Methyltestosterone

Methyltestosterone is a substance that is identified as being an anabolic agent for systemic use or simply an anabolic steroid.

As for the medical definition of Methyltestosterone, the American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary defines it as synthetic methyl derivative of testosterone used in the treatment of male sex hormone deficiency and male hormone replacement.

See also other Anabolis Steroids: 

Aldactone

 

Anadrol (oxymetholone)

 

Anavar (oxandrolone)

 

Andriol

 

Androderm

 

Arimidex

 

Boldenone undecylenate

 

Capoten

 

Clenbuterol

 

Clomid

 

Cytadren

 

Cytomel

 

Deca-Durabolin

 

Dianabol

 

Ephedrine

 

Equipoise

 

Glucophage

 

Halotestin

 

HCG

 

Insulin

 

Lasix (furosemide)

 

Masteron

 

Methyltestosterone

 

Nolvadex

 

Omnadren

 

Parabolan (trenbolone)

 

Primobolan (methenolone)

 

Primobolan Depot

 

Proscar (propecia)

 

Proviron (mesterolone)

 

Sten

 

Sustanon

 

Testosterone cypionate

 

Testosterone enanthate

 

Testosterone propionate

 

Testosterone suspension

 

Testoviron

 

Winstrol (stanozolol)

 

 

The action of Methyltestosterone is somewhat androgenic, with a moderate anabolic effect. As is typically seen with 17 alpha methylation, the resulting Methyltestosterone steroid has lower anabolic activity than its parent testosterone. Additionally it is extremely estrogenic, another property that seems to be enhanced when this alteration is present (when the steroid is receptive to the aromatase enzyme). The problem seems to be Methyltestosterone's conversion to the more biologically active estrogen 17-alpha methylestradiol. 17-alpha methylation in fact slows aromatization, however the poteni nature of i7-methylestradiol more than compensates for this. Additionally it has a very short half-life in the body, so the drug needs to be administered several times daily if a consistent blood level is to be obtained. All of this heightens the ratio of side effects to muscle growth enough to make Methyltestosterone a very inefficient muscle- building drug. In order to administer an effective amount of hormone, the user simply must deal with too mans estrogenic side effects, including water retention and gyriecomastia, which can be very troublesome with Methyltestosterone. One may choose to addition an anti-estrogen such as Nolvadex® and/or Proviron® to combat related side effects, which should effectively minimize their intensity enough to make a cycle with Methyltestosterone tolerable. The powerfu antiaromatase Arimidex® is a notably more effective option when dealing with aromatizable steroids, as it shows great ability to stop the conversion of androgens to estrogens. Using this drug with methyltest would be somewhat ironic however, spending up to $10 per day for an ancillary drug and at most a couple of dollars for the actua steroid.

Methyltestosterone is an orally available form of the primary male androgen testosterone. Looking at the structure of Methyltestosterone, we see it is basically just testosterone with an added methyl group at the c-i 7 alpha position (a c-i 7 alpha alkylated substance). Alkylation such as this is necessary when administering testosterone (and other steroids) orally, as without it the liver will destroy most of the steroid during the “first pass”. The resultant compound “methylated-testosterone” (Methyltestosterone) was among the first functional oral steroids to be produced. This field of research has consequently improved greatly over the years, and today Methyltestosterone is quite crude in comparison to many of the other orals that were subsequently developed.