Polypharmacy among anabolic-androgenic steroid users: a descriptive metasynthesis
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...These hormones were formerly very expensive, but are now cheaply available via the Internet from overseas manufacturers (Brennan, Kanayama, Hudson, & Pope, 2011; Gibney, Healy, & Sonksen, 2007; Holt & M AN US CR IP T AC CE PT ED Sonksen, 2008; Sagoe et al., 2015)....
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...Several recent papers have addressed this phenomenon of polypharmacy in greater detail (Dodge & Hoagland, 2011; Hildebrandt, Lai et al., 2011; Ip et al., 2011; Sagoe et al., 2015)....
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...…and qualitative research into the various subcultures where AAS are being used have revealed a much more nuanced picture (e.g. Christiansen & Bojsen-Møller, 2012; Cohen, Collins, Darkes, & Gwartney, 2007; Liokaftos, Forthcoming; Monaghan, 2001; Parkinson & Evans, 2006; Sagoe et al., 2015)....
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...However, both quantitative and qualitative research into the various subcultures where AAS are being used have revealed a much more nuanced picture (e.g. Christiansen & Bojsen-Møller, 2012; Cohen, Collins, Darkes, & Gwartney, 2007; Liokaftos, Forthcoming; Monaghan, 2001; Parkinson & Evans, 2006; Sagoe et al., 2015)....
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...…properties of these substances or related to IPED use, as some psychoactive drug use can be related to performance enhancement, including the use of: stimulants, anti-depressants and tranquilisers to aid sleep and recovery and opioids for pain management (Miller et al., 2002; Sagoe et al., 2015)....
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...Use of psychoactive substances for performance related purposes has been noted those bodybuilding and may be occurring among this group (Sagoe et al., 2015)....
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...For example, stimulants such as amphetamine may be used to facilitate training, enhance fat loss and suppress appetite (Sagoe et al., 2015)....
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...Nowhere is this more pronounced than in the use of anabolic steroids and associated drugs, the number and diversity of drugs being used (Sagoe et al., 2015), the accompanying psychoactive drug use (Hope et al., 2013) and the massive dosages being used by even the most novice of users (Chandler &…...
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...This is not unique to the United Kingdom but a global issue (Larance, Degenhardt, Copeland, & Dillon, 2008; Parkinson & Evans, 2006; Sagoe et al., 2015; Skarberg, Nyberg, & Engstrom, 2009)....
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