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Oxanodex Detailed

Oxandrolone is not very toxic, not very androgenic, moderately anabolic, and fairly mild in its effects on the hypothalamic-testicular-pituitary axis of the body. These are its 4 main points, and I’d like to explore each of them in a bit more detail; as usual, gym rumours and internet speculation have made this steroid the subject of many misconceptions.

Anavar (Oxandrolone) Side Effects

Firstly, and this will come as no surprise to many people, oxandrolone is quite mild on your liver. It is probably the mildest oral steroid available today. Doses up to 80 mg/day are easily tolerated by most men, and most of the side effects often seen with other steroids are not specific to var. For this reason, oxandrolone is often the steroid of choice for many high-level bodybuilders and other athletes.

Oxandrolone dosage

Because it is a mild steroid in every sense of the word, large doses of Anavar are necessary. It binds pretty well to the AR, but fairly high doses are still required and I would never recommend taking less than 20mg/day. In fact, 20-80 mg is needed to start stopping AIDS-related debilitation and weight regain for burn victims, so that’s the range I’d recommend keeping in your dosages regarding this compound. Personally, I would use 100mg per day if I were ever going to try this substance. Anything less than that (20-100mg) would be a waste. For women, however, I think 2.5-10 mg/day would be sufficient. Virilisation is not a concern with this compound as it is very weakly androgenic. Water retention is also virtually zero.

Although Anavar is an oral steroid and has been alpha-alkylated to survive oral administration and first passage through the liver, it is still relatively mild in this regard… oxandrolone’s unique chemical configuration provides resistance to liver metabolism as well as notable anabolic activity. It may also appear that Anavar does not exhibit the serious hepatotoxic effects (jaundice, cholestatic hepatitis, hepatic peliosis, hyperplasia and neoplasia) commonly attributed to C17-alpha-alkylated AAS. (17) Anavar has even been successfully used in some studies to heal skin wounds (7) or to improve respiratory function (18). Both of these new properties may make it a good choice for in-season use by boxers, mixed martial artists, and other similar athletes.

Oxandrolone and fat loss

Now for something interesting for those who are primarily interested in the properties of this fat burning drug: Anavar may be what we would call a “fat burning steroid”. Abdominal and visceral fat decreased in one study when patients with low/normal natural testosterone levels used Anavar. In another study, appendicular, total, and trunk fat were reduced at a relatively low dose of 20 mg per day and without exercise. In addition, the weight gained with Var can also be almost constant. It may not be much, but you’ll have a good chance of keeping most of it off. In one study, subjects maintained their weight gain after stopping Anavar for at least 6 months! Meanwhile, in another study, twelve weeks after stopping oxandrolone, there was also an 83% reduction in total fat, trunk fat, and limb fat maintained! If you’re gaining weight, Anavar will give you an almost permanent gain, and if you’re trying to lose fat (and watch your diet), the fat lost with Anavar generally looks almost permanent. Check out this graph:

Absolute change in total fat mass (A) and trunk fat (B) as measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry from baseline to week 12 of the study (shaded bars) and from baseline to week 24 of the study (unshaded bars) in the placebo group (n = 12) and oxandrolone study group (n = 20). Values are mean values ± standard error. *Significant decrease from baseline, P < 0.001. Significant difference between study groups in fat mass change from 0 to 12 weeks, P < 0.001.