Teystosterone gel supplementation for men Testosterone supplementation Pope HG Jr, Cohane GH, Kanayama G, Siegel AJ, Hudson JI. Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA02478-9106, USA. Am J Psychiatry. 2003 Jan;160(1):105-11. OBJECTIVE: Testosterone supplementation may produce antidepressant effects in men, but until recently it has required cumbersome parenteral administration. In an 8-week …

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How testosterone affects body fat By Michael Mooney (July, 2000) These studies show a clear association with low testosterone and increased fat inside the abdominal (stomach) cavity, and risk of Type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease.  Doctor-prescribed testosterone replacement therapy reduces these potentially critical health problems. (Print this page out and show it to your …

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Estrogen suppression in males: metabolic effects. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 Jul;85(7):2370-7   (ISSN: 0021-972X) Mauras N; O’Brien KO; Klein KO; Hayes V We have shown that testosterone (T) deficiency per se is associated with marked catabolic effects on protein, calcium metabolism, and body composition in men independent of changes in GH or insulin-like growth factor …

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Psychiatric side affects of anabolic steroids Multiple studies have related anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) with psychiatric disorders, but some other studies have found that subjects with psychological and psychiatric disorders are more prone to use AAS, that way it becomes difficult to know which one is the cause. The most frequent psychiatric side effects are …

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Promobal versus Masteron This is a hard to answer question as there are no face to face clinical trials to answer it (and most probably never will be) so we have to rely on secondary evidence, meaning, their pharmacological profiles and street information. Primobolan (methenolone acetate) is an oral anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS), it has …

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Oxandrin may cause Liver toxicity by Michael Mooney (Original article in issue #7, October, 1998. Updated July, 2001) (See also Dr. Donald Abrams review in The AIDS Reader March, 2001;11(3) While Oxandrin is promoted as being non-toxic to the liver, the truth is Oxandrin is a 17-alpha alkylated oral anabolic steroid so it has the …

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Ora steroids and their Hepatoxicity Once testosterone is ingested orally it is readily absorbed into the hepatic circulation, yet the catabolism of testosterone by the liver is really fast, therefore normal testosterone is not able to reach the target organs before being “destroyed”. Therefore most testosterone preparations are designed to bypass hepatic metabolism. [1] Decades …

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One man’s experience with steroids for HIV by Michael Mooney from Volume 2 Issue No. 2 These are the words of a man who has experienced the benefits of progressive use of anabolic steroids. Because everyone is so different, all doctors should be willing to work creatively with a patient to find what gives them …

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Normal testosterone levels may not be enough The following study by well-known researchers Wagner and Rabkin showed that HIV(+) men who had normal levels of testosterone (they were “eugonadal”), but had the symptoms of testosterone deficiency, responded to testosterone replacement therapy with a significant reduction in symptoms. The men in the study had blood levels …

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Nandrolone decanoate for men with osteoporosis Hamdy RC, Moore SW, Whalen KE, Landy C.Am J Ther. 1998 Mar;5(2):89-95. To compare the efficacy and safety of nandrolone decanoate and calcium (NDC) with those of calcium alone (CAL) in men with idiopathic osteoporosis, a 12-month, randomized, prospective, controlled study, was performed in an outpatient clinic. Twenty-one men with idiopathic osteoporosis (as determined by …

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