What alot of people do not understand, is that when you dose your injectables at eg 100mg/ml, unless you are using Base hormone, you are actually NOT getting 100mg of the hormone.
Labs attach the ester to the hormone in order to slow down the breakdown/release of the hormone into your system. The general rule is that, the longer the Ester (how long the half life of hormone is) the less hormone you will be getting mg for mg.
Half life is the time from when you inject a hormone, until when it has reached 50% of injected dose.
EG Testosterone Enanthate has a half life of 5-7 days depending upon ones metabolism. that means that if you inject 100mg of testosterone enanthate, in 5-7 days, your body will have used and disposed of 50mg (or 50%)
anyway, when using AAS, the most important thing you can do to minimize side effects, is to keep your levels as stable as possible. that may mean injecting smaller doses more frequently. your body works hard to balance its hormones, hence why if you increase or decrease an AAS or add something to your cycle, your mood is more likely to become unstable for about 2 weeks until your levels stabilize.
Personally, I will pin Test E or Test C twice a week.
But there is really is alot of misinformation out there. here is a guide to help plan your cycles properly to make sure that your levels dont drop sub PAR and encourage more side effect. Especially worth noting when doing orals.
Oral steroids Drug Active half-life
Anabolicum Vister (Quinbolone) - Active Life: less than 8-12 hours
Activella (Norethindrone Acetate) - 9 hours
Anadrol / Anapolan (Oxymetholone) - 8 to 9 hours
Anavar (Oxandrolone) - 9 hours
Orabolin (Ethylestrenol) - 3.3 hours
Halotestin (Fluoxymesterone) - 9.2 hours.
Dimethyltestosterone (Bolasterone/Myagen) - 6 hours
Dianabol (Methandrostenolone, Methandienone) - 4.5 to 6 hours
Methyltrienolone (MT/ M3/ Metribolone/ Oral tren) - 4 to 5 hours
Methasterone (Superdrol) - 8-12 hours
Methyltestosterone - 6-8 hours
Methylhydroxynandrolone (MOHN) - approx. 12 Hours
Oranabol (Oxymesterone) - 8-10 Hours
M1T (Methyl - 1 - Testosterone) - 5 hours
Sublingual Testosterone Cyclodextrin - 60-68 min
Winstrol (Stanozolol) - 9 hours (oral)
Tetrahydrogestrinone (The Clear / THG) - 24 to 48 hours
Turanabol ( 4-chlorodehydromethyltestosterone) - 16 hours
Proviron (Mesterolone) - 12 - 13 hours
Cheque Drops (Mibolerone) - 3.7 hours
Methenolone Acetate - around 3 hours
Depot steroids Drug Active half-life
Nandrolone Phenyl Propionate (NPP) - 5 days
Deca-Durabolin (Nandrolone Decanate) - 6 days
Dynabolan (Nandrolone Undecanoate) - 6-7 days
Anadur (Nandrolone Hexylphenylpropionate) - 6-8 days
Dimethylnandrolone (DMN) - about 4 hours
Equipoise (Boldenone Undecylenate) - 14 days
Primobolan (Methenolone Enanthate) - 10.5 days
Methenolone Acetate (Injectable) - 4-5 days
Sustanon / Omnadren - 15 to 18 days
Winstrol (Stanozolol) - 24 hours (injectable)
Masterject (Masteron, Mastabol) (Drostanolone Propionate) - 1-2 days
Masterject (Masteron, Mastabol) (Drostanolone Enanthate) - 5-6 days
Stenbolone Acetate (Anatrofin) - 1-2 days
Methandriol Dipropionate - 1-2 days
Finaplix/Finaject (Trenbolone Acetate) - 24-48 hours
Trenbolone Enanthate - 7-10 days
Trenbolone Cyclohexylmethylcarbonate - 14 days.
Parabolan (Trenbolone Hexahydrobenzylcarbonate) - 14 days.
