3 ms·

Actually steroids are used to treat people with muscular dystrophy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabolic_steroid#Medical https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaboli

by amai 5y ago

Actually steroids are used to treat people with muscular dystrophy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabolic_steroid#Medical https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabolic_steroid#Medical But they have a lot of side effects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabolic_steroid#Adverse_effects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabolic_steroid#Adverse_effec... Therefor scientists started to investigate different substances like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_androgen_receptor_modulator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_androgen_receptor_mo... But these might still have severe side effects (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligandrol#Adverse_health_effects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligandrol#Adverse_health_effec...)

sterlind 5y ago
Your wiki link doesn't say anything about muscular dystrophy. It mentions treatment of wasting syndrome (e.g. from HIV or cancer) but that's a metabolic issue rather than a muscle issue. A quick googling reveals a 1965 paper that says anabolic steroids are ineffective, and some follow-up papers that talk about oxandrolone being modestly effective but mostly through glucocorticoid mechanisms (e.g. like Prednisone, not Testosterone)