| Many experts consider the drug to be the | | | | is done because the effects produced by injectables |
| grandfather of all current anabolic steroids. The drug | | | | usually don't occur for at least 10-15 days. The |
| was first synthesized by Dr John Ziegler and | | | | effects of methandrostenelone, however, are |
| marketed by the Ciba Corporation in the late fifties. | | | | virtually instantaneous. |
| Dr Ziegler decided to develop the drug after | | | | Side Effects? |
| discovering that Russian coaches were giving a similar | | | | Dianabol is a mixed bag when it comes to side |
| drug to their weightlifters in the early 1950's. | | | | effects. Since it has a rather weak androgenic |
| D-bol was all the buzz in bodybuilding gyms during the | | | | component it means that the drug won't depress |
| 1960's and 1970's. The stories are still told of the little | | | | natural testosterone levels in the same manner as |
| blue tablets being sold right on the counters of the | | | | some of the more androgenic steroids. This means |
| more popular bodybuilding gyms. D-bol is probably the | | | | that D-bol users don't have to worry as much about |
| most popular steroid ever created and most pro | | | | a dramatic shutdown of natural hormone production. |
| bodybuilders who are willing to talk, have admitted to | | | | But like most side effects the degree of |
| using it in their cycles. In fact it's safe to say that | | | | testosterone shutdown is related to the size of the |
| most bodybuilders who have used steroids got their | | | | dosages used and their duration. Don't be mislead as |
| first introduction to the "juice" from D-bol. | | | | methandrostenelone still has mild androgenic effects |
| Ironically the immense fame of Dianabol was to play | | | | and in high doses (30-40+ mg daily) such |
| a major role in its downfall. In the late eighties Ciba | | | | androgen-related side effects as acne, male pattern |
| discontinued making the original D-bol after the US | | | | hair loss, and aggression, may become noticeable. |
| FDA reclassified steroids as controlled substances. It | | | | As with many oral steroids, D-bol has its 17th carbon |
| seemed that word was circulating that some | | | | position modified (called methylation) to allow more |
| bodybuilders were taking more than the | | | | of the drug to survive passage through the liver and |
| recommended dosage! Generic D-bol | | | | digestive system. Of course this chemical alteration |
| (methandrostenelone) has never been out of | | | | brings with it a certain degree of liver toxicity. For |
| production, particularly in foreign countries, and | | | | this reason users shouldn't stay on the drug for more |
| Russian and Thai D-bol are now two of the popular | | | | than 6 to 8 week cycles. |
| versions of the drug available on the North American | | | | Despite its popularity during the mass-gaining |
| black-market. | | | | off-season D-bol is rarely used in pre-contest drug |
| The key to its popularity | | | | stacks. This is because it heavily breaks down |
| Methandrostenelone is without question one of the | | | | (aromatizes) into the female hormone, estrogen. This |
| most effective steroids ever created for stimulating | | | | makes fat loss difficult. The drug also has a |
| the maximum amount of muscle mass in the shortest | | | | reputation to cause fluid retention - another reason |
| time possible. Bodybuilders routinely report muscular | | | | bodybuilders avoid using it in the weeks leading up to |
| weight gains of 2 to 4 pounds a week, and 15 to 20 | | | | a contest. To get around this bodybuilders usually |
| pounds during a 6 to 8 week cycle is not uncommon. | | | | stack D-bol with such other steroids as |
| Among the drugs much desired effects are | | | | Deca-Durabolin, Maxibolan, or one of the |
| ? drastic increases in protein synthesis | | | | testosterones (i.e., propionate). |
| ? enhances regeneration of glycogen after exercise | | | | Beware of the long arm of the law! As of 1990, |
| ? Dramatic strength gains in very short time periods. | | | | Dianabol and most of the other popular anabolic |
| Despite its popularity with bodybuilders and other | | | | steroids have been reclassified as controlled |
| athletes in power sports, D-bol is not recommended | | | | substances in the United States. Many other countries |
| for those in aerobic events, as there is some | | | | have passed similar legislation. Please read up on and |
| evidence to hint that the drug may reduce cell | | | | become knowledgeable about your state's or |
| respiration. Bodybuilders tend to use D-bol at the | | | | country's steroid laws. |
| beginning of cycles that also contain injectables. This | | | | |