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Anabolic steroids, also known as anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), are a class of drugs that are structurally related to testosterone, the main male sex hormone, and produce effects by binding to the androgen receptor (AR). Anabolic steroids have a number of medical uses, [ 1 ] but are also used by athletes to increase muscle size, strength ...
This is a list of androgens/anabolic steroids (AAS) or testosterone derivatives. Androgen esters are mostly not included in this list. The major classes of testosterone derivatives include the following (as well as combinations thereof):
Methyltestosterone (Android 5, Android 10, Android 25, Metandren, Oreton, Oreton Methyl, Testred, Virilon) Oxymetholone (Anadrol-50) (Note that while the above anabolic steroids remain available in at least one formulation, many of the above-listed brand names have been discontinued.) Ethylestrenol (Maxibolin) and stanozolol (Winstrol) were ...
Testosterone enanthate. Testosterone enanthate is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which is used mainly in the treatment of low testosterone levels in men. [3][4][5] It is also used in hormone therapy for transgender men. [6] It is given by injection into muscle or subcutaneously usually once every one to four weeks. [5][7][2]
Medical uses. Metandienone was formerly approved and marketed as a form of androgen replacement therapy for the treatment of hypogonadism in men, but has since been discontinued and withdrawn in most countries, including in the United States. [15][4][6] It was given at a dosage of 5 to 10 mg/day in men and 2.5 mg/day in women. [16][17][1] v. t.
Selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) are a class of drugs that selectively activate the androgen receptor in specific tissues, promoting muscle and bone growth while having less effect on male reproductive tissues like the prostate gland. Non-selective steroidal drugs, called anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS), have been used for ...
Testosterone undecanoate, or testosterone 17β-undecanoate, is a synthetic androstane steroid and a derivative of testosterone. [39][40] It is an androgen ester; specifically, it is the C17β undecylate (undecanoate) ester of testosterone. [39][40] A related testosterone ester with a similarly very long duration is testosterone buciclate. [9 ...
Methyltestosterone, sold under the brand names Android, Metandren, and Testred among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which is used in the treatment of low testosterone levels in men, delayed puberty in boys, at low doses as a component of menopausal hormone therapy for menopausal symptoms like hot flashes, osteoporosis, and low sexual desire in women, and to treat ...