Anabolic steroids are a drug with similar effect to the male hormone testosterone in the body. Anabolic steroids were created in the 1930’s and are used mainly in the medical field today. Testosterone, the main hormone in the male body, helps to develop the masculinity of an adolescent male; everything from the male reproductive system, vocal cords, and body hair growth is mainly triggered by this hormone. Anabolic steroids are used to treat or lessen the side effects of asthma, impotence, HIV, and to help treat children with delayed puberty. Unfortunately, bodybuilders, weightlifters, and athletes alike abuse the drug to get ahead of their competition (Drugabuse.gov staff, August 2006). Anabolic steroids is a lab made lipid hormone called testosterone which is naturally found in the endocrine system. Since testosterone is in fact a lipid it is hydrophobic, which means it is insoluble in water. Anabolic Steroids molecules consist of cholesterol, steroid hormones, and bile salts. The normal cell communication pathway associated with anabolic steroids are nongenomic and genomic which can help to motivate training. The receptor found on the target tissue of the hormone is an intracellular receptor. The thyroid which is a major part of the endocrine system has intracellular receptors. After a lipid binds to its receptor the steroid causes different types of gene expression over a certain period of time. Anabolic steroids is a manufactured form of testosterone it is seen in the body as a lipid which means the cascade is shorter and usually involves fewer molecules. Anabolic steroids can be used to better someones life that is suffering from asthma or loss of muscle from HIV, anabolic steroids can help to make their symptoms more bearable and their live much easier. The main recreational uses of this drug is in bodybuilding and sports to promote skeletal muscle growth. Several symptoms of asthma are wheezing or whistling sounds when exhal