AndroGel is a transdermal hydroalcoholic testosterone gel that contains a 1% concentration of testosterone by weight. It was originally released in 2.5 gram and 5-gram sachets, equating to a total per-application testosterone dose of 25 mg and 50 mg respectively. The AndroGel prescribing information states that the product has a transdermal bioavailability of approximately 10%.
Androderm is a testosterone delivery system that utilizes an adhesive “patch” to deliver the hormone transdermally. The testosterone itself is dissolved in an alcoholic gel similar to AndroGel, except here the gel is contained in a protected external drug reservoir. This design provides approximately double the hormone bioavailability of AndroGel, and also severely limits the
Andriol is an oral testosterone preparation that contains 40 mg of testosterone undecanoate (in an oil base) in a soft gelatin capsule. This drug is very different than most oral anabolic steroids, which are usually c-17 alpha alkylated to survive first pass metabolism through the liver. Instead, esterification and suspension in oil allows the testosterone
Andractim is a prescription steroid preparation that contains the potent androgenic steroid dihydrotestosterone. This product comes in the form of a transdermal gel, typically containing 2.5% dihydrotestosterone by weight in an 80gram tube. As with Androgel, roughly 10% of the active steroid will make it into circulation with each application.This would equate to 80 doses
Andarine is a second generation Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator (SARM). SARMs are all closely related to anabolic steroids in activity.They bind the same cellular androgen receptor (AR), and impart similar anabolic effects. However, like andarine, most are non-steroidal in structure. They are also highly selective in their receptor interactions (hence the name). These drugs are
Oxandrolone is an oral anabolic steroid derived from dihydrotestosterone. It was designed to have a very strong separation of anabolic and androgenic effect, and no significant estrogenic or progestational activity. Oxandrolone is noted for being quite mild as far as oral steroids are concerned, well tailored for the promotion of strength and quality muscle tissue
Stenbolone acetate is an injectable anabolic steroid derived from dihydrotestosterone. Stenbolone was actually developed on a 1 -testosterone backbone, differing only by the addition of a 2-methyl group. The resulting steroid remains very similar to its non-methylated base, with only modest differences in anabolic and androgenic potency. On the tissue-building side, stenbolone is probably a
Anapolon has been the strongest, oral steroidal compound, which is a derivative of dihydrotestosterone, which has been currently only available for institutional use in Mexico. Clinically, Anapolon had been often prescribed in efforts to treat anemias that had been caused by deficient red cell production. The androgenic and high anabolic properties of Anapolon have been
Nandrolone hexyloxyphenylpropionate is a slow-acting injectable form of the anabolic steroid nandrolone. Hexyloxyphenylpropionate, also called parahexyloxyphenylpropionate, is a fairly unusual nandrolone ester in a structural sense. It is essentially nandrolone phenylpropionate, which has been extended with a tail of one additional oxygen atom and 6 more carbons. It is the largest, and likely the slowest
Oxymetholone is a potent oral anabolic steroid derived from dihydrotestosterone. More specifically, it is a close cousin of methyldihydrotestosterone (mestanolone), differing only by the addition of a 2-hydroxymethylene group. This creates a steroid with considerably different activity than mestanolone, however, such that it is very difficult to draw comparisons between the two. For starters, oxymetholone
