Deca Durabolin
Deca Durabolin belongs to the group of medicines known
as anabolic ( an-a-BOL-ik) steroids. They are related to
testosterone, a male sex hormone. Anabolic steroids help to
rebuild tissues that have become weak because of serious injury
or illness. A diet high in proteins and calories is necessary
with anabolic steroid treatment.
What should I discuss with my healthcare provider
before taking Deca Durabolin? Tell your doctor if
you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to anabolic
steroids or androgens (male sex hormones). Also tell your
health care professional if you are allergic to any other
substances, such as foods, preservatives, or dyes. Anabolic
steroids are not recommended during pregnancy. They may cause
the development of male features in the female fetus and
premature growth and development of male features in the male
fetus. Be sure you have discussed this with your doctor. It is
not known whether anabolic steroids can cause problems in
nursing babies. There is very little experience with their use
in mothers who are breast-feeding. Anabolic steroids may cause
children to stop growing. In addition, they may make male
children develop too fast sexually and may cause male-like
changes in female children. When elderly male patients are
treated with anabolic steroids, they may have an increased risk
of enlarged prostate or cancer of the prostate.
Dosing
The dose of these medicines will be different for different
patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the
label. The following information includes only the average
doses of these medicines. If your dose is different, do not
change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
The number of tablets that you take depends on the strength of
the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the
time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the
medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are taking
the anabolic steroid.
For nandrolone decanoate
• Women and girls 14 years of age and older—50 to 100
milligrams (mg) injected into a muscle every one to four
weeks.
• Men and boys 14 years of age and older—50 to 200 mg
injected into a muscle every one to four weeks.Your doctor may
want to continue treatment for up to twelve weeks. After a
four-week rest period without receiving this medicine, your
doctor may want you to repeat the cycle.
• Children up to 2 years of age—Dose must be determined by
your doctor.
• Children 2 to 13 years of age—25 to 50 mg injected into
a muscle every three to four weeks.
For nandrolone phenpropionate
• Adults—25 to 100 milligrams (mg) injected into a muscle
once a week for up to twelve weeks. After a four-week rest
period without receiving this medicine, your doctor may want
you to repeat the cycle.
• Children—Dose must be determined by your doctor.
For oxandrolone
• Adults and teenagers—2.5 milligrams (mg) two to four
times a day for up to four weeks. Your doctor may increase your
dose up to 20 mg a day.
• Children—Dose is based on body weight and must be
determined by your doctor. The usual dose is 0.25 mg per
kilogram (kg) (0.11 mg per pound) of body weight a day.
For oxymetholone
• Adults, teenagers, children, and older infants—Dose is
based on body weight and must be determined by your doctor. The
usual dose is 1 to 5 milligrams (mg) per kilogram (kg) (0.45 to
2.3 mg per pound) of body weight a day.
• Premature and newborn infants—Dose is based on body
weight or size and must be determined by your doctor. The usual
dose is 0.175 mg per kg (0.08 mg per pound) of body weight once
a day.
For stanozolol
• Adults and teenagers—At first, 2 milligrams (mg) three
times a day to 4 mg four times a day for five days. Then, your
doctor may slowly lower the dose to 2 mg once a day or once
every other day.
What should I avoid while taking
steroids? Although certain medicines should not be
used together at all, in other cases two different medicines
may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In
these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other
precautions may be necessary. When you are taking anabolic
steroids, it is especially important that your health care
professional know if you are taking any of the following:
• Acetaminophen (e.g., Tylenol) (with long-term, high-dose
use) or
• Amiodarone (e.g., Cordarone) or
• Androgens (male hormones) or
• Anti-infectives by mouth or by injection (medicine for
infection) or
• Antithyroid agents (medicine for overactive thyroid)
or
• Carbamazepine (e.g., Tegretol) or
• Carmustine (e.g., BiCNU) or
• Chloroquine (e.g., Aralen) or
• Dantrolene (e.g., Dantrium) or
• Daunorubicin (e.g., Cerubidine) or
• Disulfiram (e.g., Antabuse) or
• Divalproex (e.g., Depakote) or
• Estrogens (female hormones) or
• Etretinate (e.g., Tegison) or
• Gold salts (medicine for arthritis) or
• Hydroxychloroquine (e.g., Plaquenil) or
• Mercaptopurine (e.g., Purinethol) or
• Methotrexate (e.g., Mexate) or
• Methyldopa (e.g., Aldomet) or
• Naltrexone (e.g., Trexan) (with long-term, high-dose
use) or
• Oral contraceptives (birth control pills) containing
estrogen or
• Phenothiazines (acetophenazine [e.g., Tindal],
chlorpromazine [e.g., Thorazine], fluphenazine [e.g.,
Prolixin], mesoridazine [e.g., Serentil], perphenazine [e.g.,
Trilafon], prochlorperazine [e.g., Compazine], promazine [e.g.,
Sparine], promethazine [e.g., Phenergan], thioridazine [e.g.,
Mellaril], trifluoperazine [e.g., Stelazine], triflupromazine
[e.g., Vesprin], trimeprazine [e.g., Temaril]) or
• Phenytoin (e.g., Dilantin) or
• Plicamycin (e.g., Mithracin) or
• Valproic acid (e.g., Depakene)—Taking anabolic steroids
with any of these medicines may increase the chances of liver
damage. Your doctor may want you to have extra blood tests to
check for this if you must take both medicines
• Anticoagulants, oral (blood thinners you take by
mouth)—Anabolic steroids can increase the effect of these
medicines and possibly cause excessive bleeding.
What are the possible side effects of Anabolic
Steriods?
• Tumors of the liver, liver cancer, or peliosis hepatis,
a form of liver disease, have occurred during long-term,
high-dose therapy with anabolic steroids. Although these
effects are rare, they can be very serious and may cause death.
Discuss these possible effects with your doctor.
• Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some
unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may
occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
• For both females and males Less common, Yellow eyes or
skin
• Black, tarry, or light-colored stools; dark-colored
urine; purple- or red-colored spots on body or inside the mouth
or nose; sore throat and/or fever; vomiting of blood
• Bone pain; nausea or vomiting; sore tongue; swelling of
feet or lower legs; unusual bleeding; unusual weight gain
• Abdominal or stomach pain; feeling of discomfort
(continuing); headache (continuing); hives; loss of appetite
(continuing) ; unexplained weight loss; unpleasant breath odor
(continuing)
• Acne or oily skin; enlarging clitoris ; hoarseness or
deepening of voice; irregular menstrual periods; unnatural hair
growth; unusual hair loss
• Mental depression; unusual tiredness
• Acne; enlarging penis; increased frequency of erections;
unnatural hair growth
• Unexplained darkening of skin
• Enlargement of breasts or breast soreness; frequent or
continuing erections; frequent urge to urinate
• Difficult or frequent urination
• Chills; diarrhea; feeling of abdominal or stomach
fullness; muscle cramps; trouble in sleeping; unusual decrease
or increase in sexual desire.
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