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Andriol is one of the few new steroids developed during the last
few years. Unlike most anabolic steroids which were found on the
market during the 1950's and 1960's Andriol has only been
available since the early 1980's. This fact probably explains why
Andriol holds a special place among the steroids. Andriol is a
revolutionary steroid because, besides methyltestosterone, Andriol
is the only effective oral testosterone compound. Testosterone
itself, if taken orally, is ineffective since it is reabsorbed
through the portal vein and immediately deactivated by the liver.
The substance testosterone undecanoate contained in Andriol,
however, is reabsorbed from the intestine through the lymphatic
system, thus bypassing the liver and becoming effective. The liver
function is not affected by this. Testosterone undecanoate is a
fatty acid ester of the natural androgen, testosterone, and in the
body is for the most part transformed into dihydrotestosterone, a
metabolite of testosterone. For this reason Andriol aromatizes
only minimally, meaning that only a very small part of the
substance can be converted into estrogen, since the
dihydrotestosterone does not aromatize. The users of Andriol
therefore do not experience feminization symptoms such as
gynecomastia or increased body fat.
This
makes Andriol a welcome alternative for athletes who have problems
with the common injectable testosterone compounds. Due to this,
Andriol is also suitable for pre competition workouts. An
additional advantage of Andriol is non-aromatizing quality
consists of the fact that the body's own hormone production is
only affected after a long-term administration of very high
dosages. Andriol has only a low inhibitive effect on the
hypothalamus so that the release of LHRH (luteinizing hormone
releasing hormone) is rarely influenced. This is very important
since-as we know-LHRH stimulates the hypophysis to release
gonadotropine which causes the Ledig's cells in the testes to
produce testosterone. Consequently, Andriol should be the perfect
steroid; however, this is not the case.
The
disadvantage of Andriol is that Andriol becomes effective if taken
in high doses. Even if a dose of 200 mg of Andriol/day is taken,
the testosterone level in the blood is still too low for a
bodybuilder to gain strength and muscle growth. The need for such
a high daily dosage can be explained by Andriol extremely short
half-life time since the substance testosterone undecanoate is
excreted very quickly by the body through the urine. The capsules,
therefore, are effective for only a few hours so that 6-7
capsules, that is 240-280 mg (minimum), must be taken daily to
achieve good results comparable to those of injectable compounds.
This, however, puts the athlete in a dosage range which begins to
influence the hormone production and the compound now more readily
converts into estrogen. Such a dose can also manifest itself in a
higher retention of sodium and water. This is one factor which
competing athletes must consider. Another disadvantage is
Andriol's high price. For those athletes who would like to try
Andriol 8 capsules (320 mg daily) should be taken. The capsules
should be taken three times daily (approximately every 8 hours)
after meals so that the substance can be properly reabsorbed.
However, even this high dosage does not guarantee satisfactory
results. Those of you who believe that you need even higher doses
should then consider that it might be more sensible to switch to
the injectable testosterone. Andriol is often combined with
Anavar
since
Anavar also does not suppress the
production of testosterone and, in addition, does not aromatize.
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