I-DHEA (déhydroépiandrostérone). Le hormone ye-steroid ifihliwe yi-adrenal gland. Izifundo eziningana^1-5 kubonise ukuthi izengezo ze-DHEA zingaba nemiphumela ezuzisayo kubantu abalahlekelwe yi-libido ehambisana nokunqamuka kokuya esikhathini, ukucindezeleka, isifo sokukhathala okungamahlalakhona, noma ukwehluleka kwe-adrenal gland. Ezinye izivivinyo zomtholampilo^6,7 kodwa-ke, uphethe ngokuthi kunokushoda kobufakazi obukholisayo ngokusetshenziswa kwe-DHEA ukwelapha ukungasebenzi kahle kwezocansi nokulahleka kwe-libido. Imiphumela ye-DHEA ekusebenzeni komzimba ayikaqondakali kahle futhi ukusetshenziswa kwayo akufinyeleli ekuvumelaneni kuwo wonke umhlaba wesayensi.

ECanada, i-DHEA ibhekwa njenge-hormone ye-anabolic futhi ukuthengiswa kwayo akuvunyelwe, ngaphandle kokuyalelwa njengolungiselelo lomantshi (olwenziwe ngusokhemisi esizeni).

EFrance, i-DHEA ayitholakali ekhawunteni, ngoba iziphathimandla zezempilo ziyaqhubeka nokuhlola. Ukuthengiswa kwayo kugunyazwa ngendlela kadokotela futhi ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwezokwelapha. INational Medicines Safety Agency (ANSM) ithi ingakhuthaza umdlavuza othembele kuma-hormone futhi ikhuphule ubungozi benhliziyo.

Ukusetshenziswa kwe-DHEA ngabasubathi kuvinjelwe yi-World Anti-Doping Code. I-DHEA itholakala kabanzi ku-inthanethi, kodwa kufanele kuqashelwe ngokusetshenziswa kwayo kanye nekhwalithi yemikhiqizo emakethe.