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01/07/09
A while ago a research survey was carried out to try and figure out what adverse effects the continued usage of steroids had on various users of a drug based on a hormone. The survey was such that the total of 970 participants was grouped into various categories depending on the levels of their addiction to the drug. Among the respondents from the pool that contained the most addicted members it so happened that almost half of the number here went into severe shock related behavior after they were exposed to supportive therapy. This was just after a mere 27 hours.
Preliminary investigations were carried out to ascertain the reason why this high number of persons developed this shock conditions. The results of the investigation revealed that this was due to the fact that they had psychological issues relating to the fact that they had failed to achieve their quests having used this particular drug and that they were now the laughing stock of the entire public. It took a lot of coaxing from the organizers of the research to convince these people that what they intended was not to humiliate them publicly but rather to use them as part of the solution to the big menace that is steroid drug use.
Without a doubt, the manner in which the respondents responded to the supportive therapy was linked back to the use of steroids. As the research went on, the individuals were required to provide details about various aspects of their addiction. It was noted that most of the persons were really trying to avoid such questions but the interesting fact was that whenever they displayed jovial moods they were really intent on knowing whether there was a way through which they could escape from the clutches of steroid use that had fettered them totally. What made the situation more untenable was the fact that in another category of hardcore steroid addicts one of the patients succumbed to septic shock and sadly passed away after just 26 hours of undergoing therapy. Just two hours after this had happened, another member of the group developed severe breathing difficulties and also passed on.
The research exercise was a real eye opener in many different aspects of steroids addiction. Some of the most significant inferences made were as a result of the behavior that the participants exhibited as a result of being put on supportive therapy. It was noted that the steroid addicts were at great risk simply because they had infringed so much on their stress thresholds and also the fact that their immune systems were heavily depressed.
The results that were drawn from this exercise were harmonized with results that had been inferred from different researches and a number of meaningful conclusions were made. One of the most significant of these was the fact that steroid abuse was a major contributor to the number of deaths that are associated with laryngeal complications. Another cause of death was to do with the surpassing of stress threshold limits.
