1-androsterone

[pat dasein]

I'm interested in giving this product a shot only because my buddy used (the now illegal) 1-Androstendiol and got great results.

I'm new to all these pro hormone things but from what I gather they're like mild steriods, and some of them have worked their way around the recent pro hormone laws.

What can I expect from this, or what other legal pro hormones should I be looking at? It seems like I can find a thousand reviews that will attest to X being pure trash and another thousand reviews that say X is a gift from God. Why is this? Are people reacting to pro hormones differently? Is it placebo?

Also, I was also looking into 17-HD as it was getting a lot of great reviews (but of course quite a few bad reviews).

This is also my first post so hopefully after this that annoying welcome message will go away. Thanks!

 

[danasti]

Any prohormone (or whatever!) that is oral and is not methylated is not very effective in my opinion. I personally didn't get much from 1-Androstenediol (and I remember taking a very high dose of it) and neither has anyone who I've ever met. You are counting on a it to convert in the body to 1-Test and that 1-Test is only useful orally if it's methylated. This of course is my opinion but Methylated 1-Test is a good cutting/pre contest aggression compound used at something like 25mg/2x/ED. 1-Androstenediol has multiple problems metabolizing. So even allready converted to 1-Test, and methylated for availability, I don't view it as a compound that is ideal for mass gains because taking 500mg of Testosterone Cypionate or Enanthate per week is a much better mass builder and by far a much safer and less toxic. This is especially true when running a longer cycle where the goal is to gain muscle mass and you need to progressively increase calories to bust through weight plateaus.

It's just wiser, healthier and more effective to use an injectable Testosterone. I see many people trying to get around using AAS for one reason or another but usually because their are many misconceptions (misperceptions) on the safety of AAS and a stigma attatched to injecting. I also feel like there is alot of what i consider hype coming from the supplement industry about their product's value and effectiveness.

You make the reference that they are "mild steroids". Just make sure to understand that some of these compounds are very new and untested for toxicity and anything that is methylated will be harder on your liver and more toxic than a solid and stable Testosterone only cycle for 10-12 weeks. My best guess would be that 1-androsterone will yeild very disappointing results. No matter what the company claims I believe that 90% of it would be destroyed immediately by your liver.