Dianabol Dosing

Dianabol is a fast acting steroid and can withstand oral ingestion due to it being a 17-alpha-alkylated anabolic steroid surviving the ‘first pass’ through the liver and becoming active in the bloodstream. Once there is begins its positive effects, which are increasing nitrogen retention, protein synthesis, limiting catabolic hormones and protein turnover/breakdown. It is a dose dependent steroid, where larger doses exert more extreme positive and negative effects. It does have a toleration dose of around 150-200mg, where it will no longer exert positive effects, just increase stress on the body by increasing side effects. Doses this high are not suggested and are used by extremely experienced individuals. These doses are termed as abuse by many and will bring a long list of side effects, some temporary and others permanent.

Most user’s don’t use Dianabol as a standalone stack because of its ability to lower natural testosterone levels and cause side effects. It can be taken alone and the user can just get on with the lowered sex drive, loss of energy and confidence, but this is not an optimal way to stack it. It is stacked with other steroids, such as Deca-Durabolin, Testosterone Enanthate and other estered testosterone based steroids used for 4-6 weeks at the start, mid cycle or end leading to post cycle therapy.

Dianabol is a relatively safe androgen when used in safe effective doses in males. The user should start on a small dose of 15-20mg every day and adjust this comparing gains and side effects experienced. Below are examples of how Dianabol should be used in a steroidal cycle.

 Using Dianabol as an introduction to anabolic steroids is not necessarily a bad idea but it has to be done correctly and the dose needs to be correct and other medications can be taken to limit the damage it may cause.

First off, Dianabol will inhibit the body’s own natural (endogenous) testosterone production. Because it’s a steroid, it will cause leutinizing hormone and follicile stimulating hormone to decline, thus testosterone production. This can’t be avoided and larger doses of Dianabol will cause more inhibition. Dianabol taken alone will not cause complete cessation of natural hormone output, simply put as “shutdown”, even in large doses. So we need to expect a drop in libido if using it alone. What the user of Dianabol can do is to use herbs, such as Tribulus to increase sex drive during this period.

Dianabol aromatases and increases estrogen, thus causing estrogen related side effects. These include acne, gynecomastia, water retention, hypertension and mood swings. This can be limited with the use of aromatase inhibitors, such as Exemestane and/or Anastrozole.

 Because Dianabol is hepatoxic to the liver, its use should be limited. For first time users 4-6 weeks is suggested at 15-20mg every day. This will limit the estrogen increase and also reduce the amount of HPTA inhibition Dianabol causes when taken alone.

Intermediate users or those wishing to use Dianabol with other anabolic steroids need to take more precautions. As Dianabol should be used with a form of injectable testosterone, an aromatase inhibitor is more important as the testosterone preparation will also cause estrogen levels too climb. We have already discussed the dangers of having too high an estrogen level, so it should be controlled with the needed drugs. Intermediate users often use around 30-50mg every day, splitting the dose due to its short half-life of 8 or so hours. More advanced bodybuilders, power lifters or steroid users exceed the 100mg every day mark, but this is a very large dose and for the experienced only.

Dianabol can be used to “kick start” a steroidal cycle for the first 4-8 weeks, waiting for the longer esters to become fully active in the blood, can be used alone as a cycle or can be used at the end of a cycle leading to coming off of anabolic steroids. It is not suggested that Dianabol is used as a “bridge” in between steroid cycles. This idea was thought of a long time ago so has been around for decades. The reasoning behind it was that that the Dianabol dose would be small enough not to impact natural testosterone production and given in the morning upon awaking, this is when testosterone is at its highest. Unfortunately, this is using bad logic, because the 10mg dose of Dianabol will do hardly anything positive. It will not increase nitrogen retention and protein synthesis, which are the two main pathways Dianabol operates. But it will reduce circulating levels of total and free testosterone, impairing the post cycle therapy period, prolonging the users recovery time and being generally, counterproductive.

Dianabol dosing for women should be low due to its androgenic component. Dianabol is both an anabolic and androgenic anabolic steroid, so will give females side effects even in low doses. Dianabol is not advised for women, due to the high instances of virilisation that may occur, which often mean permanent side effects. If women do choose to use Dianabol, 5mg every day is suggested, but even at that dose, the positive impact its use will yield are minimal.

Guidance of a physician is suggested at any dose.