landser said:
How harsh on the liver is winny? Compared to other roids like dbol, anadrol, etcetera? Is this one of the harsher oral compounds, or relativeley light like oxandralone?
I don't know the relative harshness of winny compared specifically to other 17aa's (i.e. dbol), but here's some of what I've gathered:
1) Winny is definately taken seriously as a 17aa drug. It's by no means "light" in terms of it's liver impact.
2) Many people (including my HRT doc, who prescribes it to me) really limit their cycles. For example, I can do 50 mg EoD injectable for 10 weeks max, or 50 mg oral ED for 6 weeks max.
3) My doc really preaches no booze (he ok'ed one glass of wine max every now and then, but certainly not EoD).
4) My HRT guy will drop a 250 mg test/week + 450 mg deca/week program on me without blinking, then give me a 30 minute lecture over the 50 mg IM EoD of winny that goes with it.
5) All forms of winny are drinkable, but there's a catch. Depending on the study and/or personal belief, IM is somewhere between 100% and 50% more effective than oral. For example, shooting 50mg EoD is as effective as somewhere between 37 mg and 50 mg of oral winny ED.
6) Winny shots (for me at least) go in like silk, but hurt like hell for about 36 hours (starting about 6-8 hours after the injection). I'm leaning in my chair to one side because my ass is sore from yesterday morning's shot (i'm 22 ish hours out).
7) You can't slip your winny shot in the same syringe with your oil-based test or test derivative shot either -- winny is water based.
8) Final note on the oral versus IM thing... injections slowly leak winny into your system over a 36-48 hour period, so not only is the lower dose (as compared to an oral equivalent) better for your liver, you aren't hitting your liver all at once like you would be with a pill.
Bottom line: Yes, winny is serious business for the liver. Yes, limit your doses and cycle lengths. Yes, don't drink hard and get some Tyler's liver detox. And yes... if you have extraordinary concerns about your liver (i.e. your liver numbers aren't great anyway) you may want to bite the bullet and shoot it.