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Trade names | Dianabol, others |
Other names | Methandienone; Methandrostenolone; Methandrolone; Dehydromethyltestosterone; Methylboldenone; Perabol; Ciba-17309-Ba; TMV-17; NSC-51180; NSC-42722; 17α-Methyl-δ1-testosterone; 17β-Hydroxy-17α-methylandrosta-1,4-dien-3-one; 17α-Methylandrost-1,4-dien-17β-ol-3-one |
Routes of administration | By mouth, intramuscular injection (veterinary) [1] |
Drug class | Androgen; Anabolic steroid |
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Bioavailability | High |
Metabolism | Hepatic |
Elimination half-life | 3–6 hours [1] [3] |
Excretion | Urine |
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.000.716 |
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Formula | C20H28O2 |
Molar mass | 300.442 g·mol−1 |
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S,9S,10S,13S,14S,17S)-17-Hydroxy-10,13,17-trimethyl-7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16-octahydro-6H-cyclopenta[aphenanthren-3-one&page2=Metandienone (verify)] |
Metandienone, also known as methandienone or methandrostenolone and sold under the brand name Dianabol (D-Bol) among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which is still quite often used because of its affordability and effectiveness for bulking cycles. [4] [5] [1] [6] It is also used non-medically for physique- and performance-enhancing purposes. [1] It is often taken by mouth. [1]
Side effects of metandienone include symptoms of masculinization like acne, increased hair growth, voice changes, and increased sexual desire, estrogenic effects like fluid retention and breast enlargement, and liver damage. [1] The drug is an agonist of the androgen receptor (AR), the biological target of androgens like testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT), and has strong anabolic effects and moderate androgenic effects. [1] It also has moderate estrogenic effects. [1]
Metandienone was originally developed in 1955 by CIBA and marketed in Germany and the United States. [1] [7] [4] [8] [9] As the CIBA product Dianabol, metandienone quickly became the first widely used AAS among professional and amateur athletes, and remains the most common orally active AAS for non-medical use. [10] [8] [11] [12] It is currently a controlled substance in the United States [13] and United Kingdom [14] and remains popular among bodybuilders. Metandienone is readily available without a prescription in certain countries such as Mexico, and is also manufactured in some Asian countries. [6]
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]
Route | Medication | Major brand names | Form | Dosage |
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Oral | Testosterone a | – | Tablet | 400–800 mg/day (in divided doses) |
Testosterone undecanoate | Andriol, Jatenzo | Capsule | 40–80 mg/2–4× day (with meals) | |
Methyltestosterone b | Android, Metandren, Testred | Tablet | 10–50 mg/day | |
Fluoxymesterone b | Halotestin, Ora-Testryl, Ultandren | Tablet | 5–20 mg/day | |
Metandienoneb | Dianabol | Tablet | 5–15 mg/day | |
Mesterolone b | Proviron | Tablet | 25–150 mg/day | |
Sublingual | Testosterone b | Testoral | Tablet | 5–10 mg 1–4×/day |
Methyltestosterone b | Metandren, Oreton Methyl | Tablet | 10–30 mg/day | |
Buccal | Testosterone | Striant | Tablet | 30 mg 2×/day |
Methyltestosterone b | Metandren, Oreton Methyl | Tablet | 5–25 mg/day | |
Transdermal | Testosterone | AndroGel, Testim, TestoGel | Gel | 25–125 mg/day |
Androderm, AndroPatch, TestoPatch | Non-scrotal patch | 2.5–15 mg/day | ||
Testoderm | Scrotal patch | 4–6 mg/day | ||
Axiron | Axillary solution | 30–120 mg/day | ||
Androstanolone (DHT) | Andractim | Gel | 100–250 mg/day | |
Rectal | Testosterone | Rektandron, Testosteronb | Suppository | 40 mg 2–3×/day |
Injection (IM or SC ) | Testosterone | Andronaq, Sterotate, Virosterone | Aqueous suspension | 10–50 mg 2–3×/week |
Testosterone propionate b | Testoviron | Oil solution | 10–50 mg 2–3×/week | |
Testosterone enanthate | Delatestryl | Oil solution | 50–250 mg 1x/1–4 weeks | |
Xyosted | Auto-injector | 50–100 mg 1×/week | ||
Testosterone cypionate | Depo-Testosterone | Oil solution | 50–250 mg 1x/1–4 weeks | |
Testosterone isobutyrate | Agovirin Depot | Aqueous suspension | 50–100 mg 1x/1–2 weeks | |
Testosterone phenylacetate b | Perandren, Androject | Oil solution | 50–200 mg 1×/3–5 weeks | |
