Post Cycle Therapy Steroids

Post cycle therapy drugs are used by both bodybuilders and athletes to prevent unwanted side effects of anabolic steroid use. Taking anabolic steroids for prolonged periods cause reducing on testosterone release by the body due to taking synthetic ones. Even after a few weeks the body recognize and fix the imbalance, however, this gap is tend to cause losing muscle mass and also such adverse effects. To prevent this issue post cycle therapy (pct) drugs are considered to be fine alternatives. As it is known testosterone is the male sex hormone and it is also used for the synthesis of estrogen that is a female sex hormone. Testosterone and estrogen have quite similar being. This is why a small amount of alteration to the enzyme aromatase leads estrogen synthesis in men. If the synthesis of estrogen exceed certain level, it is more likely to cause adverse side effects especially for men. Therefore, post cycle therapy drugs are used to keep estrogen level in balance such as Nolvadex.

Post cycle therapy drugs such as anti-estrogens need to be used in case of a clear need for them. If one is not likely to face with such side effects or estrogen related side effects does not occur, it is more beneficial not to use these drugs. Hence it is possible to achieve the maximum gain from anabolic steroids. 

To give some examples of post cycle therapy durgs, Nolvadex which is the market name of tamoxifen citrate is one the most popular anti-estrogen today used by both bodybuilders and athletes and it is clinically used to treat female infertility. Clomid, as its compound’s name clomiphene citrate is used by men bodybuilders to fight against estrogen issues. The third one is Arimidex, the market name of Anastrozole. It is used to minimize the estrogenic side effects of anabolic steroids.