[quote]Cy Willson wrote:
conorh wrote:
How is this stuff legal for sale?
Here’s it’s chemical name:
2a-17a-dimethyl-5a-androst-3-one
And here’s a brief description:
Superdrol (methasteron) is definitely not a prohormone: it is a very active form of a designer supplement. Superdrol gets its name from the fact that it is a super-saturated, or 2-reduced, form of Anadrol. Anadrol has a =C-OH at the 2nd position, and if this is totally saturated (reduced) with hydrogen, it gives -CH3. Another way to describe it is that it is a 2a-17a-dimethyl of drostanolone (Masteron). Masteron has a single methyl group at the 2nd position. Superdrol is a modification of this structure by adding another methyl group at the 17th position, like M1T or M-Dien
I’m no biochem genius, but it sounds like it definitely is a prohormone. Can someone explain this one to me?
Given the definition in the updated law, I can’t see how this would be legal. It (the law) doesn’t require that any specific compound be named, rather, it covers those by simply stating any compound or hormonal substance which is chemically and pharmacologically related to testosterone, which this molecule is, very much so. The 17 alpha-alkylation certainly doesn’t help matters either.
They are correct, it’s not a pro-hormone nor a pro-steroid, but such a statement is preying upon the fact that most of the general public doesn’t understand the technical meaning. Most people think any steroid they find on the internet for body building purposes is a “pro-hormone”. A pro-hormone is quite literally a hormone or molecule rather, which is itself inactive, but is activated (generally enzymatically) to an active hormone. A pro-steroid is again, a compound which is itself, inactive, but when administered, produces an active metabolite. Anyhow, using such rhetoric, is only meant to confuse the customer by saying that it’s not a “pro-hormone” but a “designer supplement” but the fact is that while it’s true that it’s not a pro-hormone, as the parent molecule is itself very much active, it is by definition, an anabolic steroid.
This has to be illegal. I would be careful about assuming this product is legal on the basis that a small company on the Internet is selling it. I believe this is a case of one of two things. Either they don’t know what the law stated, or, they do realize it and are simply going to sell as much as possible before someone steps in and makes them stop.[/quote]
Well they do know the law. I read something on another BBing site that said that they are barely getting past the law, but some dumb technicallity probably. Probably what you were saying before.