Reddit mentions of The Hormone Sourcebook: How hormones dominate your life from before birth through old age

Generally the negative associated side effects are masculinization. This includes a deepening of the voice(they sound like lifelong HARD smokers), and enlargement of the clitoris. These don't reverse. I'm sure there are more. Anabolics also tend to increase levels of LDL cholesterol since cholesterol itself is a steroid, and if you examine its chemical structure it resembles testosterone/estrogen. Uh, geez, here is a good book if you are interested in hormones, although this doesn't deal specifically with anabolic use, once you figure out how the endocrine system works, you can pretty easily understand anabolics.
Really the essential feature of anabolics is they increase nitrogen retention, which of course mean more nitrogen source to increase lean muscle mass. blah blah blah. i'm a chemist and hormones are a nice pet subject for me. I sometimes wish i could become an endocrinologist.