Mixed testosterone esters | Sustanon 100, Sustanon 250 | Oil solution | 50–250 mg 1×/2–4 weeks | |
Testosterone undecanoate | Aveed, Nebido | Oil solution | 750–1,000 mg 1×/10–14 weeks | |
Testosterone buciclate a | – | Aqueous suspension | 600–1,000 mg 1×/12–20 weeks | |
Implant | Testosterone | Testopel | Pellet | 150–1,200 mg/3–6 months |
Notes: Men produce about 3 to 11 mg of testosterone per day (mean 7 mg/day in young men). Footnotes:a = Never marketed. b = No longer used and/or no longer marketed. Sources: See template. |
Metandienone was provided in the form of 2.5, 5 and 10 mg oral tablets. [18] [19] [20] [1]
Metandienone is used for physique- and performance-enhancing purposes by competitive athletes, bodybuilders, and powerlifters. [1] It is said to be the most widely used AAS for such purposes both today and historically. [1]
Androgenic side effects such as oily skin, acne, seborrhea, increased facial/body hair growth, scalp hair loss, and virilization may occur. [1] Estrogenic side effects such as gynecomastia and fluid retention can also occur. [1] Case reports of gynecomastia exist. [21] [22] As with other 17α-alkylated steroids, methandienone poses a risk of hepatotoxicity and use over extended periods of time can result in liver damage without appropriate precautions. [1]
Medication | Ratioa |
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Testosterone | ~1:1 |
Androstanolone (DHT) | ~1:1 |
Methyltestosterone | ~1:1 |
Methandriol | ~1:1 |
Fluoxymesterone | 1:1–1:15 |
Metandienone | 1:1–1:8 |
Drostanolone | 1:3–1:4 |
Metenolone | 1:2–1:30 |
Oxymetholone | 1:2–1:9 |
Oxandrolone | 1:3–1:13 |
Stanozolol | 1:1–1:30 |
Nandrolone | 1:3–1:16 |
Ethylestrenol | 1:2–1:19 |
Norethandrolone | 1:1–1:20 |
Notes: In rodents. Footnotes:a = Ratio of androgenic to anabolic activity. Sources: See template. |
Methandienone binds to and activates the androgen receptor (AR) in order to exert its effects. [23] These include dramatic increases in protein synthesis, glycogenolysis, and muscle strength over a short space of time.[ medical citation needed ] While it can be metabolized by 5α-reductase into methyl-1-testosterone (17α-methyl-δ1-DHT), a more potent AAS, the drug has extremely low affinity for this enzyme and methyl-1-testosterone is thus produced in only trace amounts. [1] [24] As such, 5α-reductase inhibitors like finasteride and dutasteride do not reduce the androgenic effects of metandienone. [1] Nonetheless, while the ratio of anabolic to androgenic activity of metandienone is improved relative to that of testosterone, the drug does still possess moderate androgenic activity and is capable of producing severe virilization in women and children. [1] As such, it is only really commonly used in men. [1]
Metandienone is a substrate for aromatase and can be metabolized into the estrogen methylestradiol (17α-methylestradiol). [1] While the rate of aromatization is reduced relative to that for testosterone or methyltestosterone, the estrogen produced is metabolism-resistant and hence metandienone retains moderate estrogenic activity. [1] As such, it can cause side effects such as gynecomastia and fluid retention. [1] The co-administration of an antiestrogen such as an aromatase inhibitor like anastrozole or a selective estrogen receptor modulator like tamoxifen can reduce or prevent such estrogenic side effects. [1] Metandienone has no progestogenic activity. [1]
As with other 17α-alkylated AAS, metandienone may be hepatotoxic, especially with prolonged use of high doses. [1]
Metandienone has high oral bioavailability. [1] It has very low affinity for human serum sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), about 10% of that of testosterone and 2% of that of DHT. [25] The drug is metabolized in the liver by 6β-hydroxylation, 3α- and 3β-oxidation, 5β-reduction, 17-epimerization, and conjugation among other reactions. [24] Unlike methyltestosterone, owing to the presence of its C1(2) double bond, metandienone does not produce 5α-reduced metabolites. [24] [1] [26] The elimination half-life of metandienone is about 3 to 6 hours. [1] [3] It is eliminated in the urine. [24]
Metandienone, also known as 17α-methyl-δ1-testosterone or as 17α-methylandrost-1,4-dien-17β-ol-3-one, is a synthetic androstane steroid and a 17α-alkylated derivative of testosterone. [7] It is a modification of testosterone with a methyl group at the C17α position and an additional double bond between the C1 and C2 positions. [7] The drug is also the 17α-methylated derivative of boldenone (δ1-testosterone) and the δ1 analogue of methyltestosterone (17α-methyltestosterone). [7]
