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Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 813 |
Theory - as androgens begin to drop off, one should administer clomid to make the glands think that there is a lack of estrogen, and increases hormone production overall. Now then, it is very well thought that not everyone bounces back in 3-4 weeks. Hell, I take a few months sometimes, isn't that sick? I was approached with the question of "What could I do, if it's been several months after my last cycle, been using clomid, but with no return." The theory-what do you guys think about administering let's say 50mgs of enanthate/wk while using clomid, to help restore nature hormone balances. Then after 2 weeks, drop it down to 50mgs of cyponiate every 2 weeks, while using clomid, and then eventually getting off the test all together. Any ideas on how you feel this might work? I really need to find a way to get people to recover from cycles more quickly, so anything is helpful. -Meanie- | ||
Moderator Posts: 5837 |
Are your clients experiencing a lot of strength loss during this phase?(Probably self-answering,lol).How about concurrent use of clomid/human chorionic gonadotropin(small amounts,say 500i.u. daily for a few consecutive days)to jump start the testes into cranking out endogenous T production,then run the clomid a couple of weeks past it to control any estrogen that may have occurred from it's administration?This is a tougher scenario to come up with an answer for,as most individuals can restore homeostasis with a typical clomid pattern...I would actually like to hear ulter's input on this,as he has been a patient of one of the world's leading endocrinology experts,Dr. Raymond Scruggs...Dr.Scruggs would certainly have the definitive answer for the toughest of situations... | ||
Moderator Posts: 1749 |
huck seems to be on track. I would add arimidex with HCG. why because you already typically have upregualted aromatase production post cycle- which may be part of the reason for the contiued suppression even in light of clomid therapy. HCG futher upregualtes aromatase production. so add arimidex. peace | ||
Moderator Posts: 5837 |
Excellent advice,as usual Macro,haha... | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 1071 |
macro, that's good thinking....estradiol recognized by the hypothalamus is the reason why it takes more time for some to return to normal. this estrogen caused indirectly by HCG and clomid should be reduced....and arimidex may be the best way to eliminate the estrogen recognized by the hypo. as we all know, the only endogenous source of estradiol is through testosterone aromatization for my last post cycle recovery, i used HCG on day 1 and 5 at 2500IU, and used clomid 100 mg/day on week one and 50 mg/day on week 2.....all the while using nolvadex at 10 mg/day, extending the nolvadex for 1 week after clomid therapy....i didn't notice a faster recovery than if i used clomid by itself....this leads me to thinking i had too much endogenous estrogen, being masked from the ER by nolvadex, yet still in my system PA | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 950 |
I'm too dumb to answer this question. Godspeed FONZ, I disagree [This message has been edited by macrophage69alpha (edited March 11, 2001).] | ||
Moderator Posts: 1749 |
FONZ, I disagree You have some good theoretical points, while I may not agree with you- it is part of a good debate that may bring all closer to the truth. peace ------------------ | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 950 |
Ok, I'll give this a shot. After a cycle, test levels are going to be rather low: around 50-100ng/l. Administration of HCG will increase endogeneous testosterone in a pulse fashion, so an anti-aromatase is essential at this point. This is were arimidex comes in. HCG however will only increase test.levels temporarily. In other words it is a short-term solution to a more complex problem. Administering Clomid 1 week or so before the start of HCG therapy to get the endogeneous test. production pathways going in full force would be beneficial in order to maintain the test. surge caused by the HCG. In as far as administering 50mg of test every week to speed up recovery, the test has some interesting applications: 1. Maintenance of normal test levels during the simultaneous administration of the HCG, Clomid, and arimidex. i.e. natural test level+50mg floating around (these 50mg would not inhibit the testes from producing natural test. this is pretty much paramount to a speedy recovery in my opinion, but the conundrum is this dosage may differ from person to person) 2. While the exogeneous test. is floating around the body will have time to recover and start producing its own natural test. with the help of the meds mentioned above. then, When the testes are producing enough natural test the test can then be discontinued And since it is self-tapering it will give your body a smooth transition from relying on exogeneous test to its own natural test. Godspeed | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 1071 |
fonz, with your idea, wouldn't primo work better, since it causes almost no endogenous test inhibition? PA | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 633 |
Well, whatever happened to cyclofenil? I don't hear about many people using it, but most of those who have say that it made a world of a difference. Here's how I'm coming off of my next cycle (of course, it is a 34 weeker : With that in mind, the following post-cycle recovery process will start on week 21. Clomid 300mg on Monday of week 21 and 100mg per day to finish the week. Then 50mg ED week 22, then 25mg ED week 23. And at week 24, I plan for my own hormonal axis to be restored and I will continue with the rest of my cycle (I won't get into details here) until week 34 where I will have a 4 month lay off. If all of this is hard to envision, I have it charted if you want to drop me an email, but I won't post it on the board. I will also give you my Kidney/Liver/Acne protection plan while on cycle as well as an overview of diet and supplemental intake if you want.
