Problems related to the use of Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS) by practitioners of weight training and the role of the pharmacist in education of these athletes in order to reduce indiscriminate use

Abstract

The seeking for the perfect body is assuming alarming proportions among the world. The cult of the body triggered a frantic search for devices designed to achieve ideal beauty unrealistic for most people. Among these artifacts, we highlight the use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS), which have similar effects of testosterone, increasing the force of contraction and the volume of muscle cells. The pharmacist as professional duly qualified drugs, fits into this context decisively, assuming the role of “health educator”, and explaining to users (or prospective users) about the risks inherent in such a practice, acting decisively in discouraging the use of AAS in drugstores when faced with individual’s intent on making non-medical use/illicit AAS, looking always  flee from traditional approaches that awareness campaigns (that few results have been obtained in recent years).