by Bill Roberts - There is no support for
the claim that nandrolones require more protein
intake than is needed with other anabolic-androgenic
steroids (AAS). There is, in my opinion, a tendency
on the part of the World Anabolic Review (WAR) authors
to see a statement concerning a particular steroid,
and if they have not seen it for other steroids,
to then assume that the property is unique to that
steroid. Here, because the information packet with
the drug says that the patient must be sure to consume
sufficient protein, they imagine this is peculiar
to the drug. It is, however, true for all AAS.
The claim that aromatization is less than with
Deca Durabolin
is unlikely to be correct. Because of the longer
half life, for the same dose, there will be less
drug in the blood during the first few weeks of
use, thus creating this illusion. If blood nandrolone
levels are the same, giving comparable effectiveness,
rate of aromatization would be the same.
This is true for all claims made for varying
rates of aromatization according to ester. I do
not think such claims are ever correct given equal
blood levels of drug, and they certainly are not
substantiated in the scientific literature.
The claim that 50-100 mg per 10 days will normally
result in no virilization symptoms for women will
be over-optimistic for many female users. Only a
few weeks of such use will result in some irreversible
virilization for some women. This is true for substantial
doses of any AAS. If a drug is an agonist (activator)
of the androgen receptor it will have virilization
activity if given at a high enough dose. That dose
will vary according to the individual’s susceptibility,
and according to the specific tissue.
