Everyone seems to favor Nolva over Clomid, and as a newbie who just ordered some, my input may not be worth much, but I have a reason for choosing clomid no one else has mentioned yet.
Nolva is very breast area specific. I don't have a problem with that, as cheap primrose oil 'seems' to work for me (so far).
But Clomid is a general estrogen 'counteragent' which targets more the receptors in the ol pituitary region of the brain, and THAT is a super cool thing, cause you can take HCG to keep your nuts up to size while cycling, and at the end when Test levels drop below normal levels (say 10 days after a cycle), you take the Clomid.
SO, what clomid does that novla doesn't do, is tell your pituitary gland, "Hey man, there isn't enough Testosterone in the body!", so your pituitary gland 'turns on' it's LH production, which tells your nuts to keep producing Test.
So by using HCG and Clomid, your cycle recovery and therefore muscle loss, can be cut way back. You keep your gains.
It isn't a bad idea to take both, cause Novla during the cycle will prevent gyno if you are prone or taking high doses of test. Clomid isn't as good at THAT, but Clomid has incredible advantages of keeping muscle mass after, and to me, that's what this thing is all about. I don't want to be on roids forever, but I'm using them to reach my personal goals a lot faster than through training alone.
In one cycle I got my arms up by 3/4 of an inch, but did no PCT, and lost half of that. I expect to be able to keep 3/4 of it this time, which is a 50% increase, which is worth about 2 or 3 months in the gym at least (and I can never be that injury free normally, so I'm pushing past an envelope my genetics normally wouldn't let me because of tiny joints).
toc67guru said:
i have read several people recommending nolvodex over clomid post cycle to help hpta recovery.the impression i got was that nolvodex caused less side effects than clomid especially mentally.could you please elaborate.is nolvodex just as effective for hpta recovery and at what dosage and duration is recommended.hypothetically could arimidex be used post cycle for hpta recovery if so what dosage not to shut down estrogen production to zero as ihave read leads to many side effects.could low doses of proviron say 25 to 50 mg be used to bump up androgens post cycle while on clomid or nolvodex as i have read it has little suppression of hpta.