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anabolic steroids

Performance and image-enhancing drugs (PIEDs) are substances that people use to transform their appearance or improve their athletic performance. This includes well-known examples such as anabolic steroids, growth hormones and weight-loss drugs. Often, these drugs are associated with professional athletes and bodybuilders, but PIEDs are also widely used in the world of recreational sports.   

anabolic steroids

Sport is often equated with health. But research shows that PIED use is widespread among amateur athletes, often in excessive amounts and without breaks. Continuous use of PIEDs poses significant health risks. Yet harm reduction is hardly applied in this context.

Mainline is conducting research among people who use PIEDs in recreational sports and developing harm reduction interventions.

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anabolic steroids

Mindful Muscles

Harm reduction approaches are rarely applied in a recreational sports setting. And why would we – sport equals health, right? Not always. Research shows that the use of performance and image-enhancing drugs (PIEDs) is quite common in various recreational sport…
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