Methasterone, also known as methyldrostanolone and known by the nickname Superdrol, is a synthetic and orally active anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS) which was never marketed for medical use. It was sold legally for 9 years as a body building supplement. Because of this lengthy time being legal it has more studies and references than most other designer steroids.
Methasterone was never a commercially available prescription drug. Its non-17α-alkylated counterpart, drostanolone propionate, was commercialized by Syntex Corporation under the brand name Masteron.
Methasterone is a type of chemical known as an anabolic steroid. It is converted in the body to testosterone and other sex hormones.
Methasterone is used for weight loss, to improve athletic performance, to reduce sexual problems, and for many other uses, but there is no good scientific evidence to support its use.
Methasterone, also known as 2α,17α-dimethyl-5α-dihydrotestosterone (2α,17α-dimethyl-DHT) or as 2α,17α-dimethyl-5α-androstan-17β-ol-3-one, is a synthetic androstane steroid and a 17α-alkylated derivative of DHT.
On paper superdrol looks like a masteron hormone, with the addition of a 17aa group, and lack of an ester chain. This modification not only makes it orally active, but it increases the strength and anabolic action of this steroid quite dramatically.
Adding a 17aa group makes a steroid more potent when activating androgen receptors. This is an unintended effect, since the main reason steroids receive the addition of a 17aa is to make them survive first pass through the liver, thus, making them effective when used orally.
Mebolazine is formed by hydrazone formation between two equivalents of methasterone with one equivalent of hydrazine.
As a steroid, superdrol provides very dry and hard gains that are really noticeable after about the second week of using the product. Gains of as much as 15lbs to 30lbs of muscle mass in a short 4 week cycle were very commonly reported by users. Gains in strength are also very noticeable, with most users reporting a 15% to 25% increase in their maximum lifts after using this drug for only a couple of short weeks.
This product has always stacked well with most injectable steroids or other hormones that do not have a c-17aa modification. Keep in mind, your liver would not be able to handle another oral stacked with superdrol. For bulking, deca durabolin and 19-Norandrosta 4,9 diene- 3,17 dione are the best stacked compounds, and for cutting, trenbolone.
Since this steroid is particularly tough and hard to breakdown, this product is not recommended for use for any longer than 4 weeks due to severe liver toxicity. Though, some experienced bodybuilders who use N2Guard during the cycle report using superdrol for 6 weeks with good results.
Metabolism: Steroids are normally excreted in urine in their original form for only a limited period of time. This is the reason why the discovery of metabolites that can widen the detection time window is very important for doping analysis. Steroid metabolites are generated by metabolic reactions, classified as phase I (e.g., oxidation, reduction and hydrolysis) and phase II (conjugation) before being excreted in urine.8 The expected phase I metabolism routes for 17α-methyl-17β-hydroxy-5α-androstane steroids as methasterone are C3-reduction, C17-epimerization, oxidation at C6, C16 and/or C18 and C18-dehydration, leading to the loss of the methyl group at C18.
Absorption: Well absorbed following parenteral administration.
Route of elimination: Urinary excretion
Half life: As with most oral steroids, the half-life of superdrol ranges between 8 to 9 hours, with users taking the product as many of 4 times per day to maintain a steady blood level.
All medicines may cause side effects, but many people have no, or minor, side effects. Some medical conditions may interact with Methasterone.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have any medical conditions.
Some side effects, like oily skin and acne, seem to be reported but not as much when compared to dianabol or anadrol. The strong androgenic nature of this hormone does cause some of the most common androgen side-effects like loss of hair on the head and increased hair growth on the body. Again, this is not as bad as winstrol or heavy doses of anavar.
This is not a complete list of all side effects that may occur. If you have questions about side effects, contact your health care provider.
