How do steroid tests work?

[Fast Twitch Fiber]

I've read that in order to test positive for juice your test levels have to be about 6 times the normal level. Is this true? If so, this would mean that they cannot test for the specific type of steroid wouldn't it? I was asking because I had my test level measued with a blood test 6 days after completing my last cycle and my test levels were right in the middle range of what is considered normal. I made good gains on this cycle and if the tests work the way I was told then I would not test positive for juice

 

[Fast Twitch Fiber]

self bump

 

[scarecrowtriplesix]

i belive they test a ratio of epitestosterone and testosterone but iwonder the same they cant test for specifi drugs but they obviosly can and they can find specific metabolites of juices but i dont know bumb for ya

 

[Seth28]

for test itself yes you need to look at the ratios, bur for others that are not naturally occuring in the body, you need to test specifically for the metabolites of each drug.

 

[pauly]

So, if there is no specific test for say.....EQ......than it cant' be found in the bloodstream?

 

[nice6pac]

wrong, they almsot always due the significantly cheaper test epitest ratio then if thats high they test for substances whiohc theyt cna test for anything

 

[Fast Twitch Fiber]

wrong, they almsot always due the significantly cheaper test epitest ratio then if thats high they test for substances whiohc theyt cna test for anything

So what you're saying is they do a test/epistest ratio test first and if that is abnormal then they do further testing?

I'm not familiar with epitest, what is it? If my total test count was normal at the end of my cycle (about 6 ng/ml when normal is 2.7-12) would that mean that my test/epistest would be normal?

On a different note, I'm not sure how I made good gains with while juicing if my test levels were still normal while on my cycle. My cycle was 20mg dbol/day and 400mg test enanthate/wk. I wonder what type of results I would get if I did a heavy cycle?