Testosterone Buciclate - 29.5 days (+/- 3.9 days)
Testosterone Undecanoate (Nebido) - 18.3(+-2.3) - 23.7 (+-2.7)
Testosterone Cypionate - around 8 days
Testosterone Enanthate - around 5-7 days
Testosterone Phenylpropionate - 2-3 days (active life 4-5 days)
Testosterone Propionate - 0.8-1.5 days (active life 3.5 days)
Testosterone Suspension - 2 peaks (immediately hits the blood stream when injected and then a few days later the solid particles are slowly absorbed by the body)
Agovirin Depot (Testosterone Isobutyrate) -12 to 15 Days
Dihydrotestosterone - 7 days
Ancillaries /Fat Burners Drug Active half-life
PI
Pramipexole Dihydrochloride (Mirapex, Mirapexin, Sifrol) - about 8 hours
Dostinex (Cabergoline) - between 63 to 69 hours
Parlodel (Bromocriptine Mesylate) - about 15 hours
AI
Arimidex (Anastrozole) - 30-46 hours
Femara (Letrozole) - 2-4 days
Aromasin (Exemestane) - about 24-27 hours
Cytadren (Aminoglutethimide) - 12.5 ± 1.6 hours.
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AE
Clomid (Clomiphene Citrate) - 5-7 days
Nolvadex (Tamoxifen Citrate) - 5-7 days
FARESTON® (Toremifene citrate) - 5 days
Fat Burners
Albuterol (Salbutamol) - 2.85 (+/- 0.83) - 2.00 (+/- 0.49) hours
Clenbuterol - 36-48 hours
Ephedrine Hydrochloride - 3-6 hours
T3 (Triiodothyronine/Liothyronine Sodium) - 10 hours
T4 (Levothyroxine sodium/ L-thyroxine) - 7 days
Yohimbine Hydrochloride - 36 min
Other
Accutane (Isotretinoin) - 15-23 hours (acne)
VIAGRA (Sildenafil) - about 4 hours (erectile dysfunction
Tadalafil (Cialis) - 17.5 hours (erectile dysfunction)
Valium (Diazepam) - 1-3 hours (up to the age) / peak 1-1.5 hours
Lasix (Furosemide) - approximately 2 hours
It is also of importance to note that the ester has weight in your dose.
EG testosterone Enanthate only has approximatly 71mg of testosterone per 100mg of 'hormone'. the other 29mg is the ester attached.
so people that are only injecting 200-250 mg of test E a week, are getting 140-175 mg of hormone. While this is above your natty test production, (unless supplementing HCG and or Clomid) is it really worth shutting down your natty test for such minimal elevated levels?
Personally, I never recommend anything under 400-500mg of a longer estered testosterone for supplementation.
Its also interesting to note that while test prop's ester is shorter than test Ace, test ace actually has more test mg for mg than test prop, also you can pin every two days and still keep levels very stable.
Below I will attach the table for hormones and ester weights.
