Learn about side effects before it is too late.
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Before reading about side effects you need to know they are mostly temporary and reversible. Sometimes they will be completely avoided, but sometimes they will cause serious health problems, it is dose related.
Also some components cause more problems then other.
Compare primobolan and anadrol for example. One almost side effects free, other notorious problem maker. But compare gains as well, primobolan will cause slow to moderate growth anadrol will turn you into HULK mode in weeks, looking and perforning as Marvel comic character.
I do not know what an actor Lue Ferigno was using when filming it, but it would not surprise me if he was on it too.
I will start with what I have seen first hand being an anabolic outlaw for 30 years now, if I may rephrase one of the first men to write that in the great book on steroids late Dun Dunchaine.
Ok, not exactly 30, steroids were legal when I started it. I have walked into pharmacy and bought cheap and quality sustanon, oxandrolone, primoobolan, winstrol .. We had all we needed just like people walk into supplements store today. Crazy politicians have ruined it all, I will write a story how and why steroids got banned first in the USA and then rest of the world followed. Some countries still keep it legal but western world had to follow USA example. It is pretty funny story that has nothing to do with public health as they are presenting it now. Subscribe to newsletter go get that interesting anecdote in your inbox soon with other usual information from us here.
I am very frank when I say side effects are not bad at all. Reading unbiased books, using them personally, coaching, advocating and exchanging information on steroids with other users both personally and onine for 30 +years backs me up.
There are millions of steroid users out there and only few reports of serious problems since 1950s Zibba labs promotion of Dianabol, first commercially available anabolic steroid.
Even some deaths that are connected to steroids are actually caused by other drugs where in worse case scenario steroids were just in the cocktail, not sole responsible for the death.
Yet we have huge number of individuals dyeing off alcohol, cigarettes and in last few decade processed food every day and media is not making such a fuss out it at all.
But do not take this statement of mine too easy. It is possible to use such high dosages for prolonged period of time that some bad things such as liver cancer or kidney failure may happen! There is no need for you to prove me wrong by doing harm to yourself.
I will start with my personal experience and elaborate from there on. The first effect that I have noticed right away on the first cycle was acne. It was not bad, but some really big cases of acne have occasionally appeared mostly on back and shoulders. That went away pretty fast after cycles, also water gain or even bloat was temporary. Few weeks after the cycle is was all normal again.
Natural testosterone suppression has occurred later in my life when I stayed on too long and was already over 30. When over 40 TRT has become my choice but due to certain circumstances I took a whole few years off steroids and TRT all together in my late 40s and my natural testosterone production has recovered completely (to a level normal for my age, not levels I had at 20 of course).
Some of my friends had problems with getting their wives pregnant and had to resort to HCG therapies, I did not have that problem. Children were conceived while on cycles and know many guys where it has happened too personally since we talked about it frankly.
Temporary sterility may occur while on steroids but not necessary of course. So do not count on it as birth control measure.
One pharmaceutical giant has tested testosterone injections as a birth control for men right for this reason but they have dropped on it.
It was not effective for such purpose enough yet caused many other effects.
Longer off period or use of HCG will get you ready for offspring again. I have heard some of the pros having their sperm frozen on time,so they had their wife pregnant with lab help latter on, but I think it is not a common practice.
I always have monitored liver enzymes and cholesterol ratios and never have noticed any significant changes there. SGOT was up after heavy leg training even if not on steroids, so use all information you get from blood screening the proper way.
I did follow very strict health lifestyle, completely ignoring any unhealthy practice such as alcohol and processed food, these 2 do not fit into bodybuilders lifestyle juiced or not.
That is about it. Others things are exaggerated by media to make things look worse as they are to take scare people away from using it.
I will repeat this for 100x times here. Dosage and cycle duration will either keep side effect at low levels, easy tolerated reversible and temporary or get them out of the control.
There are some drugs we take to cope side effects, but guess what. All drugs have side effects so it may happen a drug you are taking to cope side effects of steroids will cause some of their own (finastrazide) or interfere with you gains (tamoxifen explained in first article) and then it does not take much to be really creative and start talking something to cope side effects of drugs preventing side effects from steroids. It can become ridiculous pretty fast and yes that will lead to liver / kidney failure sooner or latter.
Here are some of my "1st battlefield trenches advice" short and simple. Please note THIS IS NOT A DOCTOR ADVICE.
Just like anything found on this page use for information and fun.
Nothing can replace a qualified physician advice! If they tell you not to use steroids just don't or find another physician.
Nowadays there are clinics and doctors all over world who help with safe use of steroids by proving constant monitoring.
Acne : If there is not bacteria no infection can happen. Always shower after training, most dangerous areas can be swiped with alcohol, but do not use it on the face. It can dry out skin too much.
Liver stress: Do not take this easy. If you are using 17aa steroids such as abombs, dbol, var, win, tbol, halo your liver is on stress. Take liver protection aids during all cycle. Take regular blood tests and see if liver enzyme are too high, if so react immediately. Use strong orals for 6 weeks max and allow body time to recover fully. Bridge with some milder safer steroids such as primobolan if you fear looking too much size or use peptides are a safer steroid alternative.
