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Fluoxymesterone vs Mesterolone

Both are anabolic steroid compounds. Here's how they line up on the evidence — graded the same way.

FluoxymesteroneMesterolone
Evidence 8/10 1/10
ClassAnabolic steroidAnabolic steroid
SummaryFluoxymesterone is an oral 17α-alkylated anabolic-androgenic steroid (not a peptide), once FDA-approved for hypogonadism and breast-cancer palliation but now largely obsolete. Its strongest, best-documented human data concern liver injury rather than benefit, and non-medical use is illegal and banned in sport.Mesterolone is an oral, DHT-derived anabolic-androgenic steroid once sold abroad for male hypogonadism and idiopathic infertility. Controlled human trials for its two historic uses (fertility, mood) are negative or unconvincing, and its performance 'anti-estrogen' reputation has no strong human evidence.
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Fluoxymesterone

Fluoxymesterone, sold for decades under the brand name Halotestin, is a man-made anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) — a lab-made cousin of testosterone. You take it as a pill, and it's built from testosterone with a chemical tweak (called 17α-methylation) that lets it survive being swallowed. It's a…

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Mesterolone

Mesterolone, almost always sold under the brand name Proviron, is a man-made oral steroid. More precisely, it's an anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) — a synthetic relative of the male hormone dihydrotestosterone (DHT). It's an androgen (a male-hormone-type drug), not a peptide and not a SARM.…

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