PROVIRON
Substance: mesterolone
Proviron is a synthetic, orally effective
androgen which does not have any anabolic characteristics. Proviron is
used in school medi-cine to case or cure disturbances caused by a
deficiency of male sex hormones. Many athletes, for this reason, often
use Proviron at the end of a steroid treatment in order to increase the
reduced testoster-one production. This, however, is not a good idea
since Proviron has no effect on the body's own testosterone production
but-as men-tioned in the beginning-only reduces or completely eliminates
the dysfunctions caused by the testosterone deficiency. These are, in
par-ticular, impotence which is mostly caused by an androgen deficiency
that can occur after the discontinuance of steroids, and infertility
which manifests itself in a reduced sperm count and a reduced sperm
quality. Proviron is therefore taken during a steroid administration or
after discontinuing the use of the steroids, to eliminate a possible
impotency or a reduced sexual interest. This, however, does not
con-tribute to the maintenance of strength and muscle mass after the
treatment. There are other better suited compounds for this (see HCG,
Clomid, and Teslac). For this reason Proviron is unfortunately
considered by many to be a useless and unnecessary compound.
You should be aware that Proviron is also an estrogen antagonist which
prevents the aromatization of steroids. Unlike the antiestrogen Nolvadex
which only blocks the estrogen receptors (see Nolvadex) Proviron already
prevents the aromatizing of steroids. Therefore gynecomastia and
increased water retention are successfully blocked. Since Proviron
strongly suppresses the forming of estrogens no re-bound effect occurs
after discontinuation of use of the compound as is the case with, for
example, Nolvadex where an aromatization of the steroids is not
prevented. One can say that Nolvadex cures the problem of aromatization
at its root while Nolvadex simply cures the symptoms. For this reason
male athletes should prefer Proviron to Nolvadex. With Proviron the
athlete obtains more muscle hard-ness since the androgen level is
increased and the estrogen concen-tration remains low. This, in
particular, is noted positively during the preparation for a competition
when used in combination with a diet. Female athletes who naturally have
a higher estrogen level of-ten supplement their steroid intake with
Proviron resulting in increased muscle hardness. In the past it was
common for body-builders to take a daily dose of one 25 mg tablet over
several weeks, sometimes even months, in order to appear hard all year
round. This was especially important for athletes' appearances at guest
performances, seminars and photo sessions. Today Clenbuterol is usually
taken over the entire year since possible virilization symp-toms cannot
occur which is not yet the case with Proviron. Since Proviron is very
effective male athletes usually need only 50-mg/ day which means that
the athlete usually takes one 25 mg tablet in the morning and another 25
mg tablet in the evening. In some cases one 25 mg tablet per day is
sufficient. When combining Proviron with Nolvadex (50 mg Proviron/day
and 20 mg Nolvadex/day) this will lead to an almost complete suppression
of estrogen. Even better results are achieved with 50 mg Proviron/ day
and 500 - 1000 mg Teslac/day. Since Teslac is a very expensive compound
(see Teslac) most athletes do not consider this com-bination.
The side effects of Proviron in men are low at a dosage of 24 tab--lets/day
so that Proviron, taken for example in combination with a steroid cycle,
can be used comparatively without risk over several weeks. Since
Proviron is well-tolerated by the liver, liver dysfunc-tions do not
occur in the given dosages. For athletes who are used to acting under
the motto "more is better" the intake of Proviron could have a
paradoxical effect. The most common side effect of Proviron is a
distinct sexual overstimulation and in some cases continuous penis
erection. Since this condition can be painful and lead to possible
damages, a lower dosage or discontinu-ing the compound are the only
sensible solutions. Female athletes should use Proviron with caution
since possible androgenic side ef-fects cannot be excluded. Women who
want to give Proviron a try should not take more than one 25 mg tablet
per day. Higher dosages and periods of intake of more than four weeks
considerably increase the risk of virilization symptoms. Female athletes
who have no dif-ficulties with Proviron obtain good results with 25 mg
Proviron/ day and 20 mg Nolvadex/day and, in combination with a diet,
re-port an accelerated fat breakdown and continuously harder muscles.
Proviron is one of the very few steroid hormones which is still
suf-ficiently available. The usual price is about $1 per tablet on the
black market. All Proviron tablets have one thing in com-mon: they are
all indented and on the back have the stamp AX, surrounded by a hexagon.