Arimidex or Nolvadex?

[Nutrient-Nut]

I just picked up the January 2003 IRONMAN magazine. On pages 94-96 there is a nice article on Estrogen Examination.

Quoted from page 96..."So what should a male bodybuilder do about estrogen? If you're using drugs that are prone to aromatization and are showing signs of excess estrogen, such as incipient gyno, it would be prudent to consider a course of Arimidex."

Earlier in the article, it mentions that Nolvadex merely blocks estrogen cell receptors, doing nothing to curtail the body's actual estrogen synthesis. For that purpose it's more efficient to blunt the activity of aromatase.

Now I'm confused on when to use Nolvadex or if one should ever use it b/c Arimidex seems to be all that one needs. I thought that you should have Nolvadex on hand in case of gyno. Or do you think that Arimidex should be used in place of Nolvadex in treating early signs of gyno?

NN

 

[Nutrient-Nut]

bump for the steroid gurus....need help!

 

[WARBIRDWS6]

well if gyno is the only concern....nolva is the best idea. if bloat/gyno and all around aromatization is the prob...then you want arimidex. that will shut all that shit down at the source like they said. i figure if you don't have heavy aromitization....and you take nolva for any possible gyno...then the little bit of estrogen that aromatizes can only be helpful. you don't necessarily want to blunt all estrogen. just curtail the gyno for the most part. so nolva is the better choice...but hey, i'm using both while on the dbol segment...no bloat and no gyno. then dropping arimidex for the fina/eq/sust segment after i drop the dbol, and using just nolva. i'd only use a-dex from now on in heavy aromatization situations, and just use nolva for safety purposes since i am gyno prone. i doubt 500mg sust will do me much harm in that dept....and EQ/fina don't aromatize (or EQ not much at all), so reason for dropping the adex second half of my cycle. confusing.....i'm sure someone else will have some studies that actually explain it in normal terms. lol.

 

[Nutrient-Nut]

Thanks Warbird! That was a lot of help. I agree with you all the way. Nolvadex still has it's needs at times and then Arimidex should be used in certain situations depending on what you're concerned about, etc.

They are both needed in one's arsenal depending on what drugs are being used and dosage of course.

It just seemed like the article in IRONMAN implied that Nolvadex is not the way to go and it was in favor of Arimidex.

NN

 

[Nutrient-Nut]

bump

 

[Warmachine]

the aromatase imhibiters (arimidex, femara) dont block all the estrogen conversion, just MOST of it. If youre gyno prone like me, that little bit is all thats needed to start gyno growing again so you need nolva to block the estrogen receptors in the breast tissue.

this cycle (500mg test-e/week) im using 1.25 mg femara eod and 10mg ed nolva

my gyno is deff not growing and may be shrinking!