beneficially to deal with their ailments as well as hide the real abusers of the drugs. The question now is, until when will the people going to distort the facts?

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