Metandienone is subject to extensive hepatic biotransformation by a variety of enzymatic pathways. The primary urinary metabolites are detectable for up to 3 days, and a recently discovered hydroxymethyl metabolite is found in urine for up to 19 days after a single 5 mg oral dose. [27] Several of the metabolites are unique to metandienone. Methods for detection in urine specimens usually involve gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. [28] [29]
Metandienone was first described in 1955. [1] It was synthesized by researchers at the CIBA laboratories in Basel, Switzerland. CIBA filed for a U.S. patent in 1957, [30] and began marketing the drug as Dianabol in 1958 in the U.S. [1] [31] It was initially prescribed to burn victims and the elderly. It was also prescribed off-label as a pharmaceutical performance enhancement to weight lifters and other athletes. [32] Early adopters included players for Oklahoma University and San Diego Chargers head coach Sid Gillman, who administered Dianabol to his team starting in 1963. [33]
After the Kefauver Harris Amendment was passed in 1962, the U.S. FDA began the DESI review process to ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs approved under the more lenient pre-1962 standards, including Dianabol. [34] In 1965, the FDA pressured CIBA to further document its legitimate medical uses, and re-approved the drug for treating post-menopausal osteoporosis and pituitary-deficient dwarfism. [35] After CIBA's patent exclusivity period lapsed, other manufacturers began to market generic metandienone in the U.S.
Following further FDA pressure, CIBA withdrew Dianabol from the U.S. market in 1983. [1] Generic production shut down two years later, when the FDA revoked metandienone's approval entirely in 1985. [1] [35] [36] Non-medical use was outlawed in the U.S. under the Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990. [37] While metandienone is controlled and no longer medically available in the U.S., it continues to be produced and used medically in some other countries. [1]
Metandienone is the generic name of the drug and its INN , while methandienone is its BAN and métandiénone is its DCF . [7] [4] [5] [6] It is also referred to as methandrostenolone and as dehydromethyltestosterone. [7] [4] [5] [1] [6] The former synonym should not be confused with methylandrostenolone, which is another name for a different AAS known as metenolone. [4]
Metandienone was introduced and formerly sold primarily under the brand name Dianabol. [7] [4] [5] [6] [1] It has also been marketed under a variety of other brand names including Anabol, Averbol, Chinlipan, Danabol, Dronabol, Metanabol, Methandon, Naposim, Reforvit-B, and Vetanabol among others. [7] [4] [5] [6] [1]
Metandienone, along with other AAS, is a schedule III controlled substance in the United States under the Controlled Substances Act. [38]
There are many known cases of doping in sports with metandienone by professional athletes.
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 breast cancer in women. It is taken by mouth or held in the cheek or under the tongue.
Metenolone, or methenolone, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) which is used in the form of esters such as metenolone acetate and metenolone enanthate. Metenolone esters are used mainly in the treatment of anemia due to bone marrow failure. Metenolone acetate is taken by mouth, while metenolone enanthate is given by injection into muscle.
Oxandrolone is an androgen and synthetic anabolic steroid (AAS) medication to help promote weight gain in various situations, to help offset protein catabolism caused by long-term corticosteroid therapy, to support recovery from severe burns, to treat bone pain associated with osteoporosis, to aid in the development of girls with Turner syndrome, and for other indications. It is taken by mouth. It was sold under the brand names Oxandrin and Anavar, among others.
Oxymetholone, sold under the brand names Anadrol and Anapolon among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which is used primarily in the treatment of anemia. It is also used to treat osteoporosis, HIV/AIDS wasting syndrome, and to promote weight gain and muscle growth in certain situations. It is taken by mouth.
