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 MARCH 16, 2005 Steroids Link to Heart Attacks Steroid use among athletes continues to dominate sports news, with Congressional hearings of Major League Baseball executives and players scheduled for this week. However, a potential fatal problem has gotten little notice: We believe that anecdotal reports of heart attacks among athletes will eventually be linked to steroid use. The incidence of coronary artery disease and heart attacks among 20-year-old steroid users is now being documented. The drug causes a marked rise in total cholesterol levels and a marked drop in levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (the "good" cholesterol). Low HDL levels mean that there is nothing to prevent deposits from clogging arteries, including those in the heart. Also, degeneration of the heart muscle itself has been identified in steroid users. This change is irreversible, leaving a heart transplant as the only viable treatment. This is just another reason why we believe that steroids are the most dangerous group of legal prescription drugs besides the poisonous chemicals used to treat cancer. |
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