Kindey stress : If some of the older guys are telling trenbolone puts stres on kidneys then just trust them and keep trenbolone cycels 6-8 weeks, is so hard to comprehend?
Sterility : It will go away, if not then take HCG, 3 weeks of HCG terapthy does the job.
Impotence : Mens worse nightmare. Being well built and looking like a Greek God but unable to perform sexual is something you need avoid at all cost! Embarrassment is beyond imaginable for me here. Viagra and cialis are helpful but if testosterone level is very low, it is very hard to maintain an erection. This problem can happen while off steroids so make sure you bring your natural testosterone production back as soon as possible with hcg and clomid. This should be done also to overcome catabolic gap right after the cycle, is is period most dangeous for losing gains make from the cycle. Your spouse may tolerate a week or 2 of your excuses but anything longer then that will have impact on relationship.
In one of the next chaptters I wil address sex isuuess extensively, do not forget to sing up for newsletter so you can catch of such articles down to earth simple explanation and useful advice.
Gynecomastia:
Medical term for formation of fat deposit in chest area in men resembling female breast. Due to their incomplete formation and look often refereed “bitch tits” since that really looks something more of a dog then human. It is very big aesthetics problem and if fully formatted only surgery is a solution. It will start by mild pain under nipple and small lump, such as most boys experience in puberty when their nipples enlarge, but stop there and do not grow into breast such as with girls.
If this effect happens it is mandatory to include tamoxifen in cycle ! This is the case where tamoxifen is a must and you do have enough time to react, but still keep it handy if you are prone to this or may expect it on high testosterone levels. One must start tamoxifen immediately not wait till it comes by mail a week or so latter.
I definitely suggest being prepared for it, it does not happen so often but it can happen. My personal statistics show that 5-10 people out 100 on steroids will see this happening at one stage of their steroids venture.
I did not see that on first cycle ever, but is possible of course. One more reason to start first cycle conservative.
If you water bloat is excessive there is a sign estrogen is high and bitch tits may be coming next. Estrogen level can be easy established with simple blood test, so please do not try to save those 20 $ here.
Do a test in the middle of the cycle just to know you are fine, not just for estrogen but preventing other side effect as well. Blood screening will tell you 90% of information you need to know.
Long ago I have heard theory strong liver prevents gynecomastia since liver destroys excessive estrogen by default and keeping liver strong will stop gyno, but I do not see it that way anymore. Estrogen levels can get so high liver can not handle it anymore. Liver is also under stress on steroids to begin with.
I do not see any other solution to bitch tits then anti estrogens such as tamoxifen and anastrozole.
Male pattern baldness: Can happen faster while on steroids but it is 100% genetics. If your father and grandfather are bald you will most likely be too, sooner or latter. Do not bother with it. Women do not care about it. Bald guys even may have bigger chances with them since they (women) heard baldness is associated with more testosterone, so take that into your advantage. Women will “buy anything”, specially if you buy them an expensive present first. (off topic)
Enlarged inner organs. This topic I can only speculate since I do not know anyone with that horrible effect but I have read in media (sometimes they do not lie). I do not know anyone personally but I have heard it and read about such cases from reliable source and they all connect it to professional division where abuse it more common then just use. I am sure it can happen in decades of excess growth stimulants and here predominately I talk about IGF1, HGH and insulin. I do not see any organ growing from sole steroids use.
Axes of evil in bodybuilding inslin-hgh-igf1 may be responsible even for some deaths. I do not have any experience with that combination nor wish to. I am too old to try it now. I did use insulin and it was a harsh experience. Steroids can not cause death directly nor soon, insulin can fast ! Lets add here that some onstage deaths are directly caused by diuretics. A very dangous group of drugs that are not steroids.
For some times IFBB even tested guys for diuretics because they feared both losing athletes and having negative publicity, which will then affect their supplement business. All supplement companies use steroid built giants to promote supplements, that is a complete and utter scam
but its off topic here. We will address some moral issues in some of newsletters to follow. It is a free world and all information should be free and available to everyone, that is what I fight for. Lies I do not tolerate neither from friends, neither politicians, neither ad agencies. Spread the truth or shut up everyone ! This brings me to a proper media BS :
Aggressiveness. I would skip this topic as it were not a perfect sample of media bullshit. They made it up because some bodybuilders did some bad things. It has no background its just "roid rage" sounds appropriate media headlines, but are not real.
Some people are nasty and bad even without steroids. Assholes to beging with !
Steroids can make it worse only indirectly because these people get stronger and may have feeling their vicious ideas stand more chance since they are superhuman strong ! But you do not need to train with weights anymore to be a killing machine. There are much easier and faster approaches such as grabbing a gun. We have not seen any statistics violence connected to steroid whatsoever even though some media wanted it too look like that. We know nice guys stay nice even on tons of steroids. I could write a longer article on this now, but I will leave it for other time.
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