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Are the steroids that people inject themselves with for muscles and medicinal steroids like prednisone the same kind of thing?
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Nope.: You are referring to anabolic (androgenic) steroids to enhance muscle bulk, and prednisone is a corticosteroid (catabolic) used for a variety of things including combatting inflammation. That said, they are both serious medications with significant side effect profiles.
Answered 12/7/2014
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