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http://retroconference.org/2004/cd/PDFs/725.pdf
Study Design: Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of 89 HIV-positive women and men with wasting assigned to the anabolic steroid oxymetholone (50 mg BID or TID) or placebo for 16 weeks followed by open-label treatment.
Overall, 35% of patients in the TID, 27% of patients in the BID oxymetholone group and no patients the placebo group had a greater than 5 times baseline increase for ALT during the double-blind phase of the study.Conclusions: Oxymetholone can be considered an effective anabolic steroid in eugonadal male and female patients with AIDS-associated wasting. The BID (100 mg/day) regimen appeared to be equally effective to the TID (150 mg/day) regimen in terms of weight gain, LBM and BCM and was associated with less, but still significant liver toxicity.
Could anyone clarify what TID and BID mean in terms of frequency of dosage. Also - this study was for a duration of 16 weeks - what would you say to someone taking a dose like this or less for 6 weeks?
Study Design: Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of 89 HIV-positive women and men with wasting assigned to the anabolic steroid oxymetholone (50 mg BID or TID) or placebo for 16 weeks followed by open-label treatment.
Overall, 35% of patients in the TID, 27% of patients in the BID oxymetholone group and no patients the placebo group had a greater than 5 times baseline increase for ALT during the double-blind phase of the study.Conclusions: Oxymetholone can be considered an effective anabolic steroid in eugonadal male and female patients with AIDS-associated wasting. The BID (100 mg/day) regimen appeared to be equally effective to the TID (150 mg/day) regimen in terms of weight gain, LBM and BCM and was associated with less, but still significant liver toxicity.
Could anyone clarify what TID and BID mean in terms of frequency of dosage. Also - this study was for a duration of 16 weeks - what would you say to someone taking a dose like this or less for 6 weeks?
