HPE 2008 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pattern Hair Loss, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Lean Body Mass
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Comes in tablets, injections, patches, skin creams or gels. How taken: often in 6-12 week cycle, more than one at a time ("stacking") Increase muscle size and total body protein accretion: why taken, athletes use because they increase muscle strength but encouraging new muscle growth. Increase lean body mass and less body fat: allows them to train harder and longer, there is no effect on endurance exercise!!!!! They are cheap, not legal because they are unlikely to adhere to recommended doses, can be detected in urine. Doses typically exceed recommended dose for asthma: why they do, thermogenic effect: heat producing breakdown of fat and increased energy expenditure, decreased body fat, increased skeletal muscle mass, enhanced physical appearance and body performance. Inhaled: relax smooth muscle in airways of asthma patients by mimicking actions of epinephrine and norepinephrine, substances that are secreted by sympathetic nerves.
