SN pharma Canada is well known in North America as the leading manufacturer of a broad range of steroid medications, sexual enhancement supplements and weight loss pills, including the contentious androgenic anabolic steroids. It should be clear that steroids as pharmaceutical products generally refer to man-made compounds of chemicals formulated and synthesized to produce versions of the hormones organically produced by the adrenal glands.
The Canadian food and drug regulator Health Canada, classifies steroids according to their medical functions, namely corticosteroids and sex steroids. Like the US Food and Drug Administration, Health Canada also further categorized sex steroids and other drug medications as “Controlled Substances.”
What Exactly are Controlled Substances
Controlled substances are chemical formulations found and determined to have use as medications; but whose manufacture, use or even mere possession may be deemed illegal if in violation of the legislations of the Controlled Substances Act.
They are controlled in the sense that their sale and use as medication must be supported by a prescription and strictly supervised and monitored by a licensed physician or healthcare provider. That is so, because certain steroid medications albeit with acceptable use and function as medication, have high risks for developing drug dependency.
Anabolic steroids used as postoperative or after surgery painkillers are common examples of medications that are available for purchase only if the buyer presents a medical prescription issued by a licensed physician,
As a system of regulating the dispensation of controlled substances, the US FDA further subdivided such drugs and other medications containing anabolic steroids or testosterone hormones into groups labelled as Schedules:
Schedule I includes drugs that have been established as having no medical function and at the same time have been found as having high risks for abuse. Some examples of Schedule 1 drugs are heroin, LSD, marijuana and methylenedioxymethamphetamine a.k.a. Ecstasy
Schedule II are drugs and non-narcotic substances that have medical use but are considered as highly dangerous because their administrations as medications have high potential to lead to serious physical and psychological dependence resulting in drug addiction. The most common examples of Schedule II drugs are painkillers like Fentanyl, Adderall, OxyContin, Ritalin, cocaine and methamphetamine or meth.
Adderall is a specific example of anabolic steroid widely used illicitly by athletes and bodybuilders because the drug contains testosterone hormones that enable users to have increased energy to use for enhanced physical performance and endurance.
Schedule III– Pharmaceuticals classified under this group have medical uses. The drugs classified under this group have lower to moderate danger for drug addiction and abuse because they have less than 90 milligrams of testosterone, anabolic steroids, codeine or ketamine for each dosage.
Schedule IV– Medications that fall under this group have minimal potential for drug abuse and dependency when compared to Schedule II and III drug medications. Some examples of Schedule IV drugs include Ambien, Ativan, Valium, Xanax, Tramadol, Talwin, Darvon and Davocet.
Schedule V
Medicines under this classification have limited to low quantities of codeine and certain narcotics, which makes the preparations less vulnerable to risks of drug abuse and dependency, Generally, Schedule V medicines are generically known as analgesics, antidiarrheals, antitussives and cough preparations.