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Can I Take Winstrol Orally?
January 1, 2007 |
Question: “I have a friend who is trying to get me to take IP Winstrol tablets in lieu of injectable Winstrol (the vet stuff out of Mexico). He claims that the structure of Winstrol is such that orals are just as good as injectables. Is this correct? Secondly, even if orals are just as effective, wouldn’t the oral dosage have to be higher because it may not all be absorbed?”
Answer: Sometime in the future I’m going to create a permanent fixture to AE called the questions that would not die. For the record, both stanazolol (Winstrol) and methandrostenolone (Dianabol) can be taken orally and via IM injection as both of them have the same c17 methylation. And it’s perfectly acceptable to take the injectable version of each of these products and use them orally.
Generally the injectable version of Winstrol is considered to be more effective than the oral. Quite frankly, neither is more effective than the other, it’s simply a case where the injectable form of Winstrol is a 50 mg/ml preperation, and oral stanazolol tablets are 2 mg each. Since it’s common for a male bodybuilder to use 1 ml of stanazol per day, but uncommon for them to use 25 Winstrol tabs a day, the difference in effectiveness is entirely due to the fact that injectable users consume more drug the oral users.
The only other difference between the two routes of administration is the injection will avoid the first pass through the liver. Consequently, oral use of stanazolol is slightly more hepatotoxic than injectable use. However, even 17-AA steroids like stanazolol rarely raise liver enzymes to levels that might cause concern, even after prolonged use, and the convenience of daily oral use should outweigh any concern you have over liver health. Personally, if I were using stanazolol, I’d use an injectable formulation orally every day, and simply have blood work periodically to ensure that my liver wasn’t experiencing an inordinate amount of stress.
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