Demystifying Steroids
(ACT UP NY version)

ACT UP NY x The Love Tank

 

Your guide to safer anabolic steroid use for building muscle with fewer risks.

 

This guide is for people - of any gender - who are considering using anabolic steroids for the first time or are curious about them or for people who have used steroids before but want to learn more about how to do so more safely.

 

The purpose of this guide is to demystify the use of steroids for building muscle - to explain what they can and cannot do - and to provide holistic harm reduction information. This means this guide contains advice about how to more safely use steroids (including how to inject safely and how to mitigate side effects) and also how to adopt a good outlook on steroids (how to decide whether you should use them, how to appraise risks, and how to think about body image).


Written and researched by Dr. Benjamin Weil.
Produced by The LoveTank CIC, November 2023.
Amended and edited by ACT UP NY for distribution in the USA.

 

What’s inside

1. Who Is This Guide For?

2. A Note on Sex and Gender

3. What Are Steroids?

4. Steroids Are Not a Silver Bullet

 

4.1. Reaching your natural potential

4.2. Body image

5. Risks and Side Effects

6. Safer Steroid Use

 

6.1. What is a cycle?

6.2. What steroids should I use?

6.3. What dose should I use?

6.4. Can I use oral steroids?

6.5. How do I know if my steroids are real?

6.6. How do I look after my health on a cycle?

6.7. How do I inject safely?

6.8. What do I do when I finish a cycle?

6.9. What happens next?

 

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