By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD
The last article I wrote was about how some unscrupulous medical practitioners, both qualified and unqualified, rampantly use a group of drugs called steroids to effect quick miracle cures and impress patients while at the same time endangering and sometimes even completely ruining their lives. After writing that, I have been inundated by phone calls and e-mails from people who are anxious to know how they can protect themselves from this hidden peril. These days even people whom I meet at shops and supermarkets and also while I am on my regular morning walk, stop me and ask me what they can do about it! So I decided to write a follow-up article to dispel people’s apprehensions and enlighten them about how they can safeguard themselves from treatment that can do them more harm than good.