Steroid Remaining After Ester is Removed
100mg Testosterone Suspension (un-esterified Testosterone) = 100mg Testosterone
100mg Testosterone Acetate = 87.28mg Testosterone (288.4244/330.4611=0.872793802356)
100mg Testosterone Propionate = 83.72mg Testosterone (288.4244/344.4877=0.8372560181)
100mg Testosterone Isobutyrate = 80.45mg Testosterone (288.4244/358.5143 =0.8044990)
100mg Testosterone Pentanoate = 77.42mg Testosterone (288.4244/372.5408=0.774208892)
100mg Testosterone Trimethylacetate = 77.42mg Testosterone (288.4244/372.5408=0.7742)
100mg Testosterone Isocaproate = 74.61mg Testosterone (288.4244/386.5674=0.746116718)
100mg Testosterone Hemisuccinate = 74.24mg Testosterone (288.4244/388.4972 =0.74241)
100mg Testosterone Benzoate = 73.47mg Testosterone (288.4244/392.5305=0.7347821379)
100mg Testosterone Dichloroacetate = 72.22mg Testosterone (288.4244/399.3512=0.72223)
100mg Testosterone Enanthate = 71.99mg Testosterone (288.4244/400.5940=0.719991812)
100mg Testosterone Cypionate = 69.9mg Testosterone (288.4244/412.6047=0.6990332393)
100mg Testosterone Caprylate = 69.56mg Testosterone (288.4244/414.6206=0.695634515)
100mg Testosterone Phenylpropionate = 68.57mg Testosterone (288.4244/420.5836=0.6857)
100mg Testosterone-3-Phenylpropionate = 68.25mg Testost-e(288.4244/422.5995=0.6825)
100mg Testosterone Tosylate = 65.16mg Testosterone (288.4244/442.6108=0.65164338511)
100mg Testosterone Decanoate = 65.15mg Testosterone (288.4244/442.6737=0.651550792)
100mg Testosterone Undecanoate = 65.15mg Testosterone (288.4244/ 456.7003=0.651550)
100mg Testosterone Dodecanoate = 61.27mg Testosterone (288.4244/470.7269=0.6127213)
100mg Trenbolone Acetate = 86.54mg Trenbolone (270.37/312.4028)
100mg Trenbolone Enanthate = 70.68mg Trenbolone (270.37/382.5357)
100mg Trenbolone Hexahydrobenzylcarbonate = 65.85 mg Trenbolone (270.37/410.54)
100mg Nandrolone Acetate = 86.71mg Nandrolone (274.3978/316.4345 =0.867155130050)
100mg Nandrolone Propionate = 83mg Nandrolone (274.3978/ 330.4611 = 0.830348261868)
100mg Nandrolone Hemisuccinate = 72.88mg Nandrolone (274.3978/ 376.4865 =0.72883)
100mg Nandrolone Benzoate = 72.5mg Nandrolone (274.3978/ 378.5039 = 0.7249536926)
100mg Nandrolone Enanthate= 70.98mg Nandrolone (274.3978/ 386.5674 =0.7098317136)
100mg Nandrolone Cypionate = 68.84mg Nandrolone (274.3978/ 398.5781 = 0.688441738)
100mg Nandrolone Caprylate = 68.49mg Nandrolone (274.3978/ 400.5940 =0.684977308)
100mg Nandrolone Phenylpropionate = 67.49mg Nandrolone (274.3978/ 406.5571 = 0.674)
100mg Nandrolone Decanoate = 64mg Nandrolone (274.3978/428.6472 =0.640148355104)
100mg Nandrolone Undecanoate = 61.98mg Nandrolone (274.3978/ 442.6737 = 0.6198646)
100mg Nandrolone Dodecanoate = 60mg Nandrolone (274.3978/456.7003 = 0.600826844)
100mg Nandrolone P-Hexyloxyphenylpropionate = 54.15mg Nandrolone (274.3978/506.7159= 0.5415)
100mg Drostanolone Propionate = 84.45mg Drostanolone (304.4669/360.5301=0.844497)
100mg Drostanolone Enanthate = 73mg Drostanolone (304.4669/416.6365 = 0.7307734679)
100mg Boldenone Acetate = 87.20mg Boldenone (286.4085/328.4452 = 0.872013048143191)
100mg Boldenone Hemisuccinate = 74.1mg Boldenone (286.4085/386.4813 = 0.74106690)
100mg Boldenone Benzoate = 73.34mg Boldenone (286.4085/390.5146 = 0.7334130401270)
100mg Boldenone Hexahydrobenzoate = 72.22mg Boldenone (286.4085/ 396.5622 = 0.7222)
100mg Boldenone Undecylenate = 63.27mg Boldenone (286.4085/452.6686=0.6327112152)
100mg Boldenone Undecanoate = 62.99mg Boldenone (286.4085/ 454.6844 = 0.62990615)
100mg Methenolone Acetate = 87.8 mg Methenolone (302.4558/344.49=0.87798)
100mg Methenolone Enanthate = 72.95mg Methenolone (302.4558/414.6206 = 0.72947605)
Something to think about, and take into consideration when planning a cycle.
Hope it can help.