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Amateur Bodybuilder Posts: 102 |
How long do you guys think you should extend Arimidex? I am on Arimidex right now. I am on an 8 week cycle of Prop/Fina/Winny. I will begin clomid therapy on week nine. Planned on hitting 300mg day one, 100mg to end the week, then 50mg/day for week ten. Should I use Arimidex during the 2 weeks of Clomid therapy, or continue even after therapy is over? | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 633 |
use it throughout the clomid threapy. -Stew | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 950 |
Pharm animal, thats a good point. and Stew, the reason people don't use cyclofenil is that its twice as expensive and you need twice the dosage if compared to clomid. It would be interesting to see wether cyclofenil gives people the dreaded clomid spots or not. Godspeed | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 1031 |
A thank you to those that posted on this thread..very interesting reading.. good job guys.. ------------------
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Amateur Bodybuilder Posts: 218 |
What the hell are dreaded clomid spots? Never heard of them. | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 637 |
Arimidex along with either Parlodel or Selegiline. Clayton RN, Bailey LC. "Dopamine agonist- and antagonist-induced modulation of pituitary gonadotrophin releasing hormone receptors are independent of changes in serum prolactin." MohanKumar PS, MohanKumar SM, Quadri SK. "Deprenyl stimulates the release of luteinizing hormone from the pituitary in vitro." | ||
Amateur Bodybuilder Posts: 79 |
I agree with PA, use Primo rather than a testosterone. Testosterone enanthate at 50 mg/week causes LH and FSH to drop 50%. As well there will be no aromatization to contribute to the problem. I am also going to ask a stupid question. What is the "life" of estrogen in the body? (3 or 4 weeks?) I am wondering after a cycle, at what point do high estrogen levels no longer become a factor in causing inhibition. If your testosterone levels are low, there will be little aromatization, so high levels of estrogen are not causing inhibition. Low levels of estrogen can inhibit LH production, because estrogen maintains a high number of LHRH receptors. Would people who are having a long recovery benefit from HCG to introduce higher levels of estrogen to maintain a higher number of LHRH receptors to increase LH production? [This message has been edited by ontariowrestler (edited March 12, 2001).] | ||
Olympian Posts: 1895 |
Could you use proviron with nolva to sub the arimidex?? ------------------ "Catch a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he eats for a lifetime." | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 950 |
quote: Absolutely not. Provron blocks estrogen from latching on to its receptors(like novaldex does). However, it has no impact on the metabolism of the aromatase enzyme. Godspeed | ||
Freak Posts: 2560 |
WTF--are those clomid spots????? so a little primo, clomid, arimidex and you should be covered--right????(also maybe hcg and dhea..) ------------------ | ||
Moderator Posts: 5837 |
Clomid spots = acne | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 1071 |
quote: GOOD QUESTION!!! i don't know, but would like to...hopefully huck, mac or fonz has an idea PA | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 813 |
3 to 12 hours. | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 1071 |
quote: wow, that's not what i expected at ALL....do you have documentation on this, MO? thanks PA | ||
Amateur Bodybuilder Posts: 79 |
If that is the case for estrogen's half-life, then once the steroids have left your system, if you are having trouble recovering, and since low estrogen levels are inhibitory by downregulating LHRH receptors....would you benefit by doing a low dose of HCG to raise estrogen levels, to upregulate the LHRH receptors? Or is taking clomid enough, as it is binding to the estrogen receptor's in the pituitary and that makes the pituitary upregulate LHRH receptor's? | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 1071 |
BUMP...this is getting good, bros...let's not let this thread die | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 813 |
PA, that is the life of any hormone in the body, testosterone, estrogen, whatever...Chemicals are quickly broken down, if not converted in the blood stream. | ||
Moderator Posts: 1749 |
17aa estrogenic metabolites may be along considerably longer ------------------ | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 1071 |
i see...thanks for clearing that up. i learned alot from this post PA | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 637 |
"3 to 12 hours" MEANONE is correct. Hormones (not 17-alpha alkylated ones) are metabolized pretty quickly. So, once one comes off of a cycle, they are essentially hypogonadal and the major sex hormones should be low...no test, so little to aromatize. I think that the major link in post cycle recovery is the hypothalamus/pituitary, not elevated estrogen. | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 813 |
Cock, that's what I'm basicly getting at...how do we get those glands to recover at a faster pace? | ||
Moderator Posts: 1749 |
while it is true that test(and dht) and estrogen(estriol, estradiol,estrone) metabolised rather quickly- this may not apply to the metabolites of other androgens, especially 17aa androgens. ------------------ | ||
Freak Posts: 2560 |
so does it take longer to recover from the longer effects that 17aa cause????? ------------------ | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 612 |
I Love these posts...YOU GUYS ARE THE SHIT! Someday I will be able to contribute in this fashion. ------------------ | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 1071 |
no, RRanger... these 17 alpha alkylated hormones do not affect the pituitary or the hypothalamus any different than unalkylated steroids. it may survive longer than unalkylated hormones in the body, but ultimately it does not matter in the grand scheme of post cycle HPTA recovery | ||
Freak Posts: 2560 |
i didnt think so but figure id check for the hell of it....you know why all the intellectual ones are responding... ------------------ | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 1071 |
RRanger, i agree. we definately need more topics like this one on here PA | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 735 |
lets keep this one up at the so we may show case the amazing fucking talent we do have at EF | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 1071 |
quote: anyone wanna volunteer for hypothalamus and pituitary transplant surgeries? LOL | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 1071 |
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