[quote]jjay wrote:
Prisoner#22 wrote:
jjay wrote:
Alright your test is at a normal range at 100 mg but it’s from injecting ? Your natural production is still down 50% at least ? Then the taper is over and you wait 4-6 weeks and start again. After a while can that cause permenant damage to your natural production ?
As you taper the exogenous test, your endogenous production increases to make up for any defincit in your body’s needs.
There is absolutely no damage done whatsoever, as the only drugs used is testosterone, and an anti E.
I believe you are qualified to answer this question .
Do you believe that shooting bodybuilding doses of test 9 months ( if my math is right ) out of the year . Year after year is not going to damage your body in any serious way ? Assuming all the precautions ? [/quote]
I replied to a thread about a month ago where I outlined the ‘real’ health risks of steroid use, and bodybuilding. It’s pretty detailed so I think you should search it out.
As for the health of your hpta, Here are some thoughs off the top of my head:
we know that as men age the degree of responsiveness of the testes to LH secretion decreases. This is a given. The studies I have seen (and I don’t have any at my fingertips right now) indicate that it is The receptiveness and responsiveness of the testes that diminishes, and that LH production remains pretty much unchanged.
So with that noted, I don’t see how using exogenous AAS will negatively impact the testes. Granted it causes gonadotropin suppression in varrying degrees, however at no time if cycles are constructed properly, is there any loss of libido, or loss of function.
I just don’t see how any damage at the testicular level could occur at the testicular level, other than of course from chronic abuse of HCG.
Bear in mind that it takes the body a while to recover from an AAS cycle. The tapering protocol iself with the waiting period is three months. But give the body time and it will readjust itself, our bodies are definitely by nature designed to be adaptive.
I havn’t seen any data to attribute a certain disease process of the testicles or pituitary that would cause permament suppression, as related to AAS. I have seen individuals who were long time users take a few years to recover to a stage where they felt as responsive ‘libido wise’ as they did pre AAS use, however you have to factor in a lot of things such as HCG use aging, compounds used, and pct.
Definitely a complicated subject. Obviously as men age from their 30’s to their 40’s, T levels begin to plumet, so declines can be attributed to this, as much as AAS use. It is also a good idea to try and get as much gains as you can naturally in your early twenties to take advantage of natural test levels, and wait to use AAS during your late twenties and thirties.