The Ministry of Health and Community Protection confirmed that it received information about trainers in fitness centers, who promote unhealthy hormones and stimulants, and sell them to young people.
She said in a statement yesterday that she would confiscate the prohibited products and any components that may pose a public health risk, and she warned of the danger of hormones carried by travelers coming from countries that allow them to be purchased without a prescription.
And "Emirates Today" recently published an investigation about the dangers of taking unlicensed health supplements and stimulants, revealing a "secret market" for taking hormones and stimulants of unknown composition or source, and the harm they cause to their users.
The ministry said that hormonal products to build muscle are pharmaceutical preparations, pointing out that they are subject to its requirements and control, as it is the body responsible for registering it and allowing its import and circulation.
She added that many of these products may contain stimulant toxins or artificial hormones related to male hormones, pointing to the possibility that they cause serious health risks, including serious liver and kidney injuries and threatening the lives of users.
She stated that she immediately began monitoring fitness centers as soon as she obtained information about the presence of trainers directing young people to take stimulant pills or injections, reducing the time and effort to reach an ideal muscle body, in light of the increased competition between bodybuilding and fitness centers to win the largest possible number of customers, Using a variety of impact styles.
The Director of the Enabling and Health Compliance Department at the Ministry, Dr. Hessa Mubarak, confirmed the issuance of warnings from international pharmaceutical institutions that sports steroids contain toxins or steroid-like substances, or synthetic hormones linked to male hormones (testosterone), pointing out that these materials may be dangerous and cause an occurrence Serious health risks, including serious injuries to the liver and kidneys, which threaten the lives of people who persist in using them, especially with no control over the conditions of their release.
She added that some stimulants cause dangerous side effects such as severe acne, hair loss, increased aggressive tendency and depression, as well as life-threatening reactions such as damage to the kidneys, heart attacks, stroke and pulmonary embolism, which is a blockage of one of the central blood vessels in the lungs, and thrombosis in Deep veins.
She stated that most adulterated hormones enter the country illegally, and their source is from anonymous companies, and do not conform to international standards, stressing the need to limit access to hormones, especially injections, through a medical prescription from a licensed and licensed doctor, and based on medical analyzes, to ensure that there are no Any birth defects or deficiencies in some body systems for the trainee, so that it does not lead to health disasters.
She advised young people who use muscle enlargement products to perform periodic medical examinations, because the long use of them causes negative effects, such as disturbance of hormones in the body that are secreted naturally, as their use leads to disruption and atrophy of the glands responsible for the production of these hormones, especially the male hormone, and what results from it. Such as impotence and infertility.
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