Weight Loss Steroids for Gaining Weight (For HIV/AIDS Patients)
Weight loss steroids are being used as a way to ensure that people who suffer from AIDS or HIV are gaining rather than losing weight. For many years now bodybuilders have used steroids as a way of building up muscle, however, it is only in recent years that it has been found that they can build up lean muscle tissue in people who have contracted AIDS.
Not controlled studies have ever been carried out to see what effect steroids do in fact have on people with HIV, although there has been one pilot study undertaken in London at the Kobler Centre. Here the participants were required to take a low dose of the Stanozolol steroid for a given period. Half of those participating when then required to do some weight training each day and the other half did not need to do anything.
During the six weeks that they were taken the steroids those who were exercising each day gained an additional 4kg of weight. Whilst those who only needed to take the steroids so that their weight remained the same. However, after completion of the treatment all lost on average 1kg which was put down to eliminating water that had been retained. So those who took the steroids and exercised they gained 3kg extra weight during the six week period.
However the problem with this study was that no people were asked to just exercise. So there is no way of knowing whether it was the steroids or the exercise which resulted in the people’s weight gain. But it does seem to suggest that exercise is important to any plan for those who are trying to stop losing weight.
The types of steroids that will be incorporated into medications provided to HIV and AIDS patients are from the corticosteroids family such as hydrocortisone or prednisolone. These may differ from the steroids used by bodybuilders but will still effect the user in some way.
Certainly we are made constantly aware of the serious side effects which anabolic steroids can have on a person. One of these being that they can cause damage to the liver which in some cases can prove to be fatal. But this depends on the dosage used and how long they are used for. Also injecting steroids rather than taking them orally tend not to be as harmful to the liver.
Steroids are known for affecting our mood, energy and appetite levels, and not always in ways that will be beneficial to us. It is important to remember that steroids increase male hormone levels in the body and can lead to your aggressive side being amplified. You may find for unknown reasons you react more quickly in an angry or aggressive way even though the provocation may be slight.
But along with weight loss steroid treatments being used to ensure a good level of weight is maintained in people with HIV or AIDS other drugs may be used. Sometimes ones like Megestrol Acetate are used as they help to increase a person’s appetite. Which when used help to increase weight by increasing the lean muscle mass.
