There are definitely risks from taking HGH and steroids. Steroids, notably, can make you irrationally violent. Not my favorite side effect. Yet for instance Val takes them regularly in low doses for her asthma, and I have taken them occasionally when recovering from surgeries or to stave off an allergic reaction from a mosquito bite. HGH can totally screw up your face; that's why both Stalone and Mickey Rourke look so weird now. But Patrick was prescribed them as a teenager when puberty wasn't kicking in right. Low doses of testosterone increase your risk for some cancers, but lower it for other conditions. (And like steroids, can make you violent.)
I'm not exactly saying wooooo everybody drugs all the time. If there are good reasons to say "nope, not this dose, and not for this person" and they're safety reasons - either for protecting the person or the people arround them - I'm all about it. But that doesn't have anything to do with cheating.
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Date: 2013-02-01 02:21 am (UTC)I'm not exactly saying wooooo everybody drugs all the time. If there are good reasons to say "nope, not this dose, and not for this person" and they're safety reasons - either for protecting the person or the people arround them - I'm all about it. But that doesn't have anything to do with cheating.