Recent content by Maetenloch

Yes, but if your health insurance pays for the visit, they are authorized to see your medical records. A doctor's note of suspected illegal steroid use can affect your premiums or even whether or not they will cover you for health/life insurance. So deny, deny, deny or pay out of your own pocket.

At a minimum I'd have your total testosterone tested before starting the cycle. You can get it checked at HealthCheckUsa (www.healthcheckusa.com) for only $56. For $39 more you can get a CMP panel.

So far niacin seems to be about the only drug that is effective in raising HDL. Luckily it's cheap and available OTC. I usually take 500mg of niacin along with aspirin before I go to bed. During the day I take non-flushing niacin. By the way aspirin is a good thing to take anyway if you have...

However Swale IS a DO (Doctor of Osteopathy), attended medical school and IS licensed to practice medicine in Michigan. Furthermore he has published papers in peer-reviewed periodicals. He also probably treats more men for HPTA and steroid-related issues than any other physician in the country...

If you're unable to lift using your shoulders, this is a good chance to change your focus for a while. Do lots of cardio and maybe just work out your lower body. Martial arts and swimming would also maintain your strength if you're allowed to used to use your shoulders for non-lifting movements...

The statin drugs are pretty effective. A small percentage of people get myopathy from them - if you get muscle pain or weakness, stop taking it immediately. The main reason I reccommend red yeast rice and policosanol is that these are available OTC and usually are cheaper than prescription...

For cholesterol you ought to be taking red yeast rice, policosanol, and niacin. Niacin is about the only thing that will raise LDL. [oops - I should have said that niacin raises HDL - the good cholesterol]

If you want instant credibility, mention all the athletes you train, list all your advanced degrees, talk about the professional soccer teams you used to play on, and also mention the special forces you train with. Oh and don't forget to post a picture of a male model. [/sarcasm]

Take a look at the CKD diet (http://www.c-k-d.com/). It's basically atkins for athletes with periodic carb ups to keep you from depleting all your muscle glycogen. I've used it with good results.

Test prop has an active life of 2-3 days - going an extra day without a shot won't have much of an effect on you. You're not going to lose any mass and you'll get right back to your cycle test levels within hours of your next injection. Just relax and enjoy your vacation.

If nothing is truly coming out, it sounds like retrograde ejaculation. It's common with AAS for your output to be reduced, but there should be something coming out. If it continues, you should check with your doctor. They often treat this with epinephrine-like drugs such as pseudoephedrine.

In the past I've had similar problems reaching orgasm - very frustrating! But adding HCG at 1000u/week and 50mg/day of proviron brought me back near to normal. I think BigRupe is right about the importance of HCG. Not only does it speed up recovery, for me it makes abig difference in my sexual...

Huh? Couldn't I can have this opinion without being on drugs? Doesn't follow. You're assuming that people do have control over whether they get clinically depressed, which is not true. Note that clinical depression is different from just feeling sad. It's a chemical deficiency/imbalance just...

I have to disagree with you about this. So far I haven't heard of any bad effects from taking SSRI-type anti-depressants and AAS. In fact it may help even out some of the emotional effects that gear can cause. It's probably a bad idea to start both at the same time - it's better to start with...

From what I've read, only the lignans present in flaxseeds bind with testosterone. Normally these are filtered out when the oil is extracted from the seeds. This article has a good summary of the pros and (possible) cons of taking flaxseed oil.