the difference between a steroid your doctor might prescribe for pain or and the illegal steroids athletes take.
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Steroids are simply the name of a wide spectrum of chemicals that have a similar molecular structure. They are completely unrelated medically. Athletes for the most part take anabolic steroids, which are all drugs containing or replicating the effects of testosterone. The most common steroid for medical purposes are called corticosteroids, like hydrocortisone and they reduce inflammation. But they are completely different drugs.
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