What is Dianabol?

Dianabol is the old name for Ciba brand oral steroid methandrostenolone, it is a derivative of testosterone that gives strong anabolic properties and moderate androgenic properties.

This compound first became available in the 1960s and quickly became a favorite and widely used compound, probably due to the fact that it is extremely effective and easy to use.

What Are The Side Effects Of Dianabol?

Similar to Testosterone and Anadrol 50, Dianabol is a powerful steroid but also one that comes with notable side effects.

Methandrostenolone is somewhat estrogenic so gynecomastia is a constant concern during its use, and can occur early in the cycle. Particularly when high doses are used, at the same time water retention can be a very pronounced problem, causing a notable loss of muscle definition as well as gains in water and subcutaneous fat.

More sensitive individuals will want to keep estrogen in check by adding an anti-estrogen such as Nolvadex or Proviron.

Arimidex is a stronger drug and may be a better choice, but may be somewhat expensive compared to standard estrogen maintenance therapies.

Other side effects that are common with the use of this substance are:

⦁ Oily skin breakouts.
⦁ Acne.
⦁ Growth of facial and body hair.
⦁ Aggressive behaviors may increase.
⦁ Worsen any pattern baldness.

Sensitive individuals may want to avoid the use of this drug and opt for a milder anabolic such as Deca-Durabolin.

While Anabol does convert to a more potent steroid via interaction with the enzyme 5-Reductase (the same enzyme that converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone) it has a very low affinity to do so in the human body, being moderately androgenic.

The use of Dianabol is really only popular in men, when it is used by a woman there are very strong symptoms of virilization. Some however experiment with this drug and find that low doses (5mg) of this extremely powerful steroid give muscle growth gains. When Dianabol is administered it will produce exceptional gains in strength and mass.

What Dosage to Use?

In effectiveness it is usually compared to other strong steroids such as Testosterone and Anadrol 50. A daily dose of four to five tablets (20 to 25 mg) is enough to give almost anyone dramatic results.

In order to withstand oral administration, this compound is c17 alpha alkylated, it is known that this alteration protects the drug from being deactivated by the liver (allowing almost all of the drug to enter the bloodstream), although it can be toxic to this organ.

Prolonged exposure to c17 alpha alkylated substances can result in real damage, possibly the development of some types of cancer. Cycles must be maintained for short periods, usually less than eight weeks of life to avoid causing any noticeable damage.

An interesting thing to note is that Methandrostenolone is structurally identical to Boldenone, except that it contains the added 17 alpha alkylated group described above.

The first difference seems to lie in the trend of estrogenic side effects that seem to be more pronounced with Dianabol. Equipoise is known to be milder in this regard, although users commonly take this drug without the addition of an antiestrogen.

Dianabol is much more estrogenic, not because it aromatizes more easily, as in fact the group 17 alpha Metyll and the c1-2 double bond slow down the aromatization process. The problem is that methandrostenolone converts 17 alpha Methyl estradiol, into a more biologically active form of estrogen than common estradiol.

But Dianabol appears to be much more potent in terms of muscle growth than Boldenone, supporting the notion that estrogen does play an important role in anabolism, in fact boldenone and methandrostenolone differ greatly in their potencies as anabolics, which is rarely are thought to be related as a result, Dianabol use is typically restricted to bulking phases while Equipoise is considered an excellent cutting steroid.

The half-life of Dianabol is only three to five hours, a relatively short period; meaning that a single daily dose will produce a varying level of blood, with peaks and valleys throughout the day.

The user also has the option of either splitting the tablet throughout the day or taking them all at once.

The usual recommendation has been to split them up and try to regulate their concentration in the blood, although this may produce a lower peak in the blood than if the tablets were taken all at once.

Since it is known that the blood concentration will peak around 1.5 to 3 hours after administration, we would like to think that this is the best time to take the tablets.

It seems logical that taking the tablets early in the day, preferably before training, would be optimal, this would allow a considerable number of hours of the day for an androgen-rich metabolism to elevate nutrient intake.

Athletes often wonder how to cycle 100 5mg tablets as that is the only form available to use, although most prefer to cycle at least 2000 tablets half of this amount can be successfully used for a small mini cycle, the goal It should be to take an effective amount but also to lengthen it as much as possible, this can be achieved by taking four tablets during the week (Monday to Friday) abstaining on the weekend.

This gives us a weekly total of 20 tablets, lasting 100 tablets for five weeks, this should be long enough to have noticeable gains from the use of this drug, particularly if you have not used steroids extensively before.

It is not necessary to vary the dosage during the cycle, this method should provide much more consistent gains compared to a pyramid dosage schedule.

Dianabol is one of the most popular steroids in the world therefore one can find a wide variety of preparations on the black market. This drug is among the most counterfeited.