What steroids are and how they work. Not just the muscles gym kind, but also the medecine
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Steroids and NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) both stop inflammation in the body which in turn reduces pain.
The difference is steroids COMPLETELY block ALL inflammatory activity including immune system cells (WBCs) but NSAIDS like ibuprofen only block inflammation and pain without immune effect but are less powerful than steroids.
The ‘gym kind’ steroids are called anabolic steroids like testosterone which increases muscle size and growth and is produced within our body
They are fat like molecules, all fats have long chains of carbon, steroids have 4 carbon chain rings.
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