Bejeezus, reading a lot of this stuff is killin' me
Some E users who have died did so because their heart gave out due to drastic dehydration which causes the blood to thicken and hence harder to pump. And this is exactly what some roid users do in that when they do bodybuilding shows, they take diuretics which flush their system of water in an attempt to look cut.
It will have the effect of draining the body of water and therefore the muscle groups are better defined.
This is extremely dangerous for obvious reasons but cannot be directly attributed to roids, more to the roid culture and the taking of water reducing drugs, and even more specifically to bodybuilders who do shows.
And this demographic is a minute section of people who actually take them.
Now john251282 is a smart cookie and I respect what he says because he is well versed in this area but I believe (no disrespect) even he knee jerks some of his responses.
But in this case, I think it is a good strategy because I think it is always good to err on the side of safety and this he does.
I personally believe that I have done enough research to offset any stigma or predisposed thinking concerning roids to be able to make a valued judgment about their usage.
But this is concerning usage by myself and in no way endorses or advocates it for others.
Ya know, if you want a handle on all this, look at how many people die from smoking, drinking or overeating.
Any one of those completely dwarfs the number (pro rate) that can be attributed to roids and in fact, I don't know of one person who has died from taking roids, and trust me, I know a lot of guys who do.
john251282 would rightfully make the point that there is little data concerning long term effects and even if there was, it would be extremely difficult to disentangle deaths and diseases occurring for reasons other than steroid abuse amongst the roid using demographic.
All one can do is attach a statistical likelihood, and even then, without definitive clinical testing looking at the biochemistry of organs such as heart, kidney and liver, the results would be ambiguous at best as John well knows.