Greekgoddess

Good point about knowing the levels Uriel. Thanks for posting the info and everyone for answering my question. I didn't explain it very well, but it was answered . Cheers!

Cheese

Fair comment Uriel, at 2.5mg/eod you would probably be within natural ranges all you have to do then is pass the polygraph test.

Joshua

I imagine that there are plenty of differences between the sexes in their responses to AAS. As an aside, there is a sex difference in adiponectin ( a protein secreted by adipose involved in all sorts of things from fat gain, energy partitioning to insulin sensitivity, inflammation, bone mineralisation and inhibiting atherosclerosis ) and how adiponectin levels respond to androgen signalling. There are many other subtle, yet fundamental variances between males and femails on a molecular biology level, and I suspect that this will be the case in response to AAS (other than the androgenic characteristics). Quite what the sex differences are all are, who knows. It is a complex area, and there is not a major demand on research into the sex differences, although PCOS research is thowing up some interesting results.

The posts mentioning anavar raised an interesting point for me. There are a number of atypical AAS that exist but are not available in the marketplace eg( 4-Chloro-11-keto-17a-methyl-testosterone ) which have incredibly high anabolic to androgenic ratios, yet for various reasons never made it to a male dominated bodybuilding market. There could be a place for such agents in women, as technically they look like a good match, it is just the commercial practicalities which have been a problem.

That said, there are some caveats to this. The androgenic data on these agents were determined on male subjects, and the data extrapolated to take a guess what would happen in women. This is what has happened with all the other AAS including var, so although it should be generally valid, there could be some anomalies.

J

Greekgoddess

Joshua, that is an awesome post. I think you understand what I meant in the original question..... I did mean the fundamental variances between how males and females would react to AAS but not from an androgenic point of view.

Uriel, I took your advice and decided to go early for the blood hormone tests...I will have the results next week. Thanks guys.......