Outpatient clinic for users of anabolic androgenic steroids: an overview.

Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) are used by approximately 20,000 amateur athletes in the Netherlands. AAS are harmful but data are lacking as to precisely how harmful they are. An outpatient clinic for past and current users of AAS was established in 2011 to acquire more knowledge about the health risks associated with AAS abuse.All case files of the patients who visited the AAS clinic were reviewed retrospectively.180 patients visited the...