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Written by Dave Palumbo
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Thursday, 02 June 2005 |
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Dave, whenever I open my latest copy of MD, your column is the first thing I read. I desperately need your help with this very embarrassing problem I have. Whenever I try to have sex with a woman, I have a hard time getting and keeping an erection. I usually cycle 1,000 milligrams of testosterone cypionate (or testosterone enanthate) for six weeks, then I come off for six weeks (Burst Cycle method). I seem to have the most problems getting it up during weeks one through three that I’m “on” and weeks four through six that I’m “off.” What can be done to save my sex life?As I have said many times in the past, the Burst Cycle approach of doing short, high-dosage anabolic steroid cycles is not a very smart philosophy for a number of reasons. First off, it’s my belief that the body needs to be exposed to testosterone and its synthetic derivatives (Deca, Equipoise, Trenbolone, Dianabol, Anadrol, Winstrol, and Primobolin) for long periods of time (not just four to six weeks) in order to have any newly gained muscle tissue become permanent. Likewise, because it takes almost three weeks for the long-acting testosterone esters like cypionate and enanthate to get into a user’s system, by the time you start noticing good gains, you’re ready to come “off.” With regard to sexual function, I have to ask the question: How do you expect to have a sex drive when you have no testosterone in your system during weeks one through three that you are on (since the drug hasn’t built up in the bloodstream yet) and weeks four through six that you are off (since, at this point, testosterone levels are probably at zero)? The best solution to your problem is to stop following this silly Burst-Cycle strategy. However, if you insist on doing it, you could try taking Viagra (sildenafil), Cialis (Tedalafil), or Levitra. Try 50 milligrams of Viagra approximately a half hour prior to sex. Aside from an occasional headache and flushed face, Viagra is well tolerated in most men and it rarely fails to get the “job” done. It’s interesting to note that while Viagra does not increase desire to have sex in men (it only enables the user to achieve a solid erection); in women, it seems to increase sexual arousal, as well (probably due to an increase in blood flow to the woman’s clitoris). The new craze, nowadays, seems to be 10 milligrams of Cialis taken on Friday night. Since its effects last over 36 hours in duration, it has earned the nickname “the weekend pill.” I’m writing to you from New Mexico. I want to do a cycle in which I take 500 milligrams of testosterone per week, 400 milligrams of Deca per week and 2IU of GH per day. I’m afraid to order the stuff online and there aren’t any doctors around here who will write me a prescription for the stuff. Should I just stick to prohormones? I’m answering this question for a number of reasons. First of all, I receive many questions along these same lines every single day. Bodybuilders out there know what they want to take (anabolically speaking), yet either they have no source from which to procure the drugs, or they fear being legally indicted for possession and use of these substances.Many people believe that by switching to prohormones they will be able to easily get the items they require and they won’t have to worry about any of the legal ramifications. I’m here to tell you that nothing could be further from the truth. Starting February 1, 2005, the possession and sale of all prohormones is criminalized. This means not only are selling and distributing them be illegal, so is possessing them! That means all that stockpiling you guys are doing, in hopes you will have a 10-year supply of the stuff in your closet before they pull these prohormones off the shelves, is a waste. You might as well have a cabinet full of Deca Durabolin or Winstrol depot— the charges and the penalties will be the same.My suggestion to you is to contact one of the anti-aging clinics throughout the United States and get one of those doctors to legally prescribe something for you. This way, all your blood work will be on file, all your lab work will be monitored and you won’t have to worry about any future legal issues. Take it from me, pay the extra money, now, and be safe! My doctor gave me 50 milligrams per milliliter (mg/ml) of Decadron (dexamethasone). I just want to know what you think about this stuff and how I should use it. Am I better off with Deca? Although I believe most of my readers are informed enough to know that Decadron (dexamethasone) is a catabolic steroid— it breaks down muscle, suppresses immune system function and slows recovery— I feel a need to include this question in my column, since some of you out there are still uninformed about the difference between anabolic and catabolic steroids. Unfortunately, it seems most physicians out there are also uninformed when it comes to the subject of anabolic steroids. Back in 1989, while still a student back in New York Medical College, one early morning while doing rounds with a few first- and second-year medical residents, one of the students in my group asked the attending physician what he thought about steroids in professional sports. I’ll never forget the doctor’s answer! He was truly miffed why any professional athlete would want to take a drug like prednisone to enhance their physical performance. He couldn’t understand what benefit an immune-suppressing, edema-inducing, muscle-wasting drug like prednisone would offer a hard-training professional athlete. It was at this very moment that I realized how grossly inadequate this physician’s training was with regard to the topic of anabolic steroids. This doctor thought the catabolic steroid prednisone (a drug used to reduce gross inflammations and to suppress patient’s immune systems), was an example of an anabolic steroid. Does this example help to instill confidence in the medical profession?If the medical schools can teach you how to properly identify and treat heroin overdoses and morphine-class drug addictions, why can’t they have a lecture or two on the science of anabolic steroids and their proper administration in a clinical setting? How do you keep blood pressure down? Mine is 150/98. I am six feet tall and I went from 225 pounds to 250pounds in five months. Any blood pressure reading with a diastolic (lower number) pressure of 90 or above is considered high. The diastolic pressure is the pressure in the left ventricle of the heart (the chamber that pumps blood to the entire body) when that chamber is relaxed (not actively contracting). If this diastolic pressure is too high, it means the pressure exerted on the kidney tubules (since the kidneys filter the blood)— when the heart is contracting and relaxing— is way too great. Elevated pressure on the kidney tubules can result (over time) in damaged or non-functional kidneys. Therefore, if your blood pressure is indeed high (as you indicate), you should see a physician so he can prescribe medications to lower your dangerously high pressure. Ace inhibitors are among the safest and most commonly prescribed drugs (with the least side effects) that are available today to lower high blood pressure.
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