# Followup on steroids

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/followup-on-steroids/437855>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 16, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/followup-on-steroids/437855 "2008-02-16T03:47:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/followup-on-steroids/437855/1 "2008-02-16T03:47:42Z")

</div>

Steroids (along with HGH) are in the news these days. Cecil did a column once on one of their side effects: [Bodybuilders in bed: using a jackhammer to drive a tack?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a940311a.html)

Do currently used steroids still have this side effect or have they found better ones that don’t?