I have type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure (controlled by tablets). I'm going to take up regular exercise in the gym now and I am thinking of getting myself some injectable anabolic steroids so i wont have any problem packing on the muscle. What I want to know is will I been 100% bulletproof safe when I take the steroids? I have heard that it can cause high blood sugar,but if I'm taking meds for blood sugar, will I be ok? I bet after 1 year exercise I will feel like a new man.
Anabolic Steroids and diabetes
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Don't know much about them other that can raise blood sugars and many followers end up on anger management courses. Also known to raise blood pressure according to this article.
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/anabolic-steroid-abuse/Pages/Introduction.aspx
\Will bump your post up for replies. Sounds like an unwise move to me.
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/anabolic-steroid-abuse/Pages/Introduction.aspx
\Will bump your post up for replies. Sounds like an unwise move to me.
Lazybones
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Taking any form of Steroid if you are diabetic is never a good thing as it makes controlling diabetes B/G levels very much harder due to the inevitable rise in B/G levels.
Steroids do have their place in the medical profession and should only be taken under professional medical advice. In many instances a Doctor would advise (where steroids are indeed necessary for some medical condition and the patient is a confirmed diabetic - either type 1 or 2) to take them on alternative days, the dosage being adjusted to take this into account.
Please don't take them unless your are advised to do so by a doctor.
Steroids do have their place in the medical profession and should only be taken under professional medical advice. In many instances a Doctor would advise (where steroids are indeed necessary for some medical condition and the patient is a confirmed diabetic - either type 1 or 2) to take them on alternative days, the dosage being adjusted to take this into account.
Please don't take them unless your are advised to do so by a doctor.
From what I gather, anabolic steroids can amplify the benefits of exercise but are hardly free from side effects. For someone that is just re-starting going to the gym I think taking anabolics are going to add more health complications than benefits.
My advice is to make use of your body's very own natural version of anabolic steroids -ie testosterone- which should naturally rise in response to regularly exercising at the gym.
Strength exercises are a great way to fight back against insulin resistance so keep up the gym for a year and I expect you'll indeed feel like a new man.
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My advice is to make use of your body's very own natural version of anabolic steroids -ie testosterone- which should naturally rise in response to regularly exercising at the gym.
Strength exercises are a great way to fight back against insulin resistance so keep up the gym for a year and I expect you'll indeed feel like a new man.
Ed
eddie1968
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Well I use Tostran 2% Testosterone gel on the NHS from a Consultant. Anabolic steroids are ok in people needing replacement therapy but I wouldn't advocate doing droids for body building. The amount I absorb in gel is 420mg per week and it is a lot. Steroid use also can wreck your muscles particularly in overuse. And if you've seen the size of the IM injection needle think again lol.
