Insulin, by itself, is not an effective anabolic. (If it were, diabetics would be huge.) Insulin, in combination with anabolic steroids and resistance exercise, may trigger maturation of satellite cells (small, more or less useless cells that are held in reserve, which do not contribute to muscular strength) into mature muscle cells. The advanced steroid […]
Cytadren (Aminoglutethimide)
Cytadren, at moderate doses, is a fairly effective inhibitor of aromatase and a weak inhibitor of desmolase (an enzyme needed for the production of all steroids), and at higher doses becomes an effective inhibitor of desmolase. It can therefore be used when using aromatizable steroids, though it is not the drug of choice for this […]
How to Use Arimidex
Arimidex (anastrozole) is the aromatase inhibitor of choice. The drug is appropriately used when using substantial amounts of aromatizing steroids, or when one is prone to gynecomastia and using moderate amounts of such steroids. Arimidex does not have the side effects of aminoglutethimide (Cytadren) and can achieve a high degree of estrogen blockade, much moreso […]
How to Use Primobolan Depot
Primobolan Depot (methonolone enanthate) is a Class I steroid working well at the androgen receptor but which apparently is ineffective in non-AR-mediated anabolic effects. It is most closely compared to Deca Durabolin, requiring a little higher dosage to achieve the same anabolic effect, but since it is pleasant to use at doses considerably higher than […]
Primobolan (Methenolone Acetate)
Primobolan (methenolone acetate), all things being equal, is an excellent oral steroid drug. Unlike most other oral steroids, Primobolan is not 17-alkylated and does not have liver toxicity problems. Methenolone is perhaps only half as potent by the oral route as by injection, so dosages need to be high, at least 100 and preferably 200-300 […]
Methandriol Dipropionate
Methandriol dipropionate, used in some Australian veterinary products, is to be avoided by male bodybuilders. It is highly estrogenic, and has no redeeming properties. Methandriol is a poor anabolic and the mythical “receptor-cleaning” properties that have been claimed for it are pure fantasy. An anti-aromatase would not correct the estrogenic problems of methandriol dipropionate, since […]
Megagrisevit (Clostebol Acetate)
Megagrisevit (clostebol acetate) appears to be approximately as effective as Primobolan (methenolone) per milligram or moderately more so. The primary reasons for not using clostebol acetate are its excessive cost and low concentration per mL, requiring large injection volume. Clostebol may have antiaromatase activity. Clostebol acetate is the chemical name of active ingredient in Megagrisevit […]
Propecia / Proscar (Finasteride)
Propecia (finasteride) is used to treat male pattern baldness (androgenic alopecia) in men. [Finasteride is also used in combination with doxazosin in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in a version marketed as Proscar.] Finasteride is an orally active testosterone Type II 5-alpha reductase inhibitor, inhibiting the enzyme that converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT). […]
Nilevar (Norethandrolone)
Nilevar (norethandrolone) was synthesized and approved by G.D. Searle as the first orally-active anabolic steroid in 1956. Norethandrolone has moderate progestagenic activity. I don’t have information on whether Winstrol counteracts this, as appears to be the case with Anadrol, but in any case Nilevar is not considered a particularly useful drug for male bodybuilders. For […]
How to Use Deca Durabolin
Deca Durabolin (nandrolone decanoate), often referred to as “Deca”, is unique (so far as I know) in that 5a -reductase, the enzyme which converts testosterone to the more-potent DHT, actually converts nandrolone to a less-potent compound. Therefore this steroid is somewhat deactivated in the skin, scalp, and prostate, and these tissues experience an effectively-lower androgen […]