Quinbolone, sold under the brand names Anabolicum and Anabolvis, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) which was previously marketed in Italy. It was developed by Parke-Davis as a viable orally administered AAS with little or no liver toxicity.
Metenolone enanthate, or methenolone enanthate, sold under the brand names Primobolan Depot and Nibal Injection, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which is used mainly in the treatment of anemia due to bone marrow failure. It is given by injection into muscle. Although it was widely used in the past, the drug has mostly been discontinued and hence is now mostly only available on the black market. A related drug, metenolone acetate, is taken by mouth.
Norethandrolone, sold under the brand names Nilevar and Pronabol among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which has been used to promote muscle growth and to treat severe burns, physical trauma, and aplastic anemia but has mostly been discontinued. It is still available for use in France however. It is taken by mouth.
Mesterolone, sold under the brand name Proviron among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which is used mainly in the treatment of low testosterone levels. It has also been used to treat male infertility, although this use is controversial. It is taken by mouth.
Fluoxymesterone, sold under the brand names Halotestin and Ultandren 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, breast cancer in women, and anemia. It is taken by mouth.
Mestanolone, also known as methylandrostanolone and sold under the brand names Androstalone and Ermalone among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which is mostly no longer used. It is still available for use in Japan however. It is taken by mouth.
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, but are also used by athletes to increase muscle size, strength, and performance.
Enestebol, also known as 4-hydroxy-17α-methyl-δ1-testosterone, as well as 4,17β-dihydroxy-17α-methylandrosta-1,4-dien-3-one, is a synthetic and orally active anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS) and a 17α-alkylated derivative of testosterone which was never marketed. It is closely related to oxymesterone (4-hydroxy-17α-methyltestosterone), as well as to chlorodehydromethyltestosterone (4-chloro-17α-methyl-δ1-testosterone), methylclostebol (4-chloro-17α-methyltestosterone), and metandienone (17α-methyl-δ1-testosterone).
Normethandrone, also known as methylestrenolone or methylnortestosterone and sold under the brand name Metalutin among others, is a progestin and androgen/anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which is used in combination with an estrogen in the treatment of amenorrhea and menopausal symptoms in women. It is taken by mouth.
Methylestradiol, sold under the brand names Ginecosid, Ginecoside, Mediol, and Renodiol, is an estrogen medication which is used in the treatment of menopausal symptoms. It is formulated in combination with normethandrone, a progestin and androgen/anabolic steroid medication. Methylestradiol is taken by mouth.
Dimethyltrienolone is a synthetic, orally active, and extremely potent anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS) and 17α-alkylated 19-nortestosterone (nandrolone) derivative which was never marketed for medical use. It has among the highest known affinity of any AAS for the androgen receptors, and has been said to be perhaps the most potent AAS to have ever been developed.
Boldenone undecylenate, or boldenone undecenoate, sold under the brand names Equipoise and Parenabol among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which is used in veterinary medicine, mainly in horses. It was formerly used in humans as well. It is given by injection into muscle.
Methylhydroxynandrolone, also known as 4-hydroxy-17α-methyl-19-nortestosterone (HMNT), as well as 4,17β-dihydroxy-17α-methylestr-4-en-3-one, is a synthetic, orally active anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS) and a 17α-alkylated derivative of nandrolone (19-nortestosterone) which was never marketed. It was first described in 1964 and was studied in the treatment of breast cancer, but was not introduced for clinical use. The drug re-emerged in 2004 when it started being sold on the Internet as a "dietary supplement". MOHN joined other AAS as a controlled substance in the United States on 20 January 2005.
Dimethandrolone undecanoate (DMAU), also known by its developmental code name CDB-4521, is an experimental androgen/anabolic steroid (AAS) and progestogen medication which is under development as a potential birth control pill for men. It is taken by mouth, but can also be given by injection into muscle.
11β-Methyl-19-nortestosterone (11β-MNT) is a synthetic and orally active anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS) and a derivative of nandrolone (19-nortestosterone) which was developed by the Contraceptive Development Branch (CDB) of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and has not been marketed at this time.
The structure–activity relationships (SAR) of anabolic steroids (AAS) have been extensively studied.
dianabol history.
Tablets available — Methandrostenolone Tablets usually available contain the following amounts of methandrostenolone: 2.5 and 5 mg.