Are Steroids immune-suppressive ?

[Slacker78]

If you take and AI or an estrogen blocker it can be. You need some amount of estrogen in your body for proper immune system function.

Thank you MuscleScience. Do you know instead, what is the interaction with cortisol by steroids ? Leaving estrogens stuff apart, cortisol receptors blocking, affect immune system activity ?

[MuscleScience]

Thank you MuscleScience. Do you know instead, what is the interaction with cortisol by steroids ? Leaving estrogens stuff apart, cortisol receptors blocking, affect immune system activity ?

Cortisol in high circulating levels supresses immune function as well. Many different factors affect its release, mostly high levels of prolonged stressors to the body.