In 1998, former coach Rolf Gläser admitted to administering steroids to Meineke and her teammates and was fined $4000 for causing bodily harm.

The sports star has a paid trainer who administers steroids so he can find an edge to shatter records and gain wealth.

Most orally administered anabolic steroids function by having an alkylated 17α-carbon atom, which prevents first-pass metabolism by the liver.

It was later proven that the East German team doctors had systematically administered steroids to their athletes (albeit without the athletes' knowledge).

Another disadvantage is that for recurrent cases, it is not safe to administer steroids frequently (more than every four months).

In 1990, documents were discovered that showed many East German female athletes, especially swimmers, had been administered anabolic steroids and other drugs by their coaches and trainers.

The team gives him antibiotics for a possible infection, but when this has no effect House has an epiphany and administers steroids for a floral allergy.

The Smena article indicated that drug use in the Soviet Union had grown to be routine, with some athletes being administered steroids without their knowledge.

For chronic pain, doctors may administer steroids, and in more serious cases, they may recommend epidural injections of long-acting, anti-inflammatory steroids.

The drugs included a specially developed nasal spray that administered anabolic steroids with effects undetectable three days after use.