Nolvadex

Description

NOLVADEX BASIC INFORMATION

Nolvadex is a drug commonly referred to as an anti-estrogen. This would suggest less or no estrogen is produced due to the drug’s actions as in the case of Teslac. Actually, Nolvadex is an estrogen antagonist, meaning it competes with estrogen at estrogen receptor- sites. This prevents the active estrogen from entering its receptor and creating an estrogenic complex capable of activity. Since many AAS aromatize (covert to estrogen) to some degree, the control of feminizing side effects (males should pay attention here) is important. Males normally have a very low estrogen level. During AAS cycles, due to aromatization, estrogen levels rise considerably. This elevated estrogen level can cause feminizing side effects such as increased fat deposits, water retention, and gynecomastia (growth of breast gland tissue and painful tumors under the nipple). As a rule, it is more the ratio of androgens-to-estrogens than the simple increase in estrogen that actually initiates feminizing side effects.

It is important that the reader realizes that Nolvadex does not decrease estrogen production and that it simply blocks estrogen receptors. For this reason the sudden discontinuance of Nolvadex will allow the increased level of circulating estrogen to merge with the newly freed receptors and do feminine things to the body.

At the end of a steroid cycle, the body’s natural testosterone production can be impaired. Due to the aromatization of the AAS estrogen levels are significantly higher than normal and Nolvadex only helps by blocking the estrogen receptors. If an athlete abruptly ends an AAS protocol without regeneration of the HPTA under these conditions, much of the hard earned gains would disappear due to estrogen becoming the dominant hormone. So what did the boys (that didn’t want to be a girl) do? Proviron is an anti-estrogen (*See “Proviron” for more info) that helps to prevent estrogen production while elevating androgen levels.

DOSAGE

During the last week of an AAS cycle, some male bodybuilders began a HCG protocol (*See HCG) and administered 25- mg Proviron/10-20-mg Novladex 1-2 times daily. This was commonly noted to almost completely suppress post-cycle estrogen and its activity. Since Nolvadex increases the body’s own testosterone production, as does HCG, much of the cycle gains were retained quite well. Nolvadex has a direct effect on the hypothalamus and therefore increases the release of Gonadotropic hormones to a minor degree. (The hormones that tell the Leydig cells in the testes to produce androgens such as testosterone are refereed to as Gonadotropics) Many added Clomid (*See Clomid) to their post-cycle stacks beginning 6-10 days after HCG and continued for the average reported two week duration. In most cases the result was athletes with normal (or above) sex drive and androgen production!