Hey guys, I know this gets covered about once a week, but there is so much conflicting information available.
I understand that oral winstrol especially is going to mess with cholesterol, lipid profiles, etc.
I am curious if any of you, from experience, are certain whether or not winstrol is going to affect my total t reading from labs? I am taking 200mgs test per week and currently only a few days into 50mg or oral win a day.
I know it is a derivative of DHT but does that mean it will definitely not make my TT read higher than just from the test c?
I appreciate and knowledgable feedback in advance!
If your liver gets messed up, your ability to clear SHBG+T and SHBG+E can be reduced. Your total T might look good, but it is really FT and bio-T that you should be concerned with. You need to be testing AST/ALT to monitor liver. I have seen AST/ALT get very high for some guys taking that gear.
You have to understand that SHBG+T is not bioavailable T.
However, with DHT derivatives, FT can be high as the gear binds strongly to SHBG, leaving more unbound T.
So high TT can then be a symptom of liver dysfunction, not good gear. Some simply have very low tolerance or end up that way as their livers change.
This is not a steroid forum, that is one floor down. The knowledge there may not be any better. Some will say no problem, listen to your labs, not bro-science.
How do I know? - some BB guys get a hold of me in real life when their labs get fucked up. Milk thistle and other things cannot fix toxic damage. Guys get “clean” then when they get on the DHT derivatives, labs spike fast, liver has changed, no more tolerance
You will see FT go up and TT as well I expect, but again increased TT could be a symptom of liver impairment. You need to test AST/ALT.