Four days later he died when his heart stopped. His autopsy revealed that he was a steroid abuser. His evening of romance was never to be. His parents found him sprawled on the floor and rushed him to the hospital. Doctors said if he had been found half an hour later, he probably would have died.
Steroids are a synthetic version of the human hormone called testosterone.
Testosterone stimulates and maintains the male sexual organs. It also stimulates development of bones and muscle, promotes skin and hair growth, and can influence emotions. In males, testosterone is produced by the testes and the adrenal gland. The average adult male naturally produces 2.5 to 11 milligrams of testosterone daily. Researchers first developed steroids in the 1930s to rebuild and prevent the breakdown of body tissues from disease.