Anavar (oxandrolone)
Muscle & Strength · Oral anabolic steroid
Tier B
What this is
Long preferred by women bodybuilders due to low virilization risk at moderate doses. Most counterfeited AAS on the illicit market — many 'anavar' products are actually dianabol or winstrol. Used in burn/trauma recovery medicine.
Mechanism
Mild C17-aa oral; high anabolic/low androgenic ratio; no aromatization; FDA-approved historical indications (bone pain in osteoporosis, weight gain after surgery/trauma, Turner syndrome, HIV wasting)
Dose & route
Clinical: 2.5-20 mg/day; illicit typical 30-80 mg/day
Citations
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15361643/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17520058/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15208531/
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms27062581
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