Illegal sales of unauthorized steroids, etc. on SNS...What's the serious side effect
Jul 14, 2025
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The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it found a former health trainer A on charges of violating the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act and sent him to the prosecution. It has been confirmed that A purchased steroids using unauthorized purchasing routes such as overseas direct purchase sites that he/she learned when working as a health trainer in the past, and then sold them through the Nuri Communication Network (SNS).
From November 2023 to April 2025, an open chat room was opened to sell steroids and growth hormone drugs, and after guiding the type, purpose, and price of drugs, it has received orders from about 200 buyers and sold drugs worth 110 million won imported from overseas (India) direct purchase sites or purchased from unauthorized drug manufacturer and seller B by courier. In addition, in order to reduce the side effects of taking steroids, buyers sold domestic licensed specialty drugs (such as liver function improvement drugs) worth 30 million won together. It was also revealed that they purchased drugs mainly with cash to avoid crackdowns by investigative agencies, and falsely listed the sender and address when sending the drug.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it is continuing additional investigations into B, a domestic unauthorized drug manufacturer and seller whose crimes were additionally confirmed during the investigation.
Seized steroids are synthetic steroids (protein assimilation steroids, Anabolic steroids), which promote protein production, and when administered, they can cause serious side effects such as immune system destruction, sexual dysfunction, heart disease, and liver cancer, so they are limited to use without a doctor's prescription. In case of misuse, ▲ males are known to have side effects such as hair loss, reduced testicles, infertility/feminine breast ▲ females due to decreased sperm count, maleization, beard development, menstrual impurities ▲ adolescents are known to have side effects such as decreased thyroid function, and stunted growth and bone development. However, it has recently emerged as a social problem as more and more cases are illegally used to quickly obtain exercise effects such as muscles.
According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, "Illegal steroid drugs are not produced in a strict manufacturing environment like normal drugs, so their safety has not been confirmed, such as the possibility of bacterial infections when administered, so they should never be used and disposed of immediately."